Stay ConnectedThe Sisters in Crime Writers' podcast features conversations with our members about the writing journey: their process, what they've learned, what they wish they'd know sooner. For 40 years we've supported our members with classes, workshops, webinars, and community. We're also an advocacy organization for all crime writers. No matter where a writer is on their journey, SinC is an organization where writers belong.
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Robin Henry is an Author Accelerator Certified Book Coach with an MLS (Library Science) and MA in Humanities. She has previously served on book award committees and as a writing contest judge for the Women’s Fiction Writers Association. She is a fan of the Oxford comma, hot beverages, and historical fiction—she can’t wait to read your story!
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Refuse to be Done by Matthew Bell
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Sisters in Crime 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/
Stephanie Argy (she/her) is an editor, writer, designer, and all-around storytelling professional. She is currently on staff at the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE), where she oversees books that help educators use edtech to transform learning. She also freelances for other publishers and organizations, and she currently serves on the Board of Governors of the Editorial Freelancers Association. Stephanie has made award-winning movies and written extensively about the art, craft, and technology of filmmaking. She is now developing her craft as a writer of historical mystery novels, and Sisters in Crime has been an invaluable source of inspiration, information, and camaraderie. She has a BA in History from UCLA, an MS in Journalism from Columbia University, and an MS in Writing with a Specialization in Book Publishing from Portland State University. She lives in Paris, France.
https://www.stephanieargy.com/
Walter Mosley’s book This Year You Write Your Novel
Editorial Freelancers Association: https://www.the-efa.org/
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Sisters in Crime 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/
Michelle is a senior agent at Fuse Literary representing leaders in the crime fiction community, award-winners, and debut authors. She joined the agency after eight years in editorial at St. Martin’s Press, where she worked on fiction and nonfiction with high-profile personalities, New York Times bestsellers, and debuts. She has built her career finding underserved clients with major talent and helping them jump their careers to the next level.
Twitter https://twitter.com/Michrichter1
Website https://www.fuseliterary.com/agents/michelle-richter/
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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/
Linda Landrigan has had a longtime love affair with mystery. Earning her undergraduate degree from New College in Florida and her Master’s degree from Dartmouth College in New Hampshire, Linda held a variety of jobs before landing a position as associate editor of Hitchcock under the magazine’s previous editor, Cathleen Jordan, with whom she had the privilege of working for five years. Assuming the mantle of editor-in-chief in 2002, Linda has also edited the commemorative anthology Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Presents Fifty Years of Crime and Suspense (2006) and the digital anthology Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Presents Thirteen Tales of New American Gothic (2012), and has found time to be active on the board of the New York City Chapter of the Women’s National Book Association. In 2008, Linda and her “partner in crime,” Janet Hutchings – editor of Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine – were presented with the Poirot Award from Malice Domestic for their contributions to the mystery genre.
Crippen & Landru Publishers https://crippen-and-landru.myshopify.com/
Martin Edwards The Life of Crime: Detecting the History of Mysteries and their Creators
The Mystery Place: Home of the World’s Longest-Running Short Story Mystery Magazines https://www.themysteryplace.com/
Podcasts: https://www.alfredhitchcockmysterymagazine.com/the-crime-scene/podcasts/
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Sisters in Crime 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/
Barb Goffman is the author of the short story “Beauty and the Beyotch,” which won this year’s Agatha, Anthony, and Macavity Awards. She’s been a finalist for national crime short story awards forty times and has won three Agatha Awards, two Macavitys, and one Anthony, Silver Falchion, and Ellery Queen Readers Award. Her next story will be “Real Courage,” coming soon in issue 14 of Black Cat Mystery Magazine. Barb works as a freelance editor, offering developmental, line, and copy editing services. She edits across the crime genre but especially enjoys working on traditional and cozy mysteries. She’s been the editor or coeditor of twelve anthologies, with three more forthcoming. She’s also an associate editor of Black Cat Weekly.
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Website www.barbgoffman.com
SinC Up Tip: https://youtu.be/XUsrKj5GXEU
Black Cat Weekly: https://blackcatweekly.com/
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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/
G.M. Malliet’s first DCI St. Just mystery won the Agatha Award for Best First Novel. The series was later nominated for Anthony, Macavity, and Left Coast Crime awards. Her award-nominated Max Tudor series will continue in 2023 from Little, Brown. Three of her short stories recently placed in EQMM’s Readers Choice Award and her novella, "A Murder at Morehead Mews," was nominated for a Derringer.
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Website https://GMMalliet.com
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Sisters in Crime 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/
Nancy J. Cohen writes the Bad Hair Day Mysteries featuring South Florida hairstylist Marla Vail. Her books have been named Best Cozy Mystery by Suspense Magazine, won the Readers’ Favorite and FAPA President’s Book Awards, the RONE Award, the Royal Palm Literary Award, and IAN Book of the Year. She’s placed first in the Chanticleer International Book Awards and third in the Arizona Literary Awards. Active in the writing community, Nancy is a past president of the Florida Chapter of Mystery Writers of America. When not busy writing, she enjoys reading, fine dining, cruising, and visiting Disney World.
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Website https://nancyjcohen.com
Writing the Cozy Mystery by Nancy J. Cohen
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Sisters in Crime 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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The SinC Writers’ Podcast is produced by Julian Crocamo https://www.juliancrocamo.com/
Ellen Hart is the author of thirty five crime novels. She has won numerous awards, including the Lambda Literary award for Best Lesbian Mystery and the GCLS Trailblazer Award for lifetime achievement in the field of lesbian literature. She taught writing for 17 years through the Loft Literary Center, the largest independent writing community in the nation. In 2017, Ellen was named a Grand Master by Mystery Writers of America. This award was established to acknowledge important contributions to the genre, as well as for a body of work that is both significant and of consistent high quality.
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www.ellenhart.com
2010 Publishing Summit Report https://www.sistersincrime.org/page/SummitReports
The Coming Wave: Technology, Power, and the Twenty-first Century's Greatest Dilemma by Mustafa Suleyman
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Sisters in Crime 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/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/SINCnational
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The SinC Writers’ Podcast is produced by Julian Crocamo https://www.juliancrocamo.com/
Glen Erik Hamilton writes crime thrillers. His novels have been called “outstanding” (Publishers Weekly), “perfect mix of serious crime and caper movie” (Criminal Element), and “a must-read series” (Mystery Scene Magazine).
Hamilton’s debut novel Past Crimes won the Anthony, Macavity, and Strand Magazine Critics Awards, and was also nominated for the Edgar®, Barry, and Nero Awards. Kirkus called Past Crimes “an exciting heir to the classic detective novel.” Each of his subsequent books in the Van Shaw series have earned starred reviews from Publishers Weekly, Library Journal, and more, and been published in North America, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia, Turkey, the Czech Republic, and Japan.
Glen grew up aboard a sailboat in Seattle, Washington, playing and occasionally finding trouble around the islands, marinas, and commercial docks of the Pacific Northwest. Whenever the boat drifted on calm seas, Glen would raid his parents’ bookshelves, passing the idle hours with Travis McGee, Spenser, and the labyrinthine plots of Patricia Highsmith and Fredrick Forsyth. Years later, Glen met his wife while both were performing in an Agatha Christie play. Prior to his fiction writing career he worked in wireless telecom, the gaming industry, and non-profit healthcare.
Glen served as President of the Southern California chapter of Mystery Writers of America from 2018-2019 and is also a member of International Thriller Writers and Sisters in Crime. He publicly acknowledges his addiction to the television show Columbo. After living for many years in Southern California, Glen and his family have recently returned to the Emerald City and its beautiful overcast skies.
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Website glenerikhamilton.com
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Sisters in Crime 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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The SinC Writers’ Podcast is produced by Julian Crocamo https://www.juliancrocamo.com/
Marco Carocari originally hails from Switzerland and now lives in the Californian desert with his exceptionally sweet and supportive -aka patient- husband.
His debut novel, Blackout, was nominated for a Lefty and won TheNYCBigBookAward and Independent Press Award for Best LGBTQ Novel.
His short stories appeared in Malice Domestic 16: Mystery Most Diabolical (All In The Planning) and the Saints & Sinners 2023 Short Fiction Anthology (Grace).
Find him on social media or https://www.marcocarocari.com
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Website https://www.marcocarocari.com
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Sisters in Crime 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/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/SINCnational
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sistersincrime
The SinC Writers’ Podcast is produced by Julian Crocamo https://www.juliancrocamo.com/
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