Welcome

Welcome to the home page of Mystery Writers of America (“MWA”). Come in and explore our website. MWA is the premier organization for mystery and crime writers, professionals allied to the crime writing field, aspiring crime writers, and folks who just love to read crime fiction. In these pages, you will learn about MWA, our programs, our authors and their books, including frequently updated calendars of events, announcements about our authors, their tour dates and their new releases.
 
Founded in 1945, MWA is a storied organization with a golden past and an exciting present. Each Spring, we present the Edgar® Awards, widely acknowledged to be the most prestigious awards in the genre. We sponsor MWA Literacy where we help to rebuild libraries around the US as well as numerous symposiums and events designed to enlighten and inform authors and fans alike. If you’re an author in the mystery or crime genre or an allied professional, you’ll find important services and benefits here. If you’re a reader, fan, librarian, journalist or anybody else interested in learning more about the genre, you’ve come to the right place. We hope you enjoy our site, learn a lot and keep coming back for more.

News & Press

Click here to find out everything you need to know about the 2013 Edgar Awards Banquet, MWA’s Edgar Symposium and the soon to be announced Edgar Nominees.


Press Releases

2013 Edgar Winners - May 2, 2013

Regional Chapters

MWA has eleven regional chapters, ranging in size from one state (Florida) to thirteen (Midwest). Any member of MWA is automatically enrolled in the appropriate regional chapter. All chapters have a newsletter and most have regular meetings; increasingly, chapters also have an online presence. Many MWA meetings are open to non-members.
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Now in Stores:

Justice
Author: Jennifer Harlow
Published: May 16, 2013 by Devil on the Left Books
Series Name: The Galilee Falls Trilogy
Category: Thriller, Urban Fantasy, Hard-Boiled
Main Character: Joanna Fallon

It’s hard being a regular police officer in Galilee Falls, a city with the highest concentration of superheroes and villains in the country. It’s even harder watching your best friend, the man you’re secretly in love with your whole life, planning to marry another woman. Detective Joanna Fallon has to contend with both. When the vilest supervillain in the city’s history, Alkaline, the former crime boss who can shoot acid from his wrists, escapes from the maximum security prison, the whole city is gripped by panic.
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FOAL PLAY
Author: Kathryn O'Sullivan
Published: May 7, 2013 by Minotaur Books
Category: cozy mystery
Main Character: Colleen McCabe

Winner of the Malice Domestic Best First Traditional Mystery Competition, FOAL PLAY is a hilarious debut mystery featuring a fire chief heroine and the Spanish mustangs of North Carolina's Outer Banks.

Colleen McCabe is enjoying an uneventful summer supervising her firefighters, making rounds with her Border collie, Sparky, and keeping an eye on the wild horses that have escaped from the local sanctuary. But when a dead body washes up on shore, she knows trouble has arrived in Corolla.


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Coming Soon:

Fatal Descent
Author: Beth Groundwater
Published: June 8, 2013 by Midnight Ink
Series Name: RM Outdoor Adventures
Category: Mystery, Soft-boiled, Outdoors
Main Character: Mandy Tanner

A fast-paced locked-room mystery in Utah's awe-inspiring canyon lands. River guide Mandy Tanner and her fiancé Rob Juarez, owners of RM Outdoor Adventures, are leading an off-season rafting and climbing trip on the Colorado River. The unfamiliar topography and a lecherous local climbing guide have Mandy on edge — but that’s nothing compared to the trouble the clients bring. When a young man is found dead, everyone on the trip is a suspect. Since there's no way out of the Colorado River's steep canyons, it's up to Mandy and Rob to solve the mystery before the murderer strikes again.


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Crime of Privilege
Author: Walter Walker
Published: June 1, 2013 by Ballantine

A thriller involving a famous family, the crimes they commit in Palm Beach and on Cape Cod, and the people who end up paying the consequences.


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