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Pamela Ruth Meyer’s manuscript Death in Miniature has been chosen runner-up for the 2024 Book Pipeline Unpublished Award in the mystery/thriller category (https://bookpipeline.com/2024-unpublished-results).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 […]
News & Views
Read All About Them! Member One Sheets: Daniella Bernett
Welcome to our Member One Sheets! We’ll be adding them to the website this year, kicking off with MWA-NY Board Member Daniella Bernett. You can see all her One Sheet info in the graphic. Daniella Bernett: author of the Emmeline Kirby-Gregory Longdon mystery series. Books: Lead Me Into Danger, Deadly Legacy, From Beyond The Grave, A Checkered Past, When Blood […]
Audio Interview: A Conversation with Author and Leon Burstein Award Runner-Up Christal Roberts
Enjoy this conversation with Christal Roberts, author, dynamo, and Leon Burstein Award Runner-up (2024). As well as being a MWA-NY member, Christal is an Emmy-winning TV news producer and video editor, currently querying her debut mystery novel, A KILLING IN BLACK NEWPORT. Previously an adjunct professor of journalism at Hofstra University, Christal also served as a contributing editor at BlogHer.com. As […]
Test Your Knowledge: Our ‘Famous First Lines’ Quiz is Now Live!
So you think you know your famous first lines? Take our new quiz and find out which author wrote which famous first line. You’ll see the quiz results after clicking ‘submit.’
MWA-NY Mentor Program Officially Opens
Need a critique? The 2025 MWA-NY Mentor Program is open for submissions from March 1 to 31, 2025. The MWA-NY Mentor Program committee invites members of the New York Chapter of MWA, unpublished and published, to submit their work for critique by an active member of the chapter. Get feedback from published professionals to help you hone your work! For […]
Snuggling Up with Crime: Talking Cozy Mysteries in New Jersey
MWA members, mystery aficionados, and friends gathered on February 21 at the Montclair Women’s Club in New Jersey for “Crime Without the Blood: Cozy Mysteries,” a panel discussion moderated by Carole Bugge. The panel, comprising Linda Rawlins, Suzanne Trauth and Peggy Ehrhart, spun a web of intrigue and provided a glimpse into creating diverting puzzles without explicit violence. The audience, […]
Crime Craft: Self Publishing
Self Publishing A well-attended Crime Craft presentation packed with useful content from veteran author Sharon Ward, who generously shared a host of information about what worked for her and what didn’t. Sharon Ward is the author of the Fin Fleming Scuba Diving Mystery Series, which includes In Deep, Sunken Death, Dark Tide, Killer Storm, Hidden Depths, Sea Stars, Rip Current, […]
Events
Crime Craft: Tracy Clark Disccusses Location and Setting
Tracy Clark is the award-winning author of the Cass Raines Chicago Mystery series and the Detective Harriet Foster series, both […]
Motive: The Essence of Mystery
Without a motive, there would be no story because there would be no crime. What is your process to […]