Upcoming MWA Publications

How to Write a Mystery
A Handbook by Mystery Writers of America

Coming April 2021

Edited by Lee Child, with Laurie R. King
April, 2021 (Scribner)
ISBN13: 9781982149437

Seventy of the most successful mystery writers in the business answering the question:
What writing advice do you wish you’d had at the beginning of your career?

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When A Stranger Comes to Town

April 20, 2021

Edited by Michael Koryta
Hanover Square Press
ISBN-13 : 978-1335141477

No matter how or where they appear, strangers are walking mysteries, complete unknowns in once-familiar territories who disrupt our lives with unease and wonder. In the newest collection of stories by the Mystery Writers of America, each author weaves a fresh tale surrounding the eerie feeling that comes when a stranger enters our midst, featuring stories by prolific mystery writers such as Michael Connelly, Lisa Unger, and Joe Hill.

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