Member News

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

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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July Meeting: MWA Courtroom!

MWA NorCal is proud to announce our big event of the summer: a stellar panel of legal professionals ready to discuss the mysteries and intricacies of the legal process from every angle of the courtroom! You will meet: Susan M. Breall, a judge in San Francisco Superior Court. Vilaska Nguyen, felony trial attorney in the … Read more

Member News: New Books From Susan Shea

Susan C Shea has sold the next two books in her Dani O’Rourke mystery series. Top Five Books will publish THE KING’S JAR in trade paper and e-book versions in spring 2013. MIXED UP WITH MURDER will come out in fall 2013 in the same formats. In addition, Avalon Books has sold the e-book rights … Read more