MWA University – Chicago
Mystery Writers of America University (MWA-U) is a full-day, low-cost writing seminar designed to teach participants the essential skills needed to write a novel, from the idea stage to the final editing. The focus is on the craft of writing, and the college-level courses are taught by published writers and experienced teachers.
Register NOW for MWA University – Chicago
Date: Saturday, September 13, 2014
What: An entire day of top-notch classes. Novice or pro, you will benefit from hearing the experts discuss their strategies for all facets of writing and publishing.
Click here for all the details: http://mysterywriters.org/mwa-university/mwa-u-chicago/
New Books by MWA Members – June & July 2014
Summer is here! Looking for something new to read – here is a list of new books that were published in June and July 2014 by some of our members. They can all be found at your local Independent Bookstore. Visit this link to find a store near you: http://www.indiebound.org
JUNE 2014
Books
Megan Abbott, The Fever, Little, Brown and Company
Annamaria Alfieri, Strange Gods, Minotaur
Mary Kay Andrews, Save the Date, St. Martin’s Press
Donald Bain, Lights Out!, Severn House
Laura Benedict, Bliss House, Pegasus
Michael Black, Chimes at Midnight, Five Star
Allison Brennan, Dead Heat, Minotaur
Alafair Burke, All Day and a Night, HarperCollins
C.J. Carpenter, Never Alone. Midnight Ink
Donis Casey, Hell with the Lid Blown Off, Poisoned Pen Press
Ben Coes, Independence Day, St. Martin’s Press
Max Allan Collins, Supreme Justice, Thomas & Mercer
Shelia Connolly, Razing the Dead, Berkley Prime Crime
Lindsey Davis, Enemies at Home, Minotaur
Christine DeSmet, Hot Fudge Frame-Up, Obsidian
Linda Fairstein, Terminal City, Dutton
Rory Flynn, Third Rail, Houghton Miffling Harcourt
Shelley Freydont, Independence Slay, Berkley Prime Crime
Meg Gardiner, Phantom Instinct, Dutton
John Gilstrap, End Game, Kensington – Pinnacle
Heather Graham, The Cursed, MIRA
Chuck Greaves, The Last Heir, Minotaur
Martha Grimes, Vertigo 42, Scribner
Bruce Hale, Big Bad Baby, Dial Books for Young Readers
David Housewright, The Devil May Care, Minotaur
Craig Johnson, Any Other Name, Viking
Michael Kahn, Face Value, Poisoned Pen Press
Karen Keskinen, Black Current, Minotaur
Stephen King, Mr. Mercedes, Scribner
Susan Klaus, Flight of the Golden Harpy, Tor
Michael Koryta, Those Who Wish Me Dead, Little, Brown and Company
Eleanor Kuhns, Cradle to Grave, Minotaur
Jerry Ludwig, Blacklist, Forge Books
Edith Maxwell, ‘Til Dirt Do Us Part, Kensington
Charles O’Brien, Death in Saratoga Springs, Kensington
Howard Owen, Parker Field, Permanent Press
Nancy Parra, Engaged to Murder, Berkley Prime Crime
James Patterson & David Ellis, Invisible, Little, Brown and Company
Ridley Pearson, The Red Room. Putnam
Robert Rotstein, Reckless Disregard, Seventh Street Books
Maggie Sefton, Yarn Over Murder, Berkley Prime Crime
Lisa Shiroff, Revenge Café, Tasfil Publications
Karin Slaughter, Cop Town, Delacorte
Karen Rose Smith, Deadly Décor, Kensington
Jeff Soloway, The Travel Writer, Random House – Alibi
Chevy Stevens, That Night, St. Martin’s Press
Ingrid Thoft, Identity, Putnam
Mark Troy, The Splintered Paddle, Five Star
Kate White, Eyes on You, HarperCollins
Lauren Willig, A Summer Engagement, St. Martin’s Press
Steven Womack, Resurrection Bay, Midnight Ink
James W. Ziskin, No Stone Unturned, Seventh Street Books
Short Stories
Meredith Anthony, “So A Man Walks Into A Bookstore,” AHMM
John C. Boland, “Killing Morris Gimple,” AHMM
Shelley Costa, “The Specific Gravity of Blood in Sunlight,” AHMM
Kevin Egan, “Term Life,” AHMM
Jim Fusilli, “The One-Armed Man in the Luncheonette,” AHMM
R.T. Lawton, “Gibet de Montfaucon,” AHMM
Steve Lindley, “Man Buries Man,” AHMM
Robert Lopresti, “The Accessory,” EQMM
Bill Pronzini, “Hooch,” EQMM
Joan Ramirez, “Maude’s Deceptions,” Short-Story.me
Marilyn Todd, “Bad Taste,” EQMM
JULY 2014
Books
Jeff Abbott, The Inside Man, Grand Central Publishing
Annamaria Alfieri, Strange Gods, Minotaur
Donna Andrews, The Good, the Bad, and the Emus, Minotaur
Charles Atkins, Done to Death, Severn House
Juliet Blackwell, A Vision in Velvet, Obsidian
Leslie Budewitz, Crime Rib, Berkley Prime Crime
James Lee Burke, Wayfaring Stranger, Simon & Schuster
Nancy Bush, I’ll Find You, Zebra
Sam Cabot, Skin of the Wolf, Blue Rider
Emma Campion, A Triple Knot, Broadway Books
Lorenzo Carcaterra, The Wolf, Ballantine
Bailey Cates, Some Enchanted Éclair, Obsidian
Marcia Clark, The Competition, Mulholland Books
A.J. Colucci, Seeders, St. Martin’s Press
Catherine Coulter, Power Play, G.P. Putnam’s Sons
Lindsey Davis, Enemies at Home, Minotaur
Paul Doiron, The Bone Orchard, Minotaur
Julie Garwood, Fast Track, Dutton
Alison Gaylin, Stay With Me, HarperCollins
Deborah Halber, The Skeleton Crew: How Amateur Sleuths Are Solving America’s Coldest Cases, Simon & Schuster
Timothy Hallinan, Herbie’s Game, Soho Press
Betty Hechtman, Silence of the Lamb’s Wool, Berkley Prime Crime
Jennifer Hillier, The Butcher, Gallery
Anna Lee Huber, Grave Matter, Berkley Prime Crime
Julie Hyzy, Grace Against the Clock, Berkley Prime Crime
J.A. Jance, Remains of Innocence, William Morrow
J. Sydney Jones, A Matter of Breeding, Severn House
Merry Jones, Elective Procedures, Oceanview
Sherrilyn Kenyon, Born of Fury, St. Martin’s
Allison Leotta, Discretion, Simon & Schuster – Touchstone
Ed Lin, Ghost Month, Soho
Anna Loan-Wilsey, A Sense of Entitlement, Kensington
Virginia Lowell, Cookies and Scream, Berkley Prime Crime
Susan Elia MacNeal, The Prime Minister’s Secret Agent, Bantam
Marcia Muller, The Night Searchers, Grand Central
James Patterson & David Ellis, Invisible, Little, Brown
Jessie Bishop Powell, The Marriage at the Rue Morgue, Five Star
Bill Pronzini, Strangers, Forge Books
Lori Rader-Day, The Black Hour, Seventh Street Books
Gillian Royes, The Sea Grape Tree, Simon & Schuster – Atria Books
Greg Rucka, Bravo, Mulholland Books
Susan Spann, Blade of the Samurai, Minotaur
John Verdon, Peter Pan Must Die, Crown
Kate White, Eyes On You, HarperCollins
Amanda Kyle Williams, Don’t Talk to Strangers, Bantam
Jacqueline Winspear, The Care and Management of Lies, Harper
Ben H. Winters, World of Trouble, Quirk Books
Stuart Woods, Cut and Thrust, G.P. Putnam’s Sons
Reavis Z. Wortham, Vengeance is Mine, Poisoned Pen Press
Rebecca York, Betrayed, Sourcebooks
Short Stories
Frankie Y. Bailey, “In Her Fashion,” EQMM
Phillip DePoy, “Mary’s Shallow Grave,” AHMM
Brendan DuBois, “The Plow Guy,” AHMM
Alex Grecian,” Unknown Caller,” EQMM
Richard Helms, “Second Sight Unseen,” EQMM
Larry Light, “The Best Date Ever,” AHMM
Jenny Milchman, “The Very Old Man,” EQMM
Bill Pronzini, “It Couldn’t Be Done?,” EQMM
Stephen Ross, “Bad Memory,” AHMM
Marianne Wilski Strong, “The Abbott and the Ruby,” AHMM
New Books by MWA Members – May 2014
Looking for something new to read – here is a list of new books that were published in May 2014 by some of our members. They can all be found at your local Independent Bookstore. Visit this link to find a store near you: http://www.indiebound.org
VITAL SIGNS – May 2014
Books
Mary Kay Andrews, Save the Date, St. Martin’s Press
Alan Beechey, This Private Plot, Poisoned Pen
Mike Befeler, Nursing Homes are Murder, Five Star
Lawrence Block, Borderline, Hard Case Crime
Dorothy Cannell, Murder at Mullings, Severn House
Jessie Chandler, Chip on the Ice Block, Midnight Ink
Reed Farrel Coleman, The Hollow Girl, Tyrus
Jeffery Deaver, The Skin Collector, Grand Central Publishing
Hannah Dennison, Murder at Honeychurch Hall, Minotaur
William Dietrich, The Three Emperors, HarperCollins
Brendan DuBois, Fatal Harbor, Pegasus Crime
Beth Fantaskey, Buzz Kill, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Joseph Finder, Suspicion, Dutton
David Freed, Voodoo Ridge, Permanent Press
Alex Grecian, The Devil’s Workshop, G.P. Putnam’s Sons
S.E. Green, Killer Instinct, Simon & Schuster
Elizabeth Gunn, Red Man Down, Severn House
Carolyn Haines, Booty Bones, Minotaur
Charlaine Harris, Midnight Crossroad, Ace
Carolyn Hart, Death at the Door, Berkley Prime Crime
Mary Ellen Hughes, The Pickled Piper, Berkley Prime Crime
Maddy Hunter, Fleur de Lies, Midnight Ink
Terry Irving, Courier. Angry Robot – Exhibit A
Craig Johnson, Any Other Name, Viking
Gary Kriss, The Zodiac Deception, Forge Books
John Lescroart, The Keeper, Simon & Schuster – Atria Books
Lizbeth Lipperman, Jailhouse Glock, Midnight Ink
Michael McGarrity, Backlands, Dutton
Catriona McPherson, The Day She Died, Midnight Ink
Laura Morrigan, A Tiger’s Tale, Berkley Prime Crime
Walter Mosley, Debbie Doesn’t Do It Anymore, Doubleday
Susan Oleksiw, For the Love of Parvati, Five Star
Kathryn O’Sullivan, Murder on the Hoof, Minotaur
Katherine Hall Page, Small Plates, William Morrow
Michael Palmer, Resistant, St. Martin’s Press
James Patterson & Maxine Paetro, Unlucky, Little, Brown and Company
Ralph Pezzullo, SEAL Team Six: Hunt the Jackal, Mulholland/Little, Brown
Douglas Preston, The Kraken Project, Forge
David Putnam, The Disposables, Oceanview
Matthew Quirk, The Directive, Little, Brown and Company
Lynne Raimondo, Dante’s Poison, Seventh Street Books
Karin Slaughter, Cop Town, Delacorte Press
Lachlan Smith, Lion Plays Rough, Mysterious
Jonathan Stone, Moving Day, Thomas & Mercer
Will Thomas, Fatal Enquiry, Minotaur
Steve Ulfelder, Woverine Bros. Freight and Storage, Minotaur
Elaine Viets, Catnapped, Obsidian
Short Stories
Catherine Dilts, “Tweens,” AHMM
John M. Floyd, “Hunters,” AHMM
Ed Gorman, “Calculated Risk,” EQMM
Janice Law, “The Pulp Fiction Writer,” AHMM
Robert S. Levinson, “My Mom, the Movies, and Me, EQMM
Robert Lopresti, “A Bad Day for Bargain Hunters,” AHMM
James Powell, The Theft of the Clown Jules, EQMM
MWA at BookExpo America
Mystery Writers of America will be attending BEA once again. We will be located at Booth #2557 and have a great two days of signings lined up. Print out our signing schedule – stop by – meet our members and get lots of amazing books.
Edgar® Award winners announced
Mystery Writers of America is proud to announce the winners of the 2014 Edgar Allan Poe Awards, honoring the best in mystery fiction, non-fiction and television published or produced in 2013. The Edgar® Awards were presented to the winners at our 68th Gala Banquet, May 1, 2014 at the Grand Hyatt Hotel, New York City.
View the winners at TheEdgars.com, or read the 2014 Edgar Winners Press Release (PDF).
MWA University – Philadelphia
Mystery Writers of America University (MWA-U) is a full-day, low-cost writing seminar designed to teach participants the essential skills needed to write a novel, from the idea stage to the final editing. The focus is on the craft of writing, and the college-level courses are taught by published writers and experienced teachers.
Register NOW for MWA University – Philadelphia
Date: Saturday, June 28, 2014
What: An entire day of top-notch classes. Novice or pro, you will benefit from hearing the experts discuss their strategies for all facets of writing and publishing.
Click here for all the details: http://mysterywriters.org/mwa-university-philadelphia
2014 Edgar Week Events
Launch Party for MWA’s Newest Anthology - Ice Cold
On Tuesday, April 29th, we will be launching our newest anthology, Ice Cold, edited by Jeffery Deaver and Raymond Benson. The launch party will be held at The Mysterious Bookshop, 58 Warren Street, New York, NY. Phone number is: 212-587-1011. The event will begin at 6:00 p.m. and many of the contributors are scheduled to appear. In addition, many of the 2014 Edgar® Award nominees will also be at the bookstore.
Visit Mysterious’ website for more information:
http://www.mysteriousbookshop.com
Register NOW for the 2014 Edgar® Week Grand Master Interview
New for this year and a new location!
Wednesday, April 30, 2014 – 5:00 to 6:00 pm
Grand Hyatt New York
Broadway Room – Conference Level
East 42nd Street at Grand Central Station
Please join us as we celebrate Robert Crais and Carolyn Hart – our 2014 Grand Masters.
Visit this link for the details – http://www.theedgars.com/interviews.html
2014 Edgar Awards Banquet
The 2014 Edgar Banquet will be on Thursday, May 1st at the Grand Hyatt Hotel. The hotel is located on East 42nd St at Grand Central Station. Cocktails will begin at 6:30 pm, dinner at 7:30 pm. The awards program will begin after dinner and will be emceed by our current president – Brad Meltzer.
We have arranged for a very discounted room rate at the Grand Hyatt Hotel of $290/per night. This rate will be available for reservations made for the period beginning on Sunday, April 27th through Saturday, May 3rd. To make a reservation, call 800-233-1234 and ask for the “mystery writers” rate. This rate will only be available until early April, so call now. You may also reserve your hotel room via this link.
You may purchase tickets here on our website or by sending a check. Please make sure you return the RSVP card if you pay online. Tickets are $195/per person.
Dress: Dress to Kill – Black Tie Preferred
Visit http://www.theedgars.com for more information.
MWA Announces 2014 Edgar Award Nominees
Mystery Writers of America is proud to announce, as we celebrate the 205th anniversary of the birth of Edgar Allan Poe, the Nominees for the 2014 Edgar Allan Poe Awards, honoring the best in mystery fiction, non-fiction and television, published or produced in 2013. The Edgar® Awards will be presented to the winners at our 68th Gala Banquet, May 1, 2014 at the Grand Hyatt Hotel, New York City. View the nominees at TheEdgars.com, or 2014 Edgar Nominations – Press Release.
MWA Announces 2014 Grand Master and Raven Awards
It is with great pleasure that MWA’s National Board of Directors announces the 2014 Grand Master and Raven award recipients.
Grand Masters are Robert Crais and Carolyn Hart
Raven Award recipient is Aunt Agatha’s in Ann Arbor, Michigan
For all the details, click on this link: 2014 Special Edgar Awards
MWA University – Dallas
Mystery Writers of America University (MWA-U) is a full-day, low-cost writing seminar designed to teach participants the essential skills needed to write a novel, from the idea stage to the final editing. The focus is on the craft of writing, and the college-level courses are taught by published writers and experienced teachers.
Register NOW for MWA University – Dallas
Date: Saturday, December 14, 2013
What: An entire day of top-notch classes. Novice or pro, you will benefit from hearing the experts discuss their strategies for all facets of writing and publishing.
Click here for all the details: https://mysterywriters.org/mwa-university/mwa-u-dallas