Random Suppositions

(Member Lexa Mack muses about murder…) I am guessing that the average (as in normal) person doesn’t sit in bed with their spouse and discuss creative (and undetectable) ways of killing other people.  Nor do they daydream of ways one might be suspected, or convicted, of a crime based on erroneous evidence.  Of course, I … Read more

Edgars on Jeopardy!

The MWA Edgars awards will be on Jeopardy this Thursday, July 18th–a special category featuring the Edgar awards!!! Check your local listings for stations and show times. https://www.jeopardy.com #edgarawards #jeopardy

Contest guidelines for the Koryta Anthology

Among the great benefits of MWA membership are the contests run every year for their upcoming anthologies.  Here’s the new one, for Michael Koryta’s A Stranger Comes to Town. (We LOVE seeing NorCal names in these tables of contents!) Mystery Writers of America presents: When a Stranger Comes to Town guest editor, Michael Koryta  Contest … Read more

BABF 2019 & MWANorCal

The 2019 Bay Area Book Festival is coming! – May 4-5 The full schedule can be found here. Once again, MWA NorCal will be there! Signing at a booth in the park (see the Booth schedule and the Festival map – Booth #152, on Allston Way) Criminally Good Writing—Stefan Ahnhem, Jonas Bonnier, Catherine Ryan Howard, Ragnar Jonasson, … Read more

NorCal Booth at BABF 2019

The NorCal Chapter of Mystery Writers of America will have an information booth at the 2019 Bay Area Book Festival Outdoor Fair in Downtown Berkeley, May 4-5. The MWA booth is #152 and will be located on Allston Way. For maps of the festival, click here.  Please stop by and say hello…and take a selfie … Read more