​​Martha M. Geaney is the author of the amateur sleuth Star O'Brien mystery series which begins with "Death on Clare Island." The series is set County Mayo, Ireland. Martha currently serves as the President of Citrus Crime Writers in Central Florida. She has been a member of SinC since 2017. Martha earned her Ph.D. in Interdisciplinary Studies, and before turning to the mystery life, served as dean of a business college in the Pennsylvania State University system. Martha and her agility puppy, Turlough reside in Florida.

Facebook Page https://www.facebook.com/mgeaneyauthor

Twitter https://twitter.com/mgeaneyauthor

Instagram https://www.instagram.com/mgeaneyauthor

Website https://martha-geaney.com

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Sisters in Crime was founded in 1986 to promote the ongoing advancement, recognition and professional development of women crime writers. Through advocacy, programming and leadership, SinC empowers and supports all crime writers regardless of genre or place on their career trajectory.

www.SistersinCrime.org

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sincnational/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/SINCnational

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sistersincrime

The SinC Writers’ Podcast is produced by Julian Crocamo https://www.juliancrocamo.com/

Rhys is the NYT bestselling author of the Royal Spyness novels as well as the Molly Murphy mysteries she now writes with her daughter Clare Broyles. In addition Rhys writes internationally bestselling stand alone historical novels, mostly set in WWII. She has received three Edgar nominations and won twenty awards to date, as well as being published in over thirty languages. Rhys was born and educated in Britain, worked in BBC drama but now divides her time between California and Arizona

Facebook Page www.Facebook.com/rhysbowenauthor

Twitter www.twitter.com/rhysbowen

Instagram www.instagram.com/Authorrhysbowen

Website Www.rhysbowen.com

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Sisters in Crime was founded in 1986 to promote the ongoing advancement, recognition and professional development of women crime writers. Through advocacy, programming and leadership, SinC empowers and supports all crime writers regardless of genre or place on their career trajectory.

www.SistersinCrime.org

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sincnational/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/SINCnational

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sistersincrime

The SinC Writers’ Podcast is produced by Julian Crocamo https://www.juliancrocamo.com/

With over 21 million copies of her books in print over a career spanning four decades, New York Times bestselling author J.A. JANCE is the author of the Ali Reynolds series (with COLLATERAL DAMAGE being the most recent), the J.P. Beaumont series, the Joanna Brady series, a series of Southwestern thrillers featuring the Walker family, a volume of poetry, and more. Born in South Dakota and brought up in Bisbee, Arizona, she lives with her husband in Seattle.

Blog post: Sometimes No Is the Right Answer: http://jajance.com/Blog/2023/03/03/sometimes-no-is-the-right-answer/

Facebook Page https://www.facebook.com/JAJance

Twitter https://twitter.com/JAJance

Website https://www.jajance.com/

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Sisters in Crime was founded in 1986 to promote the ongoing advancement, recognition and professional development of women crime writers. Through advocacy, programming and leadership, SinC empowers and supports all crime writers regardless of genre or place on their career trajectory.

www.SistersinCrime.org

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sincnational/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/SINCnational

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sistersincrime

The SinC Writers’ Podcast is produced by Julian Crocamo https://www.juliancrocamo.com/

SinC Auction! May 18-21

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Susanna Calkins writes award-winning historical fiction, including the Lucy Campion mysteries set in 17th century London and the Speakeasy Murders set in 1920s Chicago. Her books have been nominated for the Agatha, Mary Higgins Clark, Anthony, Macavity, and Lefty (best historical). She holds a PhD in early modern English history and is currently a university administrator. She grew up in Philadelphia and lives in the Chicago area, with her husband and two sons.

Facebook Page www.facebook.com/authorSusannaCalkins

Twitter @scalkins3

Website www.susannacalkins.edu

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Sisters in Crime was founded in 1986 to promote the ongoing advancement, recognition and professional development of women crime writers. Through advocacy, programming and leadership, SinC empowers and supports all crime writers regardless of genre or place on their career trajectory.

www.SistersinCrime.org

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sincnational/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/SINCnational

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sistersincrime

SinC Auction May 18-21

Auction site: https://www.32auctions.com/CrimeWritersForJustice

The SinC Writers’ Podcast is produced by Julian Crocamo https://www.juliancrocamo.com/

We celebrated our 100th episode with two of the people responsible for this project, former SinC presidents Lori Rader-Day and Sandra SG Wong. Join us as we celebrate 100 episodes and catch up with these fabulous people.

Sandra SG Wong (she/her) writes fiction across genres, including the cross-genre Lola Starke novels, Crescent City short stories, and the bestselling standalone suspense novel, IN THE DARK WE FORGET. A hybrid author, she has been a Crime Writers of Canada Awards of Excellence finalist and a Whistler Independent Book Awards nominee. Wong has been involved with genre and literary organizations, conferences, festivals, and workshops across Canada and the United States. She served on the Sisters in Crime national board as its first president of Asian heritage, and currently chairs its DEIJB Advisory Committee. She is also an active member of Crime Writers of Color.

Website: https://sgwong.com

Twitter: https://twitter.com/S_G_Wong

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sgwong8/

Lori Rader-Day is the Edgar® Award-nominated and Agatha, Anthony, and Mary Higgins Clark award-winning author of Death at Greenway, The Lucky One, Under a Dark Sky, The Day I Died, Little Pretty Things, and The Black Hour. Her next contemporary suspense novel, THE DEATH OF US, will be released in the fall of 2023. She lives in Chicago, where she is co-chair of the mystery readers’ festival Midwest Mystery Conference (fka Murder and Mayhem in Chicago) and served as 2019-2020 national president of Sisters in Crime. She teaches creative writing for Northwestern University’s School of Professional Studies.

Website:   https://loriraderday.com/

Twitter:   https://twitter.com/LoriRaderDay

Facebook:   https://www.facebook.com/loriraderdaybooks

Instagram:   https://www.instagram.com/loriraderday/

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About Sisters in Crime

Sisters in Crime was founded in 1986 to promote the ongoing advancement, recognition and professional development of women crime writers. Through advocacy, programming and leadership, SinC empowers and supports all crime writers regardless of genre or place on their career trajectory.

www.SistersinCrime.org

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sincnational/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/SINCnational

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sistersincrime

The SinC Writers’ Podcast is produced by Julian Crocamo https://www.juliancrocamo.com/

Cara Black is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of 20 books in the Private Investigator Aimée Leduc series, and two World War II-set novels featuring American markswoman Kate Rees. Cara has received multiple nominations for the Anthony and Macavity Awards, a Washington Post Book World Book of the Year citation, the Médaille de la Ville de Paris—the Paris City Medal, which is awarded in recognition of contribution to international culture.

Cara's Social Media:

Facebook Page https://www.facebook.com/CaraBlackAuthor/

Twitter https://twitter.com/carablack

Instagram https://instagram.com/carablackauthor/

Website https://www.carablack.com

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About Sisters in Crime

Sisters in Crime was founded in 1986 to promote the ongoing advancement, recognition and professional development of women crime writers. Through advocacy, programming and leadership, SinC empowers and supports all crime writers regardless of genre or place on their career trajectory.

www.SistersinCrime.org

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sincnational/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/SINCnational

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sistersincrime

The SinC Writers’ Podcast is produced by Julian Crocamo https://www.juliancrocamo.com/

Son of a mechanic and a librarian with roots in the Texas Hill Country and the Mississippi Delta, Gary Phillips must keep writing to forestall his appointment at the crossroads. He is the editor of South Central Noir and the Anthony winning The Obama Inheritance: Fifteen Stories of Conspiracy Noir. The Washington Post and Booklist selected his most recent novel One-Shot Harry as one of the best mysteries of 2022. He was also a writer and co-producer on FX's Snowfall which streams on Hulu about crack and the CIA in 1980s South Central where he grew up.

Links:

Facebook Page https://www.facebook.com/gary.phillips.357284

Website https://gdphillips.com

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About Sisters in Crime

Sisters in Crime was founded in 1986 to promote the ongoing advancement, recognition and professional development of women crime writers. Through advocacy, programming and leadership, SinC empowers and supports all crime writers regardless of genre or place on their career trajectory.

www.SistersinCrime.org

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sincnational/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/SINCnational

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sistersincrime

The SinC Writers’ Podcast is produced by Julian Crocamo https://www.juliancrocamo.com/

Linda L. Richards is the award-winning author of 16 books. The founder and publisher of January Magazine and a contributing editor to the crime fiction blog The Rap Sheet, she is best known for her strong female protagonists in the thriller genre. Richards is from Vancouver, Canada and currently makes her home in Phoenix, Arizona. Linda will have two books published in 2023: The noir thriller DEAD WEST (Oceanview Publishing), third in the Endings series, comes out in September. A work on non-fiction for 9 to 13 year olds, WILD HORSES: RUNNING FREE (Orca Publishing), is out in October. Linda’s 2021 novel, ENDINGS, was recently optioned by a major studio for series production. Richards is an accomplished horsewoman and an avid tennis player. She enjoys yoga, hiking, cooking and playing guitar, though not at the same time.

Mentioned in the podcast:

January Magazine https://januarymagazine.com/wp/author/lindalrichards/

Walter Mosley This Year You Write Your Novel

James A, Michener Writer’s Handbook: Exploration on Writing and Publishing

Stephen King On Writing

Social links:

Facebook Page https://www.facebook.com/lindalrichardsauthor

Twitter https://twitter.com/lindalrichards

Instagram https://www.instagram.com/lindalrichards/

Website https://lindalrichards.com/

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About Sisters in Crime

Sisters in Crime was founded in 1986 to promote the ongoing advancement, recognition and professional development of women crime writers. Through advocacy, programming and leadership, SinC empowers and supports all crime writers regardless of genre or place on their career trajectory.

www.SistersinCrime.org

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sincnational/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/SINCnational

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sistersincrime

The SinC Writers’ Podcast is produced by Julian Crocamo https://www.juliancrocamo.com/

LynDee Walker is the Amazon Charts bestselling author of two crime fiction series featuring strong heroines. Her first Nichelle Clarke crime thriller, FRONT PAGE FATALITY, was a finalist for the Agatha Award, and her Texas Ranger Faith McClellan novel LEAVE NO STONE was named a Thriller Award finalist. Reviews have praised her work as "well-crafted, compelling, and fast-paced," and "an edge-of-your-seat ride" with "a spider web of twists and turns that will keep you reading until the end." Before she started writing fiction, LynDee was an award-winning journalist who covered everything from ribbon cuttings to high level police corruption. Her work has appeared in newspapers and magazines across the U.S. LynDee’s favorite things are porches, beaches, books, and coffee. She lives in Richmond, Virginia, where she is working on her next novel when she's not juggling laundry and children's sports schedules.

Mentioned in podcast:

Bruce Robert Coffin’s John Byron series http://www.brucerobertcoffin.com/books.html

The First Five Pages: A Writer's Guide To Staying Out of the Rejection Pile by Noah Lukeman

Facebook Page www.facebook.com/lyndeewalkerbooks

Twitter www.twitter.com/LynDeeWalker

Instagram www.lyndeewalkerbooks

Website www.lyndeewalker.com

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Sisters in Crime was founded in 1986 to promote the ongoing advancement, recognition and professional development of women crime writers. Through advocacy, programming and leadership, SinC empowers and supports all crime writers regardless of genre or place on their career trajectory.

www.SistersinCrime.org

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sincnational/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/SINCnational

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sistersincrime

The SinC Writers’ Podcast is produced by Julian Crocamo https://www.juliancrocamo.com/

Misty Simon always wanted to be a storyteller…preferably behind a Muppet. Animal was number one, followed closely by Sherlock Hemlock… Since that dream didn’t come true, she began writing stories to share her world with readers, one laugh at a time.

Touching people’s hearts and funny bones are two of her favorite things, and she hopes everyone at least snickers in the right places when reading her books. She lives with her husband in Central Pennsylvania where she is hard at work on her next novel or three.

Facebook Page https://www.facebook.com/MistySimonAuthor

Twitter https://twitter.com/mistysimon

Instagram https://www.instagram.com/gabbyallanspeaks

Website www.mistysimon.com

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Sisters in Crime was founded in 1986 to promote the ongoing advancement, recognition and professional development of women crime writers. Through advocacy, programming and leadership, SinC empowers and supports all crime writers regardless of genre or place on their career trajectory.

www.SistersinCrime.org

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sincnational/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/SINCnational

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sistersincrime

The SinC Writers’ Podcast is produced by Julian Crocamo https://www.juliancrocamo.com/

Anne Laughlin is the author of seven novels published by Bold Strokes Books. Her work has won four Goldie Awards and been short listed three times for a Lammy Award. In addition to writing novels, Anne reviews books for The Gay & Lesbian Review and the Lambda Literary Review. She is a board member of Mystery Writers of America/Midwest and a member of MWA's Queer Advisory Board. She has attended many writing residencies, including those at Ragdale and Vermont Studio Center. She is currently working on a historical fiction novel set in Berlin before and during WWII.

Facebook Page www.facebook.com/annelaughlin

Website www.annelaughlinwriter.com

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Sisters in Crime was founded in 1986 to promote the ongoing advancement, recognition and professional development of women crime writers. Through advocacy, programming and leadership, SinC empowers and supports all crime writers regardless of genre or place on their career trajectory.

www.SistersinCrime.org

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sincnational/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/SINCnational

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sistersincrime

The SinC Writers’ Podcast is produced by Julian Crocamo https://www.juliancrocamo.com/

Wendy H. Jones is the award-winning, best-selling Scottish author of the Detective Inspector Shona McKenzie Mysteries, Cass Claymore Investigates Mysteries, Fergus and Flora Mysteries, Bertie the Buffalo Picture Book Series, and the Writing Matters Series of non-fiction books for writers. She is also the President of the Scottish Association of Writers, an international public speaker. When not writing she loves to read, travel, attend theatre productions and eat out. Sometimes she combines them all.

Facebook Page https://www.facebook.com/wendyhjonesauthor/

Twitter https://twitter.com/WendyHJones

Instagram https://www.instagram.com/wendyhjones/

Website https://www.wendyhjones.com

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Sisters in Crime was founded in 1986 to promote the ongoing advancement, recognition and professional development of women crime writers. Through advocacy, programming and leadership, SinC empowers and supports all crime writers regardless of genre or place on their career trajectory.

www.SistersinCrime.org

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sincnational/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/SINCnational

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sistersincrime

The SinC Writers’ Podcast is produced by Julian Crocamo https://www.juliancrocamo.com/

Kellye Garrett is the author of Like A Sister about a black woman in New York City looking into the mysterious overdose of her estranged reality star sister. In addition to being featured on the TODAY show, the suspense novel was a Book of the Month April 2022 selection, the Oxygen channel’s July Book Club pick, an Edgar award finalist for Best Novel and Lefty award nominee for Best Mystery. The cofounder of Crime Writers of Color also wrote the Detective by Day lightweight mysteries, which have won the Anthony, Agatha, Lefty and IPPY awards.

She is a co-founder of Crime Writers of Color.

Website: www.KellyeGarrett.com

Twitter: www.twitter.com/kellyekell

This episode was first recorded in June 2021.

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Sisters in Crime was founded in 1986 to promote the ongoing advancement, recognition and professional development of women crime writers. Through advocacy, programming and leadership, SinC empowers and supports all crime writers regardless of genre or place on their career trajectory.

www.SistersinCrime.org

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sincnational/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/SINCnational

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sistersincrime

The SinC Writers’ Podcast is produced by Julian Crocamo https://www.juliancrocamo.com/

Sujata Massey is the author of fifteen novels, most of them mysteries. Starting with The Widows of Malabar Hill, the three books in this historical feminist series set in 1920s India have won the Agatha, Macavity, Lefty, and Mary Higgins Clark awards, and been finalists for the Shamus and Harper Lee Legal Fiction awards. Her earlier mystery series featuring amateur sleuth Rei Shimura is set in modern Japan. Sujata is a graduate of Johns Hopkins University and is a former reporter for the Baltimore Evening Sun newspaper. She lives in Baltimore with her family and travels to Asia to research her books.

Books mentioned in the podcast:

Big Magic by Elizabeth Gilbert

The Artists Way by Julia Cameron

Seven Steps on the Writer's Path: The Journey from Frustration to Fulfillment by Nancy Pickard and Lynn Lott

Facebook Page http://facebook.com/sujatamasseyauthor

Twitter @sujatamasseyauthor

Instagram sujatamasseyauthor

Website http://sujatamassey.com

This episode was recorded in February 2022.

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The Eleanor Taylor Bland Crime Fiction Writers of Color Award is an annual grant of $2,000 for an emerging writer of color. Submissions are open through March 31. For more information, go to this website. https://www.sistersincrime.org/page/eleanortaylorbland

You don’t have to be a member of Sisters in Crime to submit your materials for consideration.

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Sisters in Crime was founded in 1986 to promote the ongoing advancement, recognition and professional development of women crime writers. Through advocacy, programming and leadership, SinC empowers and supports all crime writers regardless of genre or place on their career trajectory.

www.SistersinCrime.org

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sincnational/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/SINCnational

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sistersincrime

The SinC Writers’ Podcast is produced by Julian Crocamo https://www.juliancrocamo.com/

Tracy Clark, a native Chicagoan, is the author of the Cass Raines Chicago Mystery series, featuring ex-cop turned PI Cassandra Raines. A multi-nominated Anthony, Lefty, Edgar, Macavity, and Shamus Award finalist, Tracy is also the 2020 and 2022 winner of the G.P. Putnam’s Sons Sue Grafton Memorial Award and the 2022 Sara Paretsky Award, which honors crime writers from the Midwest. Tracy was also nominated for the 2022 Edgar for Best Short Story for “Lucky Thirteen,” which was included in the crime fiction anthology “Midnight Hour.” She is a proud member of Crime Writers of Color, Mystery Writers of America and Sisters in Crime and serves on the boards of Bouchercon National and the Midwest Mystery Conference. HIDE, her new, police procedural, featuring Det. Harriet Foster of the Chicago Police Department, released in January 2023. The second entry in the series, FALL, releases in Dec. 2023. Tracy loves old black-and-white movies, a good nap, and a really spicy ginger snap served with ice-cold milk. When she’s not writing, she’s thinking about writing and admits to finding characters in the most unusual places.

Facebook Page https://www.facebook.com/tclarkbooks 

Twitter @tracypc6161 

Instagram tpclark2000 

Website www.tracyclarkbooks.com

This podcast episode was recorded in June 2021.

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The Eleanor Taylor Bland Crime Fiction Writers of Color Award is an annual grant of $2,000 for an emerging writer of color. Submissions are open through March 31. For more information, go to this website. https://www.sistersincrime.org/page/eleanortaylorbland

You don’t have to be a member of Sisters in Crime to submit your materials for consideration. 

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Sisters in Crime was founded in 1986 to promote the ongoing advancement, recognition and professional development of women crime writers. Through advocacy, programming and leadership, SinC empowers and supports all crime writers regardless of genre or place on their career trajectory.

www.SistersinCrime.org

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sincnational/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/SINCnational

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sistersincrime

The SinC Writers’ Podcast is produced by Julian Crocamo https://www.juliancrocamo.com/

Mia P. Manansala (MAH-nahn-sah-lah) (she/her) is a writer and book coach from Chicago who loves books, baking, and bad-ass women. She uses humor (and murder) to explore aspects of the Filipino diaspora, queerness, and her millennial love for pop culture.

Her debut novel, ARSENIC AND ADOBO, came out May 4, 2021 with Berkley/Penguin Random House and is the first in the Tita Rosie's Kitchen Mystery series. She is the winner of the 2022 Anthony Award for Best First Novel, 2022 Macavity Award for Best First Novel, 2022 RUSA Reading List for Mystery, 2021 Agatha Award for Best First Novel, 2018 Hugh Holton Award, the 2018 Eleanor Taylor Bland Crime Fiction Writers of Color Award, the 2017 William F. Deeck - Malice Domestic Grant for Unpublished Writers, and the 2016 Mystery Writers of America/Helen McCloy Scholarship. She was shortlisted for the 2021 Goodreads Choice Award for Mystery/Thriller and the 2021 CHIRBy Award for Fiction by the Chicago Review of Books. She's also a 2017 Pitch Wars alum and 2018-2020 mentor.

A lover of all things geeky, Mia spends her days procrastibaking, playing JRPGs and dating sims, reading cozy mysteries and diverse romance, and cuddling her dogs Gumiho and Max Power.

Mia won the Eleanor Taylor Bland Crime Fiction Writers of Color award in 2018.

Website: https://www.miapmanansala.com/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/MPMtheWriter

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MPMtheWriter/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mpmthewriter/

This podcast was recorded in May 2021.

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The Eleanor Taylor Bland Crime Fiction Writers of Color Award is an annual grant of $2,000 for an emerging writer of color. Submissions are open through March 31. For more information, go to this website. https://www.sistersincrime.org/page/eleanortaylorbland

You don’t have to be a member of Sisters in Crime to submit your materials for consideration. 

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Sisters in Crime was founded in 1986 to promote the ongoing advancement, recognition and professional development of women crime writers. Through advocacy, programming and leadership, SinC empowers and supports all crime writers regardless of genre or place on their career trajectory.

www.SistersinCrime.org

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sincnational/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/SINCnational

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sistersincrime

The SinC Writers’ Podcast is produced by Julian Crocamo https://www.juliancrocamo.com/

Submissions for the Eleanor Taylor Bland Crime Fiction Writers of Color Award are being accepted through March 31. Named for the late, pioneering African American crime fiction author Eleanor Taylor Bland, the $2000 award is intended to support the recipient in crime fiction writing and career development activities. The winner may choose to use the grant for activities that include workshops, seminars, conferences, retreats, online courses, and research activities required for completion of their work. You do not have to be a member of Sisters in Crime to submit your materials for consideration.

This month we’re going to revisit some conversations with previous winners of the award as well as people who have served as judges.

https://www.sistersincrime.org/page/eleanortaylorbland

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Yasmin Angoe is the Anthony-nominated author of the critically acclaimed thrillers Her Name Is Knight and They Come At Knight of the Nena Knight series. She is a first-generation Ghanaian American and, in 2020, was the recipient of the Eleanor Taylor Bland Award for Emerging Writers of Color from Sisters in Crime.

Yasmin’s books were an Amazon Best Book of the Month for Mystery, Thriller & Suspense, and an Editor’s Pick. Her work has received numerous recognitions, was on a billboard in Times Square, Best Of lists, and a Library Journal Starred Review. Her Name Is Knight has appeared in the New York Times Book Review, OprahDaily.com, POPSUGAR, Nerd Daily, the Washington Independent Review of Books, The Guardian, and other platforms.

The Nena Knight series has been optioned for TV series and is currently in development.

Yasmin is a proud member of several prestigious organizations, such as Sisters in Crime, Mystery Writers of America, Crime Writers of Color, International Thriller Writers, and the Women’s National Book Association. 

Yasmin is an educator, and she and her blended family of six live in South Carolina.

Twitter @yasawriter

Instagram author_yas

Website  www.yasminangoe.com

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Sisters in Crime was founded in 1986 to promote the ongoing advancement, recognition and professional development of women crime writers. Through advocacy, programming and leadership, SinC empowers and supports all crime writers regardless of genre or place on their career trajectory.

www.SistersinCrime.org

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sincnational/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/SINCnational

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sistersincrime

The SinC Writers’ Podcast is produced by Julian Crocamo https://www.juliancrocamo.com/

Kimberly Giarratano is an author of mysteries for teens and adults. Her debut novel, Grunge Gods and Graveyards, won the 2015 Silver Falchion Award for Best YA at Killer Nashville. A former librarian, she is currently an instructor at a SUNY Orange County Community College and a reviewer for BookPage. She is also the chapter liaison for Sisters in Crime. Born in New York and raised in New Jersey, Kim and her husband moved to the Poconos to raise their three kids amid black bears and wild turkeys. While she doesn’t miss the Jersey traffic, she does miss a good bagel and lox. 

Discussed on the podcast:

Holly Lisle How To Revise A Novel: https://hollylisle.com/how-to-revise-a-novel/

Blog post by Kimberly on 4 Act Structure: http://atbwriters.blogspot.com/2019/12/plotting-perfect-crime-4-act-structure.html

Social Links:

Facebook Page https://www.facebook.com/KGGiarratanoAuthor/ 

Twitter https://twitter.com/KGGiarratano 

Instagram https://www.instagram.com/kimgarnickgiarratano/ 

Website https://www.kimberlyggiarratano.com/  

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Sisters in Crime was founded in 1986 to promote the ongoing advancement, recognition and professional development of women crime writers. Through advocacy, programming and leadership, SinC empowers and supports all crime writers regardless of genre or place on their career trajectory.

www.SistersinCrime.org

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sincnational/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/SINCnational

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sistersincrime

The SinC Writers’ Podcast is produced by Julian Crocamo https://www.juliancrocamo.com/

Tessa Wegert is the author of the Shana Merchant novels, which include Death in the Family, The Dead Season, Dead Wind, and The Kind to Kill. A former freelance journalist and digital media strategist, Tessa’s work has appeared in Forbes, The Huffington Post, Adweek, and The Economist. She grew up in Quebec and now lives with her husband and children in Connecticut, where she studies martial arts and is co-president of Sisters in Crime CT.

Facebook Page https://www.facebook.com/tessawegertbooks

Twitter https://twitter.com/tessawegert

Instagram https://www.instagram.com/tessawegert/

Website https://www.tessawegert.com

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Sisters in Crime was founded in 1986 to promote the ongoing advancement, recognition and professional development of women crime writers. Through advocacy, programming and leadership, SinC empowers and supports all crime writers regardless of genre or place on their career trajectory.

www.SistersinCrime.org

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sincnational/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/SINCnational

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sistersincrime

The SinC Writers’ Podcast is produced by Julian Crocamo https://www.juliancrocamo.com/

Melissa Bourbon is the national bestselling author of more than thirty novels, including the Ivy Culpepper Book Magic mysteries, the Harlow Cassidy Magical Dressmaking Mystery series, and the Bread Shop Mysteries, written as Winnie Archer. A former secondary English/Language Arts teacher and Creative Writing teacher with Southern Methodist University’s CAPE program, among others, she has applied her love of teaching to the creation of WriterSpark Academy, an online school for aspiring and new writers seeking to hone their craft. Learn more about Melissa at her website, www.melissabourbon.com, on Facebook @MelissaBourbon/Winnie ArcherBooks, and on Instagram @bookishly_cozy, and learn about WriterSpark at www.writersparkacademy.com.

Here are the links to the conversation with Valerie Burns mentioned in the podcast:

YouTube: https://youtu.be/F5bfKjS2kWQ

Podcast: https://writersparkacademy.podbean.com/e/the-importance-of-creating-diverse-characters-to-your-writing/

Melissa's links:

Facebook Page https://www.facebook.com/MelissaBourbonWinnieArcherBooks

Twitter https://twitter.com/TheWriterSpark

Instagram https://www.instagram.com/bookishly_cozy/

Website http://melissabourbon.com

Writer Spark podcast: https://writersparkacademy.com/tips-tricks-and-the-craft-of-writing-podcast/

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About Sisters in Crime

Sisters in Crime was founded in 1986 to promote the ongoing advancement, recognition and professional development of women crime writers. Through advocacy, programming and leadership, SinC empowers and supports all crime writers regardless of genre or place on their career trajectory.

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