Donald Yates

I was very sorry to hear that Donald A. Yates, who has been a member of Mystery Writers of America since 1960, has left us. Our condolences to his wife and family.

MWA, Santa Cruz style

On Thursday, Laurie R. King led John Burley, Heather Haven, Katherine Hyde, and Gigi Pandian in a discussion of Entertainment With an Edge… and a good time was had by all!

NorCal does Santa Clara

An eager lot of library-lovers gathered last Monday… …to listen to a discussion of MOTIVES FOR MURDER with Susan Bickford, John Billheimer, Ellen Kirschman, Robin Stuart, and Susan Wolfe.      

MWA does Castro Valley

An audience of eager mystery-lovers gathered in the Castro Valley library to hear Camille Minichino, Ann Parker, Jim Giugli, and Janet Dawson discussing research methods and sources. The audience asked a lot of questions about the authors’ writing process and the road to publication. Librarian Christianne Selig was on hand to answer questions related to library … Read more