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Virtual Crime Fiction Reading Series
May 11, 2021 @ 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
Join us for another thrilling night of chilling crime fiction read by our talented members R J Belsky, Elizabeth Crowens, Hilary Davidson, Teel James Glenn, James McCrone, Nev March, Linda Rawlin and Brian Silverman.
Albert Tucher is the host for the evening.
Author details appear below.
The event will stream live on the MWA Facebook page. ALL MWA New York virtual events are free.
Please remember to support our Indie bookstores as well as our authors by buying any books that interest you at your local indie bookstore.
R.G. Belsky
R.G. Belsky is an award-winning author of crime fiction and a journalist in New York City. His newest mystery, “Beyond the Headlines,” is being published in May by Oceanview. It is the fourth in a series featuring Clare Carlson, the news director for a New York City TV station. The first book, “Yesterday’s News,” was named Best Mystery of 2018 at Deadly Ink. The second, “Below the Fold,” won the Foreward INDIES award for Best Mystery of 2019. The third Clare Carlson mystery, “The Last Scoop,” came out in May 2020. Belsky has published 14 novels—all set in the New York City media world where he has had a long career as a top editor at the New York Post, New York Daily News, Star magazine and NBC News. He also writes thrillers under the name Dana Perry. And he is a contributing editor for The Big Thrill magazine.
Elizabeth Crowens
Elizabeth Crowens has worn many hats in Hollywood for over 25 years, is a black belt in martial arts, and is a contributor to Sherlock Holmes Mystery Magazine, Black Belt Magazine and of author interviews for Black Gate magazine. She has three award-winning alternate history/time travel novels, “Silent Meridian” and “A Pocketful of Lodestones” from the Time Traveler Professor series and “A War in Too Many Worlds,” which will be released in the summer of 2021. Awards include several by the Chanticleer Review, the Eric Hoffer Awards, the Independent Press Awards, Glimmer Train and a Leo B. Burstein Scholarship from Mystery Writers of America. She also writes in the Hollywood mystery genre and tends to inject her work with black humor. She is a member of Mystery Writers of America, Sisters in Crime, the Horror Writers Association, the Authors Guild and several Sherlock Holmes scions.
Hilary Davidson
Hilary Davidson is the bestselling author of six crime novels, including “One Small Sacrifice,” “Blood Always Tells” and “The Damage Done.” Her fiction has won two Anthony Awards and a Derringer Award, and her short stories have appeared in Thuglit, Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine, Mystery Tribune and Beat to a Pulp, to name a few dark places. In her prior life as a journalist, Hilary was the author of 18 nonfiction books. Her seventh novel, “Her Last Breath,” will be published by Thomas & Mercer on July 1. Visit her online at www.hilarydavidson.com
Teel James Glenn
Teel James Glenn has killed hundreds and been killed more times—on stage and screen as he has traveled the world for forty-plus years as a stuntman, swordmaster, storyteller, bodyguard, actor and haunted-house barker. His short stories have been printed in over a hundred magazines, including Weird Tales, Mystery Weekly, Pulp Adventures, Spinetingler, Mad, Fantasy Tales, Cirsova, Sherlock Holmes Mystery and Blazing Adventures. His latest novels are “A Cowboy in Carpathia: A Bob Howard Adventure” (winner of the best novel in the Pulp Factory Awards) from Pro Se Productions, “The Skullmask Chronicles” from Bold Venture Press and “Killing Shadow” from Airship27 Productions. He is also the winner of the 2012 Pulp Ark Award for Best Author. His website is: TheUrbanSwashbuckler.com
Nev March
Nev March is the first Indian-born author to receive the Minotaur Books/Mystery Writers of America Award for Best First Crime Fiction. Her debut novel, “Murder in Old Bombay” is nominated for an Edgar Award as well as a Barry and Hammett Award for Excellence in Crime Fiction. She has appeared in radio and podcast interviews including NPR, and been featured in Mystery Tribune, Mystery Scene Magazine, CrimeReads, The History Reader and other publications. “Murder in Old Bombay” was selected as Amazon’s Editor’s Pick. The New York Times listed it as one of the “Best crime novels of 2020”. After a long career in business analysis, she returned to her passion of writing fiction and now teaches creative writing at the Rutgers-Osher Institute. A Parsee Zoroastrian, Nev lives in New Jersey with her husband and sons.
James McCrone
James McCrone is the author of the Imogen Trager novels—”Faithless Elector,” “Dark Network” and 2020’s “Emergency Powers”—“taut” and “gripping” political thrillers about a stolen presidency. His work, “Numbers Don’t Lie,” also recently appeared in the 2020 short-story anthology “Low Down Dirty Vote, vol. 2.” He’s a member of Mystery Writers of America, International Association of Crime Writers, International Thriller Writers, Philadelphia Dramatists’ Center and the Sisters in Crime network. James has an MFA from the University of Washington. A Pacific Northwest native, he lives in South Philadelphia with his wife and three children. You can learn more at http://jamesmccrone.com/
Linda Rawlins
Linda Rawlins is an American writer of mystery fiction best known for her Misty Point Mystery Series, including “Misty Manor,” “Misty Point,” “Misty Winter,” “Misty Treasure” and “Misty Revenge.” She is also known for her Rocky Meadow Mystery Series, including “The Bench,” “Fatal Breach” and “Sacred Gold.” Her independent novel, “Midnight Shift,” was released in 2019. Linda loved to read as a child and started writing her first mystery novel in fifth grade. She then went on to study science, medicine and literature, eventually graduating from medical school and establishing her career in medicine. Linda lives in New Jersey with her husband, her family and spoiled dog. She loves spending time at the beach as well as visiting the mountains of Vermont. She is an acting member of Mystery Writers of America. As a member of Sisters in Crime, Linda was the president of the Central Jersey Chapter for 2020 and 2019 and the vice president in 2018. Visit Linda at her website at www.lindarawlins.com and www.Facebook.com/lindarawlinsauthor
Brian Silverman
Brian Silverman’s writing career has spanned more than 30 years. He has written about travel, food and sports for publications including the New York Times, Saveur, Caribbean Travel and Life, Islands, New York and the New Yorker. From 2004 through 2013, he was the author of the annual Frommer’s New York City guide book series. He co-authored, with his father, Al Silverman, the acclaimed “Twentieth Century Treasury of Sports.” His short fiction has appeared in numerous publications, including Mystery Tribune, Down and Out Magazine and Mystery Weekly. His story “Breadfruit” was included in “The Best American Mystery Stories in 2018.” His story “Land of Promise” will appear in the “Best American Mystery and Suspense Stories 2021.” His first novel, “Freedom Drop,” was published in 2021. He lives in Harlem, New York, with his wife, Heather, and two sons, Louis and Russell.