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SUMMARY:Fairfield\, Conn.\, Members Meeting and Greeting in July
DESCRIPTION:  \nCome join your fellow Fairfield\, Conn.\, area members for a meet and greet at 5:00 p.m. on Thursday\, July\, 16\, at South Bay Restaurant in Fairfield. RSVP to local coordinators Tessa Wegert at tessa@tessawegert.com or Lynne Constantine at liv@livconstantine.com \n 
URL:https://www.mwany.org/event/fairfield-conn-members-meeting-and-greeting-in-july/
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SUMMARY:Library Panel Discussion: Creating a Mystery Novel: Building Worlds and Plotting Twists and Turns
DESCRIPTION:How do mystery writers build the world of the novel? What contributes to an exciting and intriguing location that offers varied possibilities for storytelling and supports the writer’s ability to supply a plotline that twists and turns? Join these MWA-NY mystery authors at the Hoboken Public Library on May 30 as they offer clues to successfully meshing the world of the mystery with surprising and unexpected plot twists. \nThis panel is open to MWA members and the public. \nMay 30\n2-4:00 p.m.\nHoboken Public Library\, 500 Park Avenue\, Hoboken\, NJ 07030 \nRegister here \nModerator: \nTom Coffey retired from The New York Times in 2023 after a decades-long career in journalism. His first novel\, The Serpent Club\, was published in 1999 by Pocket Books and earned a starred review from Publishers Weekly. In 2008 Toby Press printed Blood Alley\, which also earned a starred review from PW. His series with Level Best Books\, The Devine Trilogy\, which is named for the dysfunctional family at its center\, began in 2023 with the publication of Public Morals\, which gained four- and five-star reviews on Amazon and Goodreads. The second book in the series\, Special Victim\, was published in 2024\, to similar acclaim. Tom recently completed the final book in the series\, Stop and Frisk\, which will be published next year. \nPanelists: \nJeff Cohen\, who also writes as E.J. Copperman\, writes comedies that have mysteries in them. Sometimes they have ghosts. A lot of the time they don’t. He has been a newspaper reporter\, trade magazine editor\, freelance journalist and screenwriter (no credits on IMDb) and mystery novelist. The last one stuck. Jeff is a native New Jerseyan and has never been outside the Garden State for more than two weeks at a time. He has no patience for any form of entertainment that has no sense of humor at all\, and will tell you about that at length if you are foolish enough to ask. Find him on Facebook and at www.ejcopperman.com. \nDawn M. Barclay is an Agatha Award and Lowell Thomas Gold Award-winning author and a Chanticleer finalist. She writes psychological/domestic/romantic suspense as D.M. Barr and nonfiction under her own name. Traditionally published works include seven novels\, three anthologies\, and three nonfiction books\, with several anthologies to be published by White City Press in 2026. The owner of Suggested Development Editing and Book Coaching\, she’s a former acquisition editor for Champagne Book Group\, former editor for Down & Out Books\, and the current editor for Hold Fast Publishing. She is the incoming co-president of Sisters in Crime New York/TriState and a former MWA board member. \nKellye Garrett’s crime fiction novels have been named to Time magazine’s 100 Best Mystery & Thrillers of All Time\, were spotlighted as a $1\,000 clue on Jeopardy\, and have won Agatha\, Anthony\, Lefty\, IPPY\, and ITW Thriller awards. After breaking into publishing with the Detective by Day lightweight mystery series\, she transitioned into standalone suspense with Like A Sister. Her latest\, the Jersey City-set Missing White Woman\, was a Reader’s Digest Book Club pick\, CBS New York Club Calvi selection\, Apple Books Staff Pick\, and Amazon Editors’ Pick. In addition to writing\, Kellye is a cofounder of Crime Writers of Color\, which received the 2023 Raven Award from MWA and Boucheron’s 2024 David Thompson Special Service Award. She’s a New Jersey native.
URL:https://www.mwany.org/event/library-panel-discussion-creating-a-mystery-novel-building-worlds-and-plotting-twists-and-turns/
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SUMMARY:MWA-NY Hosting First Spring Fling
DESCRIPTION:Spring Fling 2026 \nMWA-NY is hosting its first spring party on Thursday\, June 11. \nGreat memories and new friendships await. \nJoin us as we celebrate the world of mystery. \nSpecial Guest: \nNew York Times bestselling author  \nSusan Elia MacNeal \nIt would be a crime to miss it! \nDeets: \nMWA-NY Spring Fling! \nThursday\, June 11\, 6 – 9 p.m.\nThe Tailor Public House\n505 8th Ave. New York\, NY 10018\nRegistration link: \nhttps://www.paypal.com/ncp/payment/ZC8F25BEMUKJL \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://www.mwany.org/event/mwa-ny-hosting-first-spring-fling-2/
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SUMMARY:June Crime Craft : 'Writing a Memorable Mystery'
DESCRIPTION:  \n \nPlease join host Kate Hohl on Tuesday\, June 16\, at 6:00 p.m. EST for the June Crime Craft: “Writing A Memorable Mystery” with Edgar Award-winning author Naomi Hirahara! \nNaomi Hirahara is an Edgar Award-winning author of multiple traditional mystery series and noir short stories. Her Mas Arai mysteries feature a Los Angeles gardener and Hiroshima survivor who solves crimes. Her first historical mystery\, Clark and Division\, which won a Mary Higgins Clark Award\, follows a Japanese American family’s move to Chicago in 1944 after being released from a California wartime detention center. A former journalist with the Rafu Shimpo newspaper\, Naomi has also written numerous nonfiction history books and curated exhibitions. She has also written a middle-grade novel\, 1001 Cranes. Her follow-up to Clark and Division\, Evergreen\, was released in August 2023 and was on the USA Today bestseller list for two weeks. Her latest book\, Crown City\, was published in February 2026. She and her husband live in Pasadena\, California. \nZoom meeting link: \nhttps://us06web.zoom.us/j/83794864332?pwd=sZ4GSNGYygUCr6hySlym6Y0P9i9pM4.1
URL:https://www.mwany.org/event/june-crime-craft-writing-a-memorable-mystery/
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SUMMARY:NEW YORK MYSTERY AUTHORS TO READ ALOUD JUNE 23
DESCRIPTION:Four authors in the New York chapter of Mystery Writers of America (MWA-NY) will read from their work starting at 7 p.m. on Tuesday\, June 23m at Bibliotheque in SoHo: \nAndrew Kass is the author of A Woman of Agency\, a feminist Civil War spy thriller from Holand Press. A member of the Historical Novel Society\, he is a reviewer for Historical Novels Review and is awaiting publication of a story accepted by Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine. \nCarol Binkowski writes mysteries as Caryl Janis. Her most recent books are To Sketch a Killer and Research\nCan Be Murder. She is also a musician and author of nonfiction books on music and history. A member of MWA-\nNY’s Board of Directors\, she will be reading from a work- in-progress. \nDavid Bushman is the author of true crime books\, including Murder at Teal’s Pond: Hazel Drew and the\nMystery That Inspired Twin Peaks and Forget It\, Jake\, It’s Schenectady: The True Story Behind ‘The Place Beyond\nthe Pines.’ He serves on the MWA-NY Board of Directors\, and will be reading from his most recent true crime book: New York’s Coldest Cases: Ten Murders That Rocked the Empire State. \nMichael Penncavage’s story “The Cost of Doing Business\, originally appeared in Thuglit\, won the Derringer\nAward for best mystery.  One of his stories\, “The Converts\,” was filmed as a short movie\, while another\, “The\nLandlord” was adapted into a play.  His debut novella\, Person Unknown\, adapted from his screenplay The Phone\nCall\, was also released from All Due Respect Press. He will read from a short story due for publication in Mystery\nTribune magazine. \nBibliotheque is the bookstore/café/restaurant at 54 Mercer St. in SoHo. \nThe next MWA-NY authors’ readings will be held there on Tuesday\, September 29 and Thursday\, October\n29. \nFor more information\, please email info@mwany.org. \n-30-
URL:https://www.mwany.org/event/new-york-mystery-authors-to-read-aloud-june-23/
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SUMMARY:Library Panel Discussion: What’s at Stake: Hooking the Reader from Page One
DESCRIPTION:  \nMorristown and Morris County Public Library \nJune 28\, 2:00 – 4:00 p.m. \nThis panel is open to MWA members and the public. \nJune 28\n1 Miller Road\, Morristown NJ\, 07960 \nEver wonder how the writer keeps the reader turning pages? Join us for a panel discussion with three authors as they share their secrets for creating high stakes in a story. How do the risks and rewards that their characters confront result in compelling first pages and a pace that won’t let up? \nModerator: \nYvonne Ventresca is an award-winning author with an MFA from Vermont College of Fine Arts. Her latest thriller\, If I’m Gone\, will be out in spring 2027 from Poisoned Pen Press. Told in a book-within-a-book narrative\, it features a missing author who leaves behind a final manuscript that eerily mirrors her own life as a widow being stalked. Yvonne’s previous work includes the YA novels Pandemic and Black Flowers\, White Lies\, as well as two nonfiction books and nine short stories. She serves on the Mystery Writers of America NY board and mentors through AWP and MWA. You can learn more at her website\, YvonneVentresca.com\, where she blogs about writing productivity and features writing resources. \nPanelists: \nLinda Rawlins is an American writer of mystery fiction best known for her Misty Point Mystery Series. She is also known for her Rocky Meadow Mystery Series as well as two independent novels\, Midnight Shift and Mystery of Heather House. Linda lives in New Jersey with her husband\, family\, and spoiled dog. She loves spending time at the beach and visiting Vermont. She is an active member of Mystery Writers of America. As a member of Sisters in Crime\, Linda was the president of the Central Jersey Chapter for 2022\, 2020\, and 2019\, and the VP in 2018 and 2025. She is an Amazon best seller and is currently working on a new series in addition to her Misty Point Mystery Series. You can connect with Linda at her website: www.lindarawlins.com \nJeff Markowitz is the author of six novels set in and around New Jersey\, including The Other\, a dual-timeline historical about standing up to hate. Jeff spent more than forty years creating community-based programs and services for children and adults with autism before retiring in 2018 to devote more time to writing. Jeff is a past president of the New York Chapter of Mystery Writers of America. He lives in Monmouth Junction\, NJ\, with his wife\, Carol\, and their rescue cat\, Aeneas. \nAnnamaria Alfieri is the pen name of Patricia King\, graduate of the College of St. Elizabeth\, class of 1963. In 2009 she realized her childhood dream with the publication of her first novel. The Washington Post said\, “As both history and mystery\, City of Silver glitters.” Her critically acclaimed historical mysteries now also include Invisible Country and Blood Tango\, both also set in South America. Her Colonial East Africa series begins in 1911 and now includes Strange Gods\, The Idol of Mombasa\, The Blasphemers\, and A Death on the Lord’s Day. Patricia lives in New York City and is a member of the Board of Trustees of Hudson Valley Shakespeare and a past president of the New York Chapter of Mystery Writers of America \n  \n—
URL:https://www.mwany.org/event/library-panel-discussion-whats-at-stake-hooking-the-reader-from-page-one/
LOCATION:Morris County Library\, 30 East Hanover Ave.\, Whippany\, NJ
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