Welcome

Welcome to the home page of Mystery Writers of America (“MWA”). Come in and explore our 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 will learn 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.
 
Founded in 1945, 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 Literacy where we help to rebuild libraries around the US as well as numerous symposiums 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 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 2013 Edgar Awards Banquet, MWA’s Edgar Symposium and the soon to be announced Edgar Nominees.


Press Releases

2013 Edgar Winners - May 2, 2013

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:

DEADLY HARVEST
Author: Michael Stanley
Published: April 30, 2013 by Bourbon Street Press (HarperCollins)
Series Name: The Detective Kubu series
Category: Police Procedural; international
Main Character: Assistant Superintendent David "Kubu" Bengu - known as Detective Kubu

A young girl goes missing after getting into a car with a mysterious man.  Another girl disappears soon after, also after a man offers her a ride.

When the local police lose interest, Samantha Khama, a new detective with the Botswana Criminal Investigation Department and its only woman, devotes herself to keeping the cases alive.  As she starts to make progress, Detective Kubu joins forces with her to take the investigation to the next level.


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Fatal Descent
Author: Beth Groundwater
Published: June 8, 2013 by Midnight Ink
Series Name: RM Outdoor Adventures
Category: Mystery, Soft-boiled, Outdoors
Main Character: Mandy Tanner

A fast-paced locked-room mystery in Utah's awe-inspiring canyon lands. River guide Mandy Tanner and her fiancé Rob Juarez, owners of RM Outdoor Adventures, are leading an off-season rafting and climbing trip on the Colorado River. The unfamiliar topography and a lecherous local climbing guide have Mandy on edge — but that’s nothing compared to the trouble the clients bring. When a young man is found dead, everyone on the trip is a suspect. Since there's no way out of the Colorado River's steep canyons, it's up to Mandy and Rob to solve the mystery before the murderer strikes again.


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More titles that are in stores

Coming Soon:

Green-Eyed Lady
Author: Chuck Greaves
Published: June 25, 2013 by Minotaur
Series Name: Jack MacTaggart No. 2
Category: Mystery, thriller
Main Character: Jack MacTaggart, Marta "Mayday" Suarez

Lured by a beautiful seductress, U.S. Senate candidate Warren Burkett finds himself alone and naked in a stranger's home from which a priceless painting is missing.  When the woman turns up dead, attorney Jack MacTaggart must unravel the deepening mystery, and prevent a killer from going to Washington.


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Death Takes A Holiday
Author: Jennifer Harlow
Published: August 2, 2013 by Midnight Ink
Series Name: F.R.E.A.K.S. Squad #3
Category: Paranormal Mystery
Main Character: Beatrice Alexander

CLASSIFIED: F.R.E.A.K.S. Getaway

If anyone ever needed a holiday, it’s Beatrice Alexander. Crushing a sixty-foot snake with her mind? Easy. Dealing with the drama that’s tearing apart the FREAKS, not so much. Being used as a tug-of-war rope between a wounded werewolf and vain vampire has stretched Bea to her breaking point. So she packs up her sunscreen and reindeer ears and journeys home to the sunny beaches of California for Christmas.


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