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.
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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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The Barbed Crown Author: William Dietrich Published: May 7, 2013 by HarperCollins Series Name: Ethan Gage Adventures Category: Historical thriller Main Character: Ethan Gage, his wife Astiza, Napoleon Bonaparte, Lord Nelson, Talleyrand, Catherine Marceau In this sixth in a series of Napoleonic-era adventures, American Ethan Gage is smuggled onto the French coast determined to thwart Bonaparte, who he vowed to kill at the conclusion of The Emerald Storm. He has joined a royalist conspiracy financed by British gold and has as partner beautiful comtesse Catherine Marceau. But many surprises await him on shore, not the least of which is reunion with his wife Astiza, who readers last saw carried off in a hurricane. Things get tangled from there! Click for more info. |
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One Man's Castle Author: J. Michael Major Published: April 10, 2013 by Five Star/Cengage Category: Thriller Main Character: Walter Buczyno, the angry, grief-stricken homeowner; Detective Kevin Riehle and Detective Ray Capparelli who believe Walter is a serial killer and are trying to catch him. Is a man a serial killer if he only kills the burglars who break into his home? And what if one of them is the man who had murdered the homeowner's wife and was now returning to kill him? Walter Buczyno is an angry man. Devastated by Dottie's murder years earlier, he feels a sense of justice when Franklin Edward Harris returns and Walter kills him. But while he is away, the bodies of Harris and the other burglars are discovered in his crawlspace, and Walter is on the run, a Wanted Man hunted by the very authorities that had let him down before. Click for more info. |
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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. Click for more info. |
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Green-Eyed Lady Author: Chuck Greaves Published: June 25, 2013 by Minotaur Series Name: Jack MacTaggart No. 2 Category: Mystery, thriller Main Character: Jack MacTaggart, Marta "Mayday" Suarez Lured by a beautiful seductress, U.S. Senate candidate Warren Burkett finds himself alone and naked in a stranger's home from which a priceless painting is missing. When the woman turns up dead, attorney Jack MacTaggart must unravel the deepening mystery, and prevent a killer from going to Washington. Click for more info. |
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