MWA NorCal

Upcoming Spring 2013 Events

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We have some exciting events on the horizon. On Friday, April 12th, we’ll be co-hosting our semi-annual State of the Industry panel at 6:30pm with Sisters in Crime/NorCal. Our panel will consist of bookseller Praveen Madan of Kepler’s/Booksmith, Editor Jay Schaefer, Literary Agent Andy Ross, and Librarian Barbara Bibel of the Oakland Public Library. This … Read more

Holiday Party!

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Come join your friends and colleagues from MWA and SinC at our annual holiday party, held this year at Orinda Books, December 1st, from 1:00 to 3:00. Hope you can make it! Orinda Books 276 Village Square Orinda, CA 94563 store (925) 254-7606 orindabooks@thegrid.net

Member News

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Michelle Gagnon’s Young Adult debut Don’t Turn Around will be released by Harper Teen next week (August 28th), and so far it has received starred reviews from Kirkus and Voya, and been selected as one of the Autumn 2012 Kids’ Indie Next List—”Inspired Recommendations for Kids from Indie Booksellers”! The book trailer debuted on Entertainment Weekly’s shelf life page. It is … Read more

Northern California Crime Writing Conference

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The Northern California chapters of Mystery Writers of America and Sisters in Crime are thrilled to be partnering with Litquake to launch a new conference on the art, craft and business of crime writing, to be held in San Francisco on Saturday, September 22nd.

The conference features an all-star lineup of Bay Area crime and mystery writers, headlined by NYT Bestselling authors Rhys Bowen and Sheldon Siegel as guests of honor.

The day is broken into two segments: the craft of writing and the
business of writing. In addition to our guests of honor, participating
authors include David Corbett, Cara Black, Keith Raffel, Camille
Minichino, Priscilla Royal, Reece Hirsch, Lisa Brackman, JJ and Bette Lamb, Robin Burcell, Michelle Gagnon, Julianne Balmain, Simon Wood, and Catriona McPherson.

There will be a bookstore on the premises, snacks, and time built in to chat with the panelists. A full list of the panels is below!

Remember–participation is LIMITED to 75, so please get your
reservations in early!

See below for details on schedule and faculty members.

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