- Nicolette Lemmon
Nicolette Lemmon, the innovative founder of LemmonTree Marketing Group, guided the marketing efforts of dozens of major corporations and financial institutions, designing award-winning campaigns to build name awareness and bottom lines. Many of her marketing solutions won coveted awards for her consulting firm and clients. She also developed and presented cutting-edge seminars, training workshops, and key-note speeches to thousands of people in audiences from Puerto Rico to California, from Hawaii to New York, and points in between with topics such as “Branding Concepts & Storytelling,” “Jump Start Your Creative Batteries” and “Marketing Yourself for Future Success.”
In addition, Nicolette wrote more than fifty articles for national and regional publications, as well as five non-fiction books, addressing strategies for business growth, target marketing, and other subjects to aid professionals in building business and profitability. Her popular book, Almost Famous: How to Market Yourself for Success, helped people to achieve success in their careers and small businesses. Her weekly blog to inspire friends, Simply Stated Sundays, (www.nicolettelemmon.com), has found fans and followers across the United States.
In writing her first fiction novel, Mind’s Eye Murder, part of the “Reluctant Psychic Mystery” series, she was led to join the national organization, Sisters in Crime, where she produced SINC-UP! video tips from authors, editors, and agents as part of the education committee. She helped found a local chapter, Grand Canyon Writers. Nicolette has served on the Board of Directors, currently as President, and developed a program entitled, "The Mysteries & More Marketing Network." It was designed for both traditionally and independently published members for guidance in marketing themselves and selling books. From this program, participants asked her for a handbook which led to creating this book as an easy-to-follow guide geared for writers who want to successfully sell their books in today’s crowded marketplace.
Nicolette’s additional qualifications include having earned a master’s in business administration (MBA) from Arizona State University and she served on the faculty of five separate universities and institutes including the University of Phoenix where she taught classes in marketing management. In addition to many prestigious marketing awards, she was nominated for Inc. Magazine’s and Ernst and Young’s, “Entrepreneur of the Year Award” in Arizona, received the “Top 100 Small Businesses-Arizona” award and “Top 50 Woman-Owned Businesses-Arizona” honors from DiversityBusiness.com for ten years.
Throughout her career, she volunteered for national and local charities in promoting their organizations to increase volunteer recruitment and donations. She has also served on the Board of Directors of Arizona Central Credit Union, a $750 million financial institution, since 2020.
For more information on Nicolette and her newest projects go to www.LemmonTree.com or www.nicolettelemmon.com
Facebook Page https://www.facebook.com/nicolette.lemmon
Instagram @nslemmon
Website www.nicolettelemmon.com
Notes from the podcast:
SinC-Up Tips: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLDf2fizOruEix2JEHLaDcSF7hO1W5YsQJ
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About SinC
Sisters in Crime (SinC) 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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The SinC Writers’ Podcast is produced by Julian Crocamo https://www.juliancrocamo.com/
1h 0m - Jul 22, 2024 - James M. Jackson
James M. (Jim) Jackson authors the Seamus McCree series, which explores financial crimes, family relationships, and what happens when they mix. The series includes 8 novels, 2 novellas, and several short stories. He’s currently working on a new series featuring Niki, an undercover FBI agent.
Jim is a life member of Sisters in Crime and a past president of the Guppy Chapter. He enjoys teaching and helping other authors as much as he does writing. His two most popular classes are “Revision and Self-Editing” and “Independently Publishing Your Novel – Choices, Choices, Choices.”
He calls home the deep woods of Michigan's Upper Peninsula. These days he is a snowbird with clipped wings, retreating south only as far as Madison, Wisconsin when weather and road conditions make access to his U.P. home problematic.
You can find out more about Jim or sign up for his newsletter at his website https://jamesmjackson.com.
Facebook Page https://www.facebook.com/james.m.jackson.author/
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About SinC
Sisters in Crime (SinC) 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.
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sincnational/
Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/sincnational.bsky.social
Threads: https://www.threads.net/@sincnational
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sistersincrime
TikTok:: https://www.tiktok.com/@sincnational
The SinC Writers’ Podcast is produced by Julian Crocamo https://www.juliancrocamo.com/
56m - Jul 15, 2024 - Ashley-Ruth Bernier
Ashley-Ruth M. Bernier’s stories have appeared in Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, Black Cat Weekly, Stone’s Throw, Smoking Pen Press, The Best American Mystery and Suspense 2023, and The Caribbean Writer. Originally from St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, Ashley-Ruth is a writer of contemporary Caribbean mysteries. Ashley-Ruth currently lives in Apex, NC with her husband and 4 children, where she teaches first grade…and finds few things more valuable than uninterrupted writing time and the perfect cup of tea.
Facebook Page Ashley-Ruth Moolenaar Bernier
Instagram @armbernier
Threads Handle: @armbernier
Website: ashleyruthbernier.com
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About SinC
Sisters in Crime (SinC) 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.
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sincnational/
Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/sincnational.bsky.social
Threads: https://www.threads.net/@sincnational
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sistersincrime
TikTok:: https://www.tiktok.com/@sincnational
The SinC Writers’ Podcast is produced by Julian Crocamo https://www.juliancrocamo.com/
E160 - 57m - Jul 8, 2024 - Vicki Berger Erwin
Vicki Berger Erwin worked in a number of jobs in the “book biz,” including writing over 30 books ranging from middle grade to adult nonfiction, but mystery is her favorite.
Facebook Page www.facebook.com/VickiBergerErwin
Instagram www.instagram.com/VickiBergerErwin
Threads Handle: VickiBergerErwin
Website Www.Vickibergererwin.com
From the podcast:
Neal Shusterman COURAGE TO DREAM, Tales of Hope in the Holocaust
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About SinC
Sisters in Crime (SinC) 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.
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sincnational/
Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/sincnational.bsky.social
Threads: https://www.threads.net/@sincnational
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sistersincrime
TikTok:: https://www.tiktok.com/@sincnational
The SinC Writers’ Podcast is produced by Julian Crocamo https://www.juliancrocamo.com/
E159 - 1h 2m - Jul 1, 2024 - Margot Douaihy
Margot Douaihy, PhD, is the author of three books of poetry and the queer hardboiled mysteries Blessed Water (2024) and Scorched Grace (2023), both published with Gillian Flynn Books/Zando. Scorched Grace was a USA Today National Bestseller, an Indie Next pick, named a Best Book of 2023 by The New York Times, The Guardian, and CrimeReads, and the winner of the Pinckley Prize in Crime Fiction for best debut mystery. Margot is an assistant professor with Emerson College, and she serves as a co-editor of the Cambridge University Press Elements in Crime Narratives Series. Her recent academic research includes "Beat the Clock: Queer Temporality and Disrupting Chrononormativity in Crime Fiction," a NeMLA 2024 paper. The next mystery in her Sister Holiday series, Divine Ruin, will be published in 2025 with Gillian Flynn Books.
Facebook Page Margot Douaihy
Instagram @NeonMargot
Threads Handle: @NeonMargot
Other Social Media:@MargotDouaihy
Website www.margotdouaihy.com
PRIDE award information: https://www.sistersincrime.org/page/pride
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About SinC
Sisters in Crime (SinC) 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.
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sincnational/
Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/sincnational.bsky.social
Threads: https://www.threads.net/@sincnational
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sistersincrime
TikTok:: https://www.tiktok.com/@sincnational
The SinC Writers’ Podcast is produced by Julian Crocamo https://www.juliancrocamo.com/
E158 - 58m - Jun 24, 2024 - Nikki Dolson
Nikki Dolson is the author of the novel All Things Violent and the story collection Love and Other Criminal Behavior. Her stories have appeared or are forthcoming in Southwest Review, Best American Mystery and Suspense, Vautrin, TriQuarterly, Tough, and other publications.
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nikkidolson
Blue Sky Handle: https://bsky.app/profile/nikkidolson.bsky.social
Website: www.nikkidolson.com
Mentioned in the podcast:
Crime Writers of Color: https://www.crimewritersofcolor.com/
Guppies: https://www.sinc-guppies.org/
Rock and a Hard Place Magazine: https://www.rockandahardplacemag.com/publications
“In the Cemetery Where Al Jolson Is Buried” by Amy Hempel
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About SinC
Sisters in Crime (SinC) 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.
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sincnational/
Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/sincnational.bsky.social
Threads: https://www.threads.net/@sincnational
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sistersincrime
TikTok:: https://www.tiktok.com/@sincnational
The SinC Writers’ Podcast is produced by Julian Crocamo https://www.juliancrocamo.com/
E157 - 1h 4m - Jun 17, 2024 - Julia Dahl
Julia Dahl is the author of The Missing Hours, Conviction, Run You Down, and Invisible City, which was a finalist for the Edgar Award for Best First Novel, one of the Boston Globe’s Best Books of 2014, and has been translated into eight languages. A former reporter for CBS News and the New York Post, she now teaches journalism at NYU.
Facebook Page https://www.facebook.com/JuliaDahlAuthor
Instagram https://www.instagram.com/msjuliadahl
Blue Sky Handle juliadahl.bluesky.social
Threads Handle: @msjuliadahl
Other Social Media: Twitter/X: @juliadahl
Website www.juliadahl.com
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About SinC
Sisters in Crime (SinC) 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/
Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/sincnational.bsky.social
Threads: https://www.threads.net/@sincnational
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sistersincrime
TikTok:: https://www.tiktok.com/@sincnational
The SinC Writers’ Podcast is produced by Julian Crocamo https://www.juliancrocamo.com/
E156 - 58m - Jun 10, 2024 - Jessie Chandler
Jessie Chandler is the author of nine novels, including the slapstick Shay O’Hanlon Caper Series. Her crime fiction has garnered an Independent Publisher Book Award, three Golden Crown Literary Awards, three USA Book Awards, and an American Book Award. The fifth book in her Shay O’Hanlon Series was a Lambda Literary finalist.
Jessie is a past board member of the Midwest Chapter of Mystery Writers of America, a past vice president of the Twin Cities chapter of Sisters in Crime and is currently serving on the national board of MWA. She’s given workshops on how to moderate panels and how to be a team-playing panelist. For the last several years, she’s critiqued manuscripts for the MWA’s Manuscript Critique Program and MWA Midwest’s Mentor Program. She’s also mentored emerging writers through the Golden Crown Literary Society, of which she’s been a part of for the last seventeen years, as well as a charter member of the burgeoning OPUS Literary Alliance.
Fall and winter finds Jessie feverishly writing, and she spends springtime knee deep in edits and revisions. Summers are spent traveling to crazy, weird, awesome places.
Facebook Page @jchandlerauthor
Instagram @jchandlerauthor and @theauthorpaints
Website: www.jessiechandler.com
Mentioned in the podcast:
Ellen Hart previous podcast guest: https://www.sistersincrime.org/page/Ellen_Hart
Lori Lake: https://www.lorillake.com/
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About SinC
Sisters in Crime (SinC) 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.
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sincnational/
Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/sincnational.bsky.social
Threads: https://www.threads.net/@sincnational
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sistersincrime
TikTok:: https://www.tiktok.com/@sincnational
The SinC Writers’ Podcast is produced by Julian Crocamo https://www.juliancrocamo.com/
E155 - 1h 8m - Jun 3, 2024 - Amy C. Condra
Amy C. Condra serves as Member at Large on the national board of Sisters in Crime. She is an aspiring mystery writer who currently serves as a public affairs lead for the Department of Justice. Prior to joining government service, Amy worked as a journalist. She won several Virginia Press Association awards and is the author of Countries of the World: Vietnam (Gareth Stevens Publishing).
Facebook Page https://www.facebook.com/amy.condra
Instagram https://www.instagram.com/amycondra/
Threads Handle: https://www.threads.net/@amycondra
Other Social Media: https://www.linkedin.com/in/amycondra/
Website: www.amycondra.com
Authors mentioned in the podcast:
- Ira Levine
- Daphne DuMaurier
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About SinC
Sisters in Crime (SinC) 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/
Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/sincnational.bsky.social
Threads: https://www.threads.net/@sincnational
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sistersincrime
TikTok:: https://www.tiktok.com/@sincnational
The SinC Writers’ Podcast is produced by Julian Crocamo https://www.juliancrocamo.com/
E154 - 53m - May 27, 2024 - Susan Hammerman
Susan Hammerman, a former rare book librarian, writes crime and neo-noir short stories. Her stories have appeared in Mystery Magazine, Dark City Mystery Magazine, Blood and Bourbon, Suspense Magazine, Retreats From Oblivion, Mondays are Murder, and the Stories (Within) anthology. She has served on the national board since 2021 and has been a member of Sisters in Crime since 2015.
Website https://www.susanhammerman.com/
Mentioned in the Podcast:
“We Love” newsletters: https://www.sistersincrime.org/page/WLLWLBNewsletters
We Love Libraries: https://www.sistersincrime.org/page/WeLoveLibraries
We Love Bookstores: https://www.sistersincrime.org/page/WeLoveBookstores
Reading Like A Writer Book Club: https://www.sistersincrime.org/page/RLAW
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About SinC
Sisters in Crime (SinC) 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.
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sincnational/
Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/sincnational.bsky.social
Threads: https://www.threads.net/@sincnational
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sistersincrime
TikTok:: https://www.tiktok.com/@sincnational
The SinC Writers’ Podcast is produced by Julian Crocamo
E153 - 49m - May 20, 2024 - Libby Fischer Hellmann
Libby Fischer Hellmann left a career in broadcast news in Washington, DC and moved to Chicago a long time ago, where she, naturally, began to write gritty crime fiction. She soon began writing historical fiction as well. Eighteen novels and twenty-five short stories later, she claims they’ll take her out of the Windy City feet first. She has been nominated for many awards in the mystery and crime writing community and has even won a few.
She has been a finalist twice for the Anthony and the Shamus; and four times for Foreword Magazine’s Book of the Year. She has also been nominated for the Agatha, the Daphne, and she won the Chicago Writers Association Book of the Year in 2021. She has won the IPPY, Foreword Magazine’s Indie Awards, and the Readers Choice Award multiple times.
Her latest novel, Max’s War: The Story of a Ritchie Boy, is the little known story of German Jewish immigrants to the US who escaped Hitler and joined the Army to fight Nazis.
Facebook Page https://www.Facebook.com/authorlibbyfischerhellmann
Instagram https://www.instagram.com/msthrillerauthor
Other Social Media: https://www.twitter.com/libbyhellmann
Website http://libbyhellmann.com
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About SinC
Sisters in Crime (SinC) 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.
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sincnational/
Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/sincnational.bsky.social
Threads: https://www.threads.net/@sincnational
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sistersincrime
TikTok:: https://www.tiktok.com/@sincnational
The SinC Writers’ Podcast is produced by Julian Crocamo https://www.juliancrocamo.com/
E152 - 59m - May 13, 2024 - Vicki Delany
Vicki Delany is one of Canada’s most prolific and varied crime writers and a national bestseller in the U.S. She has written more than fifty books: clever cozies to Gothic thrillers to gritty police procedurals, to historical fiction and novellas for adult literacy. She is currently writing the Tea by the Sea mysteries, the Sherlock Holmes Bookshop series, the Year-Round Christmas mysteries, and the Lighthouse Library series (as Eva Gates).
Vicki is a past chair of the Crime Writers of Canada and co-founder and organizer of the Women Killing It Crime Writing Festival. Her work has been nominated for the Derringer, the Bony Blithe, the Ontario Library Association Golden Oak, and the Arthur Ellis Awards. Vicki is the recipient of the 2019 Derrick Murdoch Award for contributions to Canadian crime writing. She lives in Prince Edward County, Ontario.
Facebook Page www.facebook.com/evagatesauthor
Instagram www.instagram.com/vicki.delany
Website www.vickidelany.co
From the Conversation:
Crime Writers of Canada: https://crimewriterscanada.com/
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About SinC
Sisters in Crime (SinC) 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.
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sincnational/
Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/sincnational.bsky.social
Threads: https://www.threads.net/@sincnational
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sistersincrime
TikTok:: https://www.tiktok.com/@sincnational
The SinC Writers’ Podcast is produced by Julian Crocamo https://www.juliancrocamo.com/
E151 - 43m - May 6, 2024 - JD Allen
JD Allen writes the Shamus Award-nominated Sin City investigation series. She is president of the Florida chapter of MWA, the current Sleuthfest Chair, a former chapter president of Sisters in Crime in North Carolina and Former Chair of the Bouchercon National Board. In the romance world, JD also published 11 books and novellas. She’s an Ohio State Univ. Alum with a degree in forensic anthropology and a creative writing minor. She’s a dyslexic cat lady who loves crime fiction and ocean views. JD moved to a lovely, downsized home in St Augustine, FL, just in time to quarantine with her mom, six cats, and a grumpy Brit.
Facebook Page: facebook.com/j.d.allen.author.52
Instagram: Instagram.com/jdallenbooks/
Threads Handle:jdallenbooks@threads.net
Website www.jdallen-books.com
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About SinC
Sisters in Crime (SinC) 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.
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sincnational/
Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/sincnational.bsky.social
Threads: https://www.threads.net/@sincnational
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sistersincrime
TikTok:: https://www.tiktok.com/@sincnational
The SinC Writers’ Podcast is produced by Julian Crocamo https://www.juliancrocamo.com/
E150 - 1h 6m - Apr 29, 2024 - Alan Orloff
Alan Orloff has published eleven novels and fifty short stories. His work has won an Anthony, an Agatha, a Derringer, and two Thriller Awards. He’s also been a finalist for the Shamus Award and has had a story selected for THE BEST AMERICAN MYSTERY STORIES anthology. Alan’s latest suspense novel is SANCTUARY MOTEL, from Level Best Books. He lives and writes in South Florida, where the examples of hijinks are endless.
Facebook Page https://www.facebook.com/alanorloff
Instagram https://www.instagram.com/alanorloff/
Threads Handle: https://www.threads.net/@alanorloff
Website www.alanorloff.com
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About SinC
Sisters in Crime (SinC) 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.
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sincnational/
Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/sincnational.bsky.social
Threads: https://www.threads.net/@sincnational
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sistersincrime
TikTok:: https://www.tiktok.com/@sincnational
The SinC Writers’ Podcast is produced by Julian Crocamo https://www.juliancrocamo.com/
E149 - 57m - Apr 22, 2024 - Cathy Ace
Cathy Ace’s Cait Morgan Mysteries feature a criminal psychologist sleuth encountering traditional whodunits around the world (optioned for TV by Free@LastTV - Agatha Raisin); her WISE Enquiries Agency Mysteries feature a quartet of soft poached female PIs solving cozy cases from a Welsh stately home. Her Welsh suspense novel, The Wrong Boy, has also been optioned for TV. Shortlisted for Canada’s Bony Blithe Award three times, winning once, she’s also won IPPY and IBA Awards; her work’s been twice shortlisted for Crime Writers of Canada Awards of Excellence, and the CrimeFictionLover Best Indie Novel. She migrated from Wales aged 40, and now lives in Canada. She's a Past Chair of Crime Writers of Canada.
Facebook Page https://www.facebook.com/AuthorCathyAce
Instagram https://www.instagram.com/cathyace1/
Other Social Media: https://twitter.com/AceCathy
Website: https://www.cathyace.com/
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About SinC
Sisters in Crime (SinC) 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.
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sincnational/
Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/sincnational.bsky.social
Threads: https://www.threads.net/@sincnational
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sistersincrime
TikTok:: https://www.tiktok.com/@sincnational
The SinC Writers’ Podcast is produced by Julian Crocamo https://www.juliancrocamo.com/
E148 - 1h 7m - Apr 15, 2024 - Patricia Raybon
A writer of faith by day and mystery by night, Patricia Raybon is a Christy Award-winning author and essayist whose novels and books explore the daring intersection of faith and race. Her Annalee Spain Mysteries feature a young Black theologian—a fan of Sherlock Holmes—who solves crimes during Colorado’s dangerous 1920s Klan years. Her essays have been published in the New York Times Sunday Magazine, Newsweek, USA Today, USA Weekend, Chicago Tribune, Denver Post, and aired on NPR’s Weekend Edition. Formerly a Sunday magazine editor at The Denver Post and a journalism faculty member at the University of Colorado at Boulder, Patricia lives near Denver with her husband Dan, a retired educator. With two grown daughters and five grandchildren, they enjoy movies, popcorn, college hoops, and any Masterpiece historical mystery or drama. Join her on the journey at patriciaraybon.com
Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/patricia.raybon
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/patriciaraybon
Other Social Media: https://www.linkedin.com/in/patriciaraybon/
Website: https://www.patriciaraybon.com/
Mentioned in the Podcast:
https://www.coloradohistoricnewspapers.org/
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About SinC
Sisters in Crime (SinC) 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.
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sincnational/
Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/sincnational.bsky.social
Threads: https://www.threads.net/@sincnational
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sistersincrime
TikTok:: https://www.tiktok.com/@sincnational
The SinC Writers’ Podcast is produced by Julian Crocamo https://www.juliancrocamo.com/
E147 - 50m - Apr 8, 2024 - Bruce Robert Coffin
Bruce Robert Coffin is an award-winning novelist and short story writer. A retired detective sergeant, Bruce is the author of the Detective Byron Mysteries, co-author of the Turner and Mosley Files with LynDee Walker, and author of the forthcoming Detective Justice Mysteries.
Winner of Killer Nashville’s Silver Falchion Awards for Best Procedural, and Best Investigator, and the Maine Literary Award for Best Crime Fiction, Bruce was also a finalist for the Agatha Award for Best Contemporary Novel. His Anthony Award nominated short fiction has been published in a dozen anthologies, including Best American Mystery Stories, 2016.
Facebook Page https://m.facebook.com/Brucerobertcoffin
Instagram www.instagram.com/Brucerobertcoffinauthor
Other Social Media: @coffin_bruce X
Website: http://www.brucerobertcoffin.com
Mentioned in the Podcast:
Finding Amy by Joseph K. Loughlin and Kate Clark Flora
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About SinC
Sisters in Crime (SinC) 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.
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sincnational/
Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/sincnational.bsky.social
Threads: https://www.threads.net/@sincnational
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sistersincrime
TikTok:: https://www.tiktok.com/@sincnational
The SinC Writers’ Podcast is produced by Julian Crocamo https://www.juliancrocamo.com/
E146 - 1h 9m - Apr 1, 2024 - Carol J. Perry
Bestselling author Carol J. Perry, Salem Massachusetts born, and now happily living in Florida with husband Dan, uses the scariest parts of each home state in her two cozy mystery series--the Witch City Mysteries and the Haunted Haven Mysteries--both published by Kensington.
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About SinC
Sisters in Crime (SinC) 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/
Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/sincnational.bsky.social
Threads: https://www.threads.net/@sincnational
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sistersincrime
The SinC Writers’ Podcast is produced by Julian Crocamo https://www.juliancrocamo.com/
E145 - 48m - Mar 25, 2024 - Connie Berry
Connie Berry is the author of the Amazon and USA Today best-selling Kate Hamilton Mysteries, set in the UK and featuring an American antiques dealer with a gift for solving crimes. Like her protagonist, Connie was raised by antiques dealers who instilled in her a passion for history, fine art, and travel. In 2019 Connie won the IPPY Gold Medal for Mystery and was a finalist for the Agatha Award’s Best Debut. Her latest novel, The Shadow of Memory, was a finalist for the Edgar Award’s Lilian Jackson Braun award. She’s a member of Mystery Writers of America, the Crime Writers Association. She is currently president of the Guppies, an online chapter of Sisters in Crime. Besides reading and writing mysteries, Connie loves history, foreign travel, cute animals, and all things British. She lives in Delaware, Ohio, and northern Wisconsin with her husband and adorable Shih Tzu, Emmie.
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About SinC
Sisters in Crime (SinC) 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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E144 - 50m - Mar 18, 2024 - Sarah M. Chen
Sarah M. Chen is a children’s author and award-winning short story writer based in Los Angeles. Her noir novella, Cleaning Up Finn, was an Anthony finalist and IPPY Award winner. She's the co-editor for several anthologies, including Avenging Angelenos from Sisters in Crime / Los Angeles, and her writing has appeared in the Los Angeles Review of Books and Hapa Mag/Mixed Asian Media, among others.
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Notes:
Refuse to Be Done: How to Write and Rewrite a Novel in Three Drafts by Matt Bell
Save the Cat Writes a Young Adult Novel by Jessica Brody
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About SinC
Sisters in Crime (SinC) 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.
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sincnational/
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Threads: https://www.threads.net/@sincnational
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The SinC Writers’ Podcast is produced by Julian Crocamo https://www.juliancrocamo.com/
E143 - 1h 3m - Mar 11, 2024
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