Virtual Crime Fiction Reading Series

Join us for another thrilling night of chilling crime fiction read by our talented members Annamaria Alfieri, ​Ann Aptaker, Teel James Glenn, Leanna Renee Hieber, Emilya Naymark and Erica Obey.

The event will stream live on the MWA Facebook page. ALL our 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.

• Hockessin Bookshop
• Kew and Willow Books
• Cloak and Dagger

Annamaria Alfieri

Annamaria Alfieri is the pen name of Patricia King. Her first three historical mysteries are set in South America at different times and places. Of her debut, The Washington Post said, “As both history and mystery, ‘City of Silver’ glitters.” Library Journal said, “History comes alive under Alfieri’s sure hand.” Alfieri’s current series, set in British East Africa, begins in 1911. The Richmond Times-Dispatch described her “Strange Gods” as having “the flair of Isak Dinesen and Beryl Markham, the cunning of Agatha Christie and Elspeth Huxley.” “The Idol of Mombasa” and “The Blasphemers” have followed. Her work in progress, “La Magica.” is set in Sicily in 1692. Patricia is a past president of MWA-NY.

Ann Aptaker

Native New Yorker Ann Aptaker’s Cantor Gold crime/mystery series has won Lambda Literary and Goldie awards. Her short stories have appeared in two editions of the crime anthology Fedora, Switchblade Magazine’s Stiletto Heeled issue, the “Mickey Finn: 21st Century Noir” crime anthology and will appear in an upcoming issue of Black Cat Mystery Magazine. She is one of six authors invited to provide a novella for the second season of Down & Out Books’ Guns & Tacos series. Her flash fiction, “A Night In Town,” appeared in the online zine Punk Soul Poet, and another flash fiction, “Rockin’ Dyke Roll,” is featured in the Goldie award-winning anthology “Our Happy Hours: LGBT Voices From The Gay Bars.” When not writing or indulging in her passion for art, there’s nothing Ann likes better than the pleasures of ice cream and old movies.

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, illustrator, storyteller, bodyguard, actor and haunted house barker. He appeared on all the New York soap operas, “Spenser for Hire” and in more movies that show up on Showtime and Cinemax then he wants to admit. His 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. He is also the winner of the 2012 Pulp Ark Award for Best Author.
His website is: TheUrbanSwashbuckler.com

Leanna Renee Hieber

Leanna Renee Hieber is an actress, playwright, ghost-tour guide and the award-winning, bestselling author of gothic, gaslamp fantasy novels for Tor and Kensington Books such as the “Strangely Beautiful,” “Magic Most Foul,” “Eterna Files” and “The Spectral City” series. “A Haunted History of Invisible Women,” Leanna’s first foray into non-fiction, focusing on women’s narratives in haunted houses and ghost stories, will release in 2022 from Kensington. Her work has won four Prism awards and has been included in numerous notable anthologies such as “Queen Victoria’s Book of Spells” (Tor), and her books have been translated into many languages. She crafts unique gothic and steampunk accessories for Torch and Arrow and works as a ghost-tour guide for Manhattan’s Boroughs of the Dead. Hieber has been featured in film and television on shows like “Mysteries at the Museum.” For writers’ resources, free reads and more visit: http://leannareneehieber.com

Emilya Naymark

Emilya Naymark’s debut novel “Hide In Place” is out Feb. 9 from Crooked Lane Books. Her short stories appear in the Harper Collins anthology “A Stranger Comes to Town,” “Secrets in the Water,” “After Midnight: Tales from the Graveyard Shift,” “River River Journal,” “Snowbound: Best New England Crime Stories 2017” and “1+30: THE BEST OF MYSTORY.” She has a degree in fine art, and her artworks have been published in numerous magazines and books. When not writing, Emilya works as a visual artist and reads massive quantities of psychological thrillers, suspense and crime fiction. She lives in the Hudson Valley with her family.

Erica Obey

Erica Obey pursued an academic career specializing in 19th-century women folklorists before she decided she’d rather be writing the stories herself. She is the author of five novels—including the award-winning “The Curse of the Braddock Brides,” as well as “Dazzlepaint.” Erica currently serves as the president of the MWA-NY chapter.