Virtual Crime Fiction Reading Series

Join us for another thrilling night of chilling crime fiction read by our talented members Gloria J. Browne-Marshall, Lori Duffy Foster, Jane Kelly, Lucy Kirk, Ed Leahy, S. Lee Manning and Gary Earl Ross. Albert Tucher is the host for the evening.

The event will stream live on the MWA-NY 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.

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

Gloria J. Browne-Marshall

Gloria J. Browne-Marshall is an award-winning author, attorney, producer, playwright, radio/podcast host and a professor of constitutional law at John Jay College. Gloria has provided commentary for CBS, CNN, ABC, MSNBC and C-Span and radio commentary for BBC America, NPR and WVON. She is also the host of a weekly one-hour radio program, “Law of the Land,” on WBAI. Most recently, the Pulitzer Center’s Law and Justice Group awarded a grant to her for her play “SHOT-Caught a Soul.” Gloria has written many books, including “She Took Justice: The Black Woman, Law, and Power,” “The Voting Rights War: The NAACP and the Ongoing Struggle for Justice” and “Race, Law, and American Society: 1607 to Present.” She is also the recipient of honors such as the NAACP Ethel Lawrence Trailblazer Award, the Malcolm X Award from NAKO and many more! To learn more, visit www.browne-marshall.com.

Lori Duffy Foster

Lori Duffy Foster is a former crime reporter who writes from the hills of northern Pennsylvania, where she lives with her husband and four children. Her short fiction has appeared in the journal Aethlon and in the anthologies “Short Story America” and “Childhood Regained.” Her nonfiction has appeared in several magazines, including Healthy Living, Running Times, Literary Mama, Crimespree and Mountain Home. “A Dead Man’s Eyes,” the first in the Lisa Jamison mystery/suspense series, is her debut novel. Book two in the series, “Never Broken,” and her thriller, “Never Let Go,” will come out from Level Best Books in 2022. She is also author of “Raising Identical Twins: The Unique Challenges and Joys of the Early Years.” Lori is a member of Mystery Writers of America, Sisters in Crime, the Historical Novel Society and Pennwriters. She also sits on the board of the Knoxville (Penn.) Public Library. Visit her at www.loriduffyfoster.com.

Jane Kelly

Jane Kelly is a native of Philadelphia close to the Jersey Shore settings of the Meg Daniels mysteries from Plexus Publishing. Her fifth, “Greetings from Ventnor City,” was published in January 2020. She is also the author of the independently published “Widow Lady Mysteries” and “Writing in Time Mysteries.” Jane has an M.S. from Drexel University in library and information science and an M.Phil. in popular literature from Trinity College, Dublin, which she earned as a very mature student in 2008. Jane is past-president of the Delaware Valley chapter of Sisters in Crime and currently lives in the Philadelphia area.

Lucy Kirk

Lucy Kirk is a retired CIA operations officer and former chief of station. She spent more than three decades working in the CIA on assignments both in the U.S. and abroad. She focused on the USSR and post-Soviet Russia, an area of the world considered most significant to the national security interests of the United States. She currently teaches courses on espionage and the Cold War in New York City.

Ed Leahy

Ed Leahy was a finalist for the 2018 Freddie Award for Writing Excellence in Mysteries for Past Grief under the title “Bury the Past.” He’s a member of the Mystery Writers of America and the International Thriller Writers and he’s been published by New York Teacher Magazine. He’s a retired international issue specialist for the IRS with investigative experience. He holds a B.A. and M.A. in government and politics with a concentration in constitutional law. He serves on the board of directors of AHRC-NYC, an agency that serves children and adults with developmental disabilities.

S. Lee Manning

S. Lee Manning spent two years as an editor on Law Enforcement Communications before realizing that lawyers make a lot more money. A subsequent career spanned from the white-shoe firm of Cravath, Swaine & Moore to working for the State of New Jersey to solo practice. From 2001 to 2007, Manning chaired New Jerseyans for Alternatives to the Death Penalty, writing articles and appearing on local radio and television in the years leading up to its abolition in the state. An award winning short story writer, Manning’s debut thriller, “Trojan Horse,” reflects her lifelong interest in Russia and espionage. Her second in the series, “Nerve Attack,” will be debuting in September 2021. Manning currently lives in Vermont with her husband and two cats and is looking forward to the end of the pandemic and visits with her son in New Jersey and daughter in Los Angeles.

Gary Earl Ross

Gary Earl Ross is a retired University at Buffalo professor. His books include “The Wheel of Desire,” “Shimmerville,” “Blackbird Rising,” “Beneath the Ice” and the Gideon Rimes mysteries “Nickel City Blues,” “Nickel City Crossfire” and “Nickel City Storm Warning.” His plays (staged in Buffalo, Rochester, Knoxville, New York and other U.S. cities; Kamsack and Battlefords, Saskatchewan, Canada; London, West Sussex and Manchester, England; Shanghai, China; Manipal and Lucknow, India; and Almaty, Kazakhstan) include “Picture Perfect,” “The Best Woman,” “Murder Squared,” “The Scavenger’s Daughter,” “The Mark of Cain,” “The Guns of Christmas,” “The Trial of Trayvon Martin” and “Matter of Intent,” winner of the 2006 Edgar Award from Mystery Writers of America. Both “The Scavenger’s Daughter” and “Matter of Intent” have been adapted into transliterated motion pictures by CITOC Productions of Mumbai, India. Visit him at www.garyearlross.net.