Tracey Landau began her writing career at the age of three, dictating stories to her mother. Twenty-one years later, her first novel, The Queen of Diamonds, has been published by Wildside Press. Landau started writing this book—her third novel and the first to be published—when she was 17, writing on receipt paper during her job at Friendly’s. She is working on […]
Arrgh, me buckos! Authors are having to deal with their books being pirated on the Internetz! Who is stealing our books? Is there any way to stop them and how? Is it any use?
Deputy Sheriff Lou Ford shares his recipe for a cream-topped caramel apple crostada (not a Frenchified “gallette”). As recorded by Gary Cahill, in his winning entry for our Mystery Writers of America Cookbook giveaway contest.
MWA-NY President Emerita and Chair of the Festivals and Conferences Committee Patricia King rounds up information and anecdotes about some of the most popular events for writers out there.
Henry Chang is a native son of New York City’s Chinatown, where he sets his stories, from the underbelly of the immigrant demimonde. He’s been a lighting consultant, and a freelance journalist. He has been a Security Director for the Trump Organization, and for corporate and retail Loss Prevention. A local product, he attended Pratt Institute, and graduated from CCNY. He resides in the Chinatown area of Lower Manhattan—“in the old ‘hood,” as he calls it. He is currently working on his fifth book in the NYPD Detective Jack Yu series.
“Are you killing time?” she asked. “Yes,” I said, “and I’ve got the bar tab to prove it.” “Would you like some company?” She sat down on the stool to my right without waiting for an answer. She was not what you would call a pretty woman, but sitting in the bar at O’Hare, two hours to kill until boarding,
In January, as a new member of the Board, I became chair of the chapter’s Outreach Committee. I hope to use the committee to support activities and events occurring in communities across the chapter that promote reading and writing. I’ve been keeping a look out for such activities and events and intend to bring them to the attention of the
Enter our contest for a chance to win a copy of The MWA Cookbook. To enter, submit an imaginary recipe that your favorite sleuth or villain would cook up.
As a writer of mysteries, I find myself, from time-to-time, challenged by readers to defend why I glorify crime. And when they realize that I write humorous mysteries, they are appalled that I make fun of murder. When my first book was published, even my mother announced, “Mysteries aren’t supposed to be funny.” One reader made it personal. Had your
New York Times bestseller Wendy Corsi Staub is the award-winning author of more than eighty books and a two-time Mary Higgins Clark Award finalist. The Good Sister, first in a trio of social networking suspense novels, was on Suspense Magazine’s Best of 2013 list and optioned for television, followed The Perfect Stranger and The Black Widow. Lily Dale, a new adult cozy mystery series, along with her next suspense trilogy, Mundy’s Landing, will launch in the fall of 2015. She lives in the New York City suburbs with her husband of 23 years and their two children.
