Author Updates
Debbie Babitt’s ‘Man on the Train’: Beware of Strangers
Debbie Babitt has been making the rounds supporting her latest novel, The Man on the Train, which was published in May. The Hitchcockian thriller, about a married man who meets a beautiful stranger […]
Pamela Ruth Meyer ‘Death in Miniature’ Honored
Pamela Ruth Meyer’s manuscript Death in Miniature has been chosen runner-up for the 2024 Book Pipeline Unpublished Award in the mystery/thriller category (https://bookpipeline.com/2024-unpublished-results). Death in Miniature also won the Romance Writers of America–Chesapeake Romance […]
Roselyn Teukolsky Debuts with ‘A Reluctant Spy’
Roselyn Teukolsky’s debut novel, A Reluctant Spy, will be released in paperback, audiobook, and e-book on January 21 by The Story Plant. The thriller centers on a young computer scientist who, on the […]
Peggy Ehrhart Shares Her ‘Irish Recipe for Murder’ in New Novella Collection
Kensington Books’s new collection of three novellas includes “An Irish Recipe for Murder” by Peggy Ehrhart. The collection, titled Irish Soda Bread Murders, also includes novellas by Carlene O’Connor and Liz Ireland. It’s a January […]
Raise Your Glass to Michael Sinclair’s Newest 1920s Mystery
Michael Sinclair’s latest 1920s mystery is currently out. The title is RAISE YOUR GLASS TO MURDER. It is 1923 and during an extremely hot summer, Albany residents deal with murder, gangsters, bootlegging and the […]
News & Views
MWA-NY Joins Bluesky! Fly with Us Into the Wild Imagination
Given the shifting social media landscape, MWA-NY has joined the friendly (Blue) skies! Check us out, follow us, and as Jean Luc Picard would say, “Engage!” @mwa-ny.bsky.social
Audio Interview: A Conversation with Pamela Ruth Meyer, 2024 Leon Burstein Award Winner
I had the pleasure of talking with Pamela Ruth Meyer, recipient of MWA-NW’s 2024 Leon Burstein Award. She’s as delightful as her fiction, so fasten your headphones for this casual chat about her life, writing and hopes for the future. About Pamela Ruth Meyer (PamelaRuthMeyer.com) Pamela Ruth Meyer writes historical mysteries interwoven with love stories. As a high school forensic […]
Audio Interview: Ann Aptaker, Award Winning Author of the Cantor Gold Series
Fasten your headphones for another MWA-NY member interview. Ann Aptaker is the author of the Cantor Gold series, featuring the irrepressible Cantor Gold, art smuggler and rebel living on the edges in late-1940s New York City. The series currently includes Criminal Gold, Tarnished Gold, Genuine Gold, Flesh and Gold, and Murder and Gold. Ann is a Lambda Literary Award (The […]
Announcing the Winners of the 2024 MWA-NY/Leon Burstein Award (for a first crime novel)
On Dec 2 at the annual MWA-NY Revels holiday gathering in New York City, longstanding MWA member Dan Burstein presented the Leon Burstein award, named for his father, to two happy winners. Open to members of the New York chapter of Mystery Writers of America, the new contest encourages aspiring authors and rewards efforts toward their publication-ready novels. This year Pamela Ruth Meyer’s manuscript “Death in […]
Have You Heard? Share Your Events, Releases and Announcements Here!
We can sometimes be a shy bunch, but we have plenty to say and share. If you have a book release, reading, event, or announcement to share with your fellow MWA-NY members, send an email with details to: comms @ mwany.org. Let us blow your horn! Mark McNease, MWA-NY Communications
MWA-NY Member Bruce Concord’s Story ‘An August Man’ Featured in Muleskinner Journal
Congratulations to MWA-NY member Bruce Concord, whose short story, ‘An August Man’ was featured in the most recent edition of Muleskinner Journal. You can read the story HERE. Bruce is the author of seven award-winning travel guidebooks to Mexico and Costa Rica, plus three bestselling biographies for children and YA. He worked for twenty-seven years as a publishers’ rep for […]
Events
Behind the Darkness: True Crime
What is the appeal of this type of story? How does an author select the real-life tragedy and conduct research? […]
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Crime Without the Blood: Cozy Mysteries
How do you conceive a diverting puzzle without explicit violence? How do you create a sense of danger […]
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Montclair, NJ
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