Welcome

Welcome to the home page of Mystery Writers of America (“MWA”). Come on in, cruise around and explore our dynamic new website. MWA is the premier organization for mystery and crime writers, professionals allied to the crime writing field, aspiring crime writers, and folks who just love to read crime fiction. In these pages, you’ll find much to enjoy about MWA, our programs, our authors and their books, including frequently updated calendars of events, announcements about our authors, their tour dates and their new releases, and a brand new blog brought to you by the leading authors of the mystery genre.

MWA is a storied organization with a golden past and an exciting present. Each Spring, we present the Edgar® Awards, widely acknowledged to be the most prestigious awards in the genre. We sponsor MWA:Reads (a vibrant youth literacy program) and numerous other symposia and events designed to enlighten and inform authors and fans alike. If you’re an author in the mystery or crime genre or an allied professional, you’ll find important services and benefits here. If you’re a reader, fan, librarian, journalist or anybody else interested in learning more about the genre, you’ve come to the right place. We hope you’ll enjoy our site, learn a lot and keep coming back for more.

News & Press

Click here to find out everything you need to know about the 2010 Edgar Awards Banquet, MWA’s Edgar Symposium and this year’s Edgar Nominees.



Press Releases
2010 Edgar Winners - April 30, 2010
2010 Edgar Nominations - January 19, 2010

Regional Chapters

MWA has eleven regional chapters, ranging in size from one state (Florida) to thirteen (Midwest). Any member of MWA is automatically enrolled in the appropriate regional chapter. All chapters have a newsletter and most have regular meetings; increasingly, chapters also have an online presence. Many MWA meetings are open to non-members.
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Now in Stores:

SKETCH ME IF YOU CAN
Author: Sharon Pape
Published: August 3, 2010 by Berkley
Series Name: A PORTRAIT OF CRIME MYSTERY

She's a police sketch artist. He's a dead lawman. Together, they put a face on murder.


When her uncle dies, police sketch artist Rory McCain get's a list of clients from his private detective business and a beautiful, old house with a ghostly inhabitant: Federal Marshal Ezekiel Drummond, aka Zeke.

Having a ghost as a housemate is bad enough, but as Rory's drawn into one of her uncle's unsolved cases and faces a cold-blooded killer, she may need the marshal's supernatural help to stay alive.


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"The Little Nogai Boy"
Author: R.T. Lawton
Published: September 1, 2010 by Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine
Series Name: The Armenian series
Category: Historical Mystery

“The Little Nogai Boy,” AHMM September 2010 issue is the prequel to the Armenian series. On the Steppes of 1850, a 7-year old boy from the declining Nogai Horde attaches himself to a wandering Armenian who trades with warring Cossacks and raiding Chechens on both sides of the Terek River. Then far south of the river border and deep into the Wild Country, he finds murder, suspicion and an odd alliance. (Watch the video trailer at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AvUaagz_sNw )


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Coming Soon:

Dirty Rotten Tendrils
Author: Kate Collins
Published: October 5, 2010 by Penguin/NAL
Series Name: The Flower Shop Mysteryes
Category: cozy mystery
Main Character: Florist Abby Knight, Marco Salvare

Spring is blooming in New Chapel, Indiana, but Abby’s beloved small town has become a media circus. Singer Cody Verse has returned home after winning on America’s Next Hit Single with his song “Code Blue.” He has brought high-powered attorney Ken “the Lip” Lipinksi with him to fend off a lawsuit from his former songwriting partner. Then the Lips is in need of a code blue himself when he’s found dead from a suspicious overdose.


 


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The Damage Done
Author: Hilary Davidson
Published: September 28, 2010 by Forge

Lily Moore, a successful travel writer, fled to Spain to get away from her troubled, drug-addicted younger sister, Claudia. But when Claudia is found dead in a bathtub on the anniversary of their mother’s suicide, Lily must return to New York to deal with the aftermath.

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