Cate Conte writes the Cat Cafe Mysteries and the Full Moon Mysteries. As Liz Mugavero, she writes the Pawsitively Organic Mysteries, the first of which was an Agatha Award nominee for Best First Novel. She is a creativity coach who works with aspiring and established writers and is the founder of The Creativity Lab, a membership site for writers. She also hosts the Get Writing podcast. She lives in the Boston area with her rescue pals. Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/author.liz.mugavero ...
Nov 26, 2024•52 min•Ep. 180
K.T. Nguyen’s 2024 debut psychological thriller YOU KNOW WHAT YOU DID has received praise from People Magazine, CrimeReads, Publishers Weekly, Booklist, Book Riot, Parade, Elle Magazine, The Seattle Times, and The Telegraph. A former Glamour magazine editor, she’s lived in New York City, San Francisco, and Taipei and has now settled just outside Washington, D.C. with her family where she enjoys native plant gardening, playing with her rescue terrier Alice, and rooting for the Mets. K.T. is a pro...
Nov 19, 2024•49 min•Ep. 179
Eighteen years in the legal field, and an over-active imagination, led Mary Keliikoa to plot murder—novels that is. She is the author of the domestic thriller Don’t Ask, Don’t Follow , the “Misty Pines” mystery series which is an IPPY Silver and Bronze Award winner, Silver Falchion finalist, and a Foreword Indies award finalist. She’s also the author of the Shamus and CLUE Finalist, and Lefty, Agatha and Anthony nominated “PI Kelly Pruett” mystery series. Her short stories have appeared in Woman...
Nov 12, 2024•51 min•Ep. 178
Jen Collins Moore transports readers to Italy in the Roman Holiday Mysteries, and her short fiction has appeared in Mystery Weekly and Masthead: The Best New England Crime Stories. She serves on the national board of Sisters in Crime and is the immediate past president of Sisters in Crime Chicagoland, as well as a founding member of the Sleuths and Sidekicks blog. A transplanted New Englander, she lives in Chicago. https://www.jennifercollinsmoore.com/ Sleuths and Sidekicks: https://www.sleuthsa...
Nov 05, 2024•1 hr 8 min
Sheri Lewis Wohl lives in NE Washington where she writes her stories of murder, mayhem, and all things paranormal. While she has yet to actually encounter a vampire, werewolf, or ghost, she never stops looking for them when darkness falls. A retired fed and former Humans Remains Detection K9 Handler, these days Sheri writes her stories of dark, dangerous, and delectable characters, runs half-marathons all over the U.S., and hangs out with her trusty German shepherds. Follow Sheri on Facebook, In...
Oct 29, 2024•49 min•Ep. 176
International bestselling author Brad Parks is the only writer to have won the Shamus, Nero, and Lefty Awards, three of crime fiction’s most prestigious prizes. His eleven novels have been published in sixteen languages and won critical acclaim across the globe, including stars from every major pre-publication review outlet. A former journalist, he is now a full-time novelist who is thankful to share his home with his wife and two school-aged children. Facebook Page: www.facebook.com/bradparksbo...
Oct 22, 2024•46 min•Ep. 175
Internationally bestselling author Hannah Mary McKinnon was born in the UK, grew up in Switzerland and moved to Canada in 2010. While her debut, TIME AFTER TIME, was a rom com, she transitioned to the dark side thereafter. Her seven suspense novels include NEVER COMING HOME, THE REVENGE LIST, and ONLY ONE SURVIVES, and her work has been optioned for the screen. It’s rumored Hannah Mary still has a softer side because she also writes holiday romantic comedies as Holly Cassidy, the second of which...
Oct 15, 2024•1 hr 3 min•Ep. 174
Mindy Quigley is the author of two lighthearted mystery series. Her latest, the Deep Dish Mysteries (Minotaur-St. Martin's Press) was a Woman’s World book club pick and has been featured in Parade magazine. Mindy's non-writing career is stranger than fiction, having taken her from the US to the UK, where she worked as the personal assistant to the scientist who cloned Dolly the sheep and as project manager for a research clinic founded by the author J.K. Rowling. She lives in small-town Virginia...
Oct 08, 2024•55 min•Ep. 173
J.M. Redmann has published eleven novels featuring New Orleans PI Micky Knight. Her first book was published in 1990, one of the early hard-boiled lesbian detectives. Her books have won three Lambda Literary awards, a Publishing Triangle Joseph Hansen award, two Goldie awards, as well as others. THE INTERSECTION OF LAW & DESIRE was an Editor’s Choice of the San Francisco Chronicle and a recommended book of NPR’s Fresh Air. Two books were selected for the American Library Association GLBT Rou...
Oct 01, 2024•55 min•Ep. 172
Mary Anna Evans is an award-winning author, she's a writing professor, and she holds degrees in physics and engineering, a background that, as it turns out, is ideal for writing her new series, the Justine Byrne historical mysteries, which began with THE PHYSICISTS' DAUGHTER. The current title, THE TRAITOR BESIDE HER, takes Justine undercover in a Washington, DC code-breaking operation during World War II. Mary Anna describes Justine as “a little bit Rosie-the-Riveter and a little bit Bletchley ...
Sep 24, 2024•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 171
Nancy Cole Silverman spent nearly twenty-five in Los Angeles Talk Radio, beginning her career on the talent side as one of the first female voices on the air. Later, on the business side, she rose through the ranks and became one of two female general managers in the nation’s second-largest radio market. After a successful career in the radio industry, Silverman retired to write fiction. Her crime-focused novels and short stories have attracted readers throughout America. Her Carol Childs Myster...
Sep 17, 2024•40 min•Ep. 170
Jane K. Cleland’s books on the craft of writing, Mastering Suspense, Structure & Plot and Mastering Plot Twists [Writer’s Digest Books, now Penguin Putnam Random House] both won the Agatha Award. Her newest book on the craft of writing, Beat the Bots: An Author’s Guide to Surviving and Thriving in the Age of AI , will be published in June 2025. Jane has also written fourteen novels in the multiple award-winning Josie Prescott Antiques Mystery series [St. Martin’s Minotaur, with short fiction...
Sep 09, 2024•1 hr 11 min•Ep. 169
James L’Etoile uses his twenty-nine years behind bars as an influence in his award-winning novels, short stories, and screenplays. He is a former associate warden in a maximum-security prison, a hostage negotiator, and director of California’s state parole system. His novels have been shortlisted or awarded the Lefty, Anthony, Silver Falchion, and the Public Safety Writers Award. Face of Greed is his most recent novel. Look for Served Cold and River of Lies , coming soon. You can find out more a...
Sep 02, 2024•54 min•Ep. 166
Anjili Babbar is an Agatha Award-winning, Anthony Award-nominated author of nonfiction and short fiction and a member of Sisters in Crime, Crime Writers of Color, Mystery Writers of America, and International Thriller Writers. She is a scholar of Irish and British literature, with a particular focus on crime fiction and criminality, and Lecturer of Humanities at Boston University. Her recent book, Finders: Justice, Faith, and Identity in Irish Crime Fiction , is an extensive survey of Irish crim...
Aug 26, 2024•51 min•Ep. 167
Carl Vonderau grew up in Cleveland. After majoring in economics and dabbling in classical guitar in college, he ended up with a career in banking. Carl has lived and worked internationally and put his foot in his mouth in several languages. He brought his banking expertise to his debut thriller, MURDERABILIA, as well as to his just-published novel, SAVING MYLES. MURDERABILIA won the Left Coast Crime award for Best Debut. SAVING MYLES has won the Best Book award for mystery/suspense. Carl is pres...
Aug 19, 2024•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 166
Maria Kelson's debut thriller, Not the Killing Kind , won the inaugural Eleanor Taylor Bland Award for Crime Fiction Writers of Color in 2014. It will be published in September 2024 by Crooked Lane Books. Maria's upcoming appearances include the Creatures, Crimes, and Creativity Conference in Maryland in mid-September. She also writes speculative short stories, has given workshops at campuses and literary festivals around the country, was named an Arts Envoy to Colombia through the American Voic...
Aug 12, 2024•1 hr 4 min•Ep. 165
DEBORAH J LEDFORD is the award-winning author of the Eva “Lightning Dance” Duran suspense thriller series, including Redemption and Havoc , set in Taos, New Mexico. Part Eastern Band Cherokee, she is an Agatha Award winner, The Hillerman Sky Award Finalist, 3-time nominee for the Pushcart Prize, and two-time Anthony Award Finalist for Best Audiobooks Crescendo and Causing Chaos from her Smoky Mountain Inquest Series set in the great Smoky Mountains of North Carolina. She is a member of SinC Nati...
Aug 05, 2024•57 min•Ep. 164
Rob Hart is the author of ASSASSINS ANONYMOUS, as well as THE WAREHOUSE, which was translated into more than 20 languages, as well as THE PARADOX HOTEL, which was nominated for a Lambda Literary Award. He also wrote the Ash McKenna crime series, the short story collection TAKE-OUT, the novella SCOTT FREE with James Patterson, and the comic book BLOOD OATH with Alex Segura. Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/robwhart Instagram https://www.instagram.com/robwhart1/ Threads Handle: https://www....
Jul 29, 2024•41 min•Ep. 163
Nicolette Lemmon, the innovative founder of LemmonTree Marketing Group, guided the marketing efforts of dozens of major corporations and financial institutions, designing award-winning campaigns to build name awareness and bottom lines. Many of her marketing solutions won coveted awards for her consulting firm and clients. She also developed and presented cutting-edge seminars, training workshops, and key-note speeches to thousands of people in audiences from Puerto Rico to California, from Hawa...
Jul 22, 2024•1 hr•Ep. 162
James M. (Jim) Jackson authors the Seamus McCree series, which explores financial crimes, family relationships, and what happens when they mix. The series includes 8 novels, 2 novellas, and several short stories. He’s currently working on a new series featuring Niki, an undercover FBI agent. Jim is a life member of Sisters in Crime and a past president of the Guppy Chapter. He enjoys teaching and helping other authors as much as he does writing. His two most popular classes are “Revision and Sel...
Jul 15, 2024•57 min•Ep. 161
Ashley-Ruth M. Bernier’s stories have appeared in Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, Black Cat Weekly, Stone’s Throw, Smoking Pen Press, The Best American Mystery and Suspense 2023, and The Caribbean Writer. Originally from St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, Ashley-Ruth is a writer of contemporary Caribbean mysteries. Ashley-Ruth currently lives in Apex, NC with her husband and 4 children, where she teaches first grade…and finds few things more valuable than uninterrupted writing time and the perfect ...
Jul 08, 2024•57 min•Ep. 160
Vicki Berger Erwin worked in a number of jobs in the “book biz,” including writing over 30 books ranging from middle grade to adult nonfiction, but mystery is her favorite. Facebook Page www.facebook.com/VickiBergerErwin Instagram www.instagram.com/VickiBergerErwin Threads Handle: VickiBergerErwin Website Www.Vickibergererwin.com From the podcast: Neal Shusterman COURAGE TO DREAM, Tales of Hope in the Holocaust ***************** About SinC Sisters in Crime (SinC) was founded in 1986 to promote t...
Jul 01, 2024•1 hr 3 min•Ep. 159
Margot Douaihy, PhD, is the author of three books of poetry and the queer hardboiled mysteries Blessed Water (2024) and Scorched Grace (2023), both published with Gillian Flynn Books/Zando. Scorched Grace was a USA Today National Bestseller, an Indie Next pick, named a Best Book of 2023 by The New York Times, The Guardian, and CrimeReads, and the winner of the Pinckley Prize in Crime Fiction for best debut mystery. Margot is an assistant professor with Emerson College, and she serves as a co-edi...
Jun 24, 2024•59 min•Ep. 158
Nikki Dolson is the author of the novel All Things Violent and the story collection Love and Other Criminal Behavior . Her stories have appeared or are forthcoming in Southwest Review, Best American Mystery and Suspense, Vautrin, TriQuarterly, Tough, and other publications. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nikkidolson Blue Sky Handle: https://bsky.app/profile/nikkidolson.bsky.social Website: www.nikkidolson.com Mentioned in the podcast: Crime Writers of Color: https://www.crimewritersofcolor...
Jun 17, 2024•1 hr 4 min•Ep. 157
Julia Dahl is the author of The Missing Hours, Conviction, Run You Down, and Invisible City, which was a finalist for the Edgar Award for Best First Novel, one of the Boston Globe’s Best Books of 2014, and has been translated into eight languages. A former reporter for CBS News and the New York Post, she now teaches journalism at NYU. Facebook Page https://www.facebook.com/JuliaDahlAuthor Instagram https://www.instagram.com/msjuliadahl Blue Sky Handle juliadahl.bluesky.social Threads Handle: @ms...
Jun 10, 2024•59 min•Ep. 156
Jessie Chandler is the author of nine novels, including the slapstick Shay O’Hanlon Caper Series. Her crime fiction has garnered an Independent Publisher Book Award, three Golden Crown Literary Awards, three USA Book Awards, and an American Book Award. The fifth book in her Shay O’Hanlon Series was a Lambda Literary finalist. Jessie is a past board member of the Midwest Chapter of Mystery Writers of America, a past vice president of the Twin Cities chapter of Sisters in Crime and is currently se...
Jun 03, 2024•1 hr 8 min•Ep. 155
Amy C. Condra serves as Member at Large on the national board of Sisters in Crime. She is an aspiring mystery writer who currently serves as a public affairs lead for the Department of Justice. Prior to joining government service, Amy worked as a journalist. She won several Virginia Press Association awards and is the author of Countries of the World: Vietnam ( Gareth Stevens Publishing). Facebook Page https://www.facebook.com/amy.condra Instagram https://www.instagram.com/amycondra/ Threads Han...
May 27, 2024•53 min•Ep. 154
Susan Hammerman, a former rare book librarian, writes crime and neo-noir short stories. Her stories have appeared in Mystery Magazine, Dark City Mystery Magazine, Blood and Bourbon, Suspense Magazine, Retreats From Oblivion, Mondays are Murder, and the Stories (Within) anthology. She has served on the national board since 2021 and has been a member of Sisters in Crime since 2015. Website https://www.susanhammerman.com/ Mentioned in the Podcast: “We Love” newsletters: https://www.sistersincrime.o...
May 20, 2024•50 min•Ep. 153
Libby Fischer Hellmann left a career in broadcast news in Washington, DC and moved to Chicago a long time ago, where she, naturally, began to write gritty crime fiction. She soon began writing historical fiction as well. Eighteen novels and twenty-five short stories later, she claims they’ll take her out of the Windy City feet first. She has been nominated for many awards in the mystery and crime writing community and has even won a few. She has been a finalist twice for the Anthony and the Sham...
May 13, 2024•59 min•Ep. 152
Vicki Delany is one of Canada’s most prolific and varied crime writers and a national bestseller in the U.S. She has written more than fifty books: clever cozies to Gothic thrillers to gritty police procedurals, to historical fiction and novellas for adult literacy. She is currently writing the Tea by the Sea mysteries, the Sherlock Holmes Bookshop series, the Year-Round Christmas mysteries, and the Lighthouse Library series (as Eva Gates). Vicki is a past chair of the Crime Writers of Canada an...
May 06, 2024•44 min•Ep. 151
