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Mystery Writers of America

“An Unexpected Guest”: A Short Story

By Donna Andrews

May 5, 2015

Deadly operative Boxers hunts evil… in Caerphilly?! Blame John Gilstrap and Donna Andrews, but don’t forget Mystery Writers of America, whose 70th anniversary provided the excuse for this dangerously charming mash-up.   “Father Dom! What are you still doing here?” Dom D’Angelo looked up from the grant application that had been consuming his day. He…

2015’s Edgar Awards: Mystery’s Faithful Gather

By Leslie Gilbert Elman

April 30, 2015

Once a year, the mystery writing community reaches critical mass in a place filled with the greatest living purveyors of the genre. The moment occurs at the Edgar Allan Poe Awards Dinner hosted by the Mystery Writers of America. This year, it took place on April 29 at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in New York.…

From the Bleeding Heart of Fandom: A Buffy Confab with Dana Cameron, Charlaine Harris, and Toni L. P. Kelner

By Toni L.P. Kelner

April 24, 2015

This fannish confab about Buffy the Vampire Slayer, with Dana Cameron, Charlaine Harris, and Toni L.P. Kelner, is gleefully offered in commemoration of the 70th anniversary of Mystery Writers of America.   Did you watch Buffy the Vampire Slayer from the very beginning?  If not, what lured you in? Charlaine: I had seen the original…

A Case of Place: What TV’s American Horror Story Taught Me About My New Orleans

By Greg Herren

April 21, 2015

This post, about how a scenery-chewing TV series rekindled one New Orleans crime author's love for his own city, is offered for your delight and in commemoration of the 70th anniversary of Mystery Writers of America. When it was announced that American Horror Story was setting its third season in New Orleans, and it was…

Strangers on a Train, Or When Sherlock Met Jane

By Lyndsay Faye

April 10, 2015

In this most devoutly-to-be-wished encounter between two of fiction’s greatest detectives, the role of Miss Jane Marple is elaborated by Ashley Weaver, that of Mr. Sherlock Holmes by Lyndsay Faye. This is the first of a group of posts commemorating the 70th anniversary of Mystery Writers of America, an organization whose members have contributed this exclusive…

MWA Announces 2015 Grand Master, Raven, and Ellery Queen Award Winners!

By Crime HQ

December 12, 2014

Mystery Writers of America has just announced its new Grand Masters for 2015, and authors Lois Duncan and James Ellroy will be honored at the Edgar Awards banquet next April 29th. In addition, Ruth and Jon Jordan from Crimespree Magazine and Kathryn Kennison, the founder of Magna Cum Murder, will be awarded Ravens for outstanding…

Announcing 2014’s Edgar Nominees (and Our Own Winner)!

By Crime HQ

January 17, 2014

After last month's announcement of two new Grandmasters and the Raven Award winner, Mystery Writers of America has announced the rest of the shortlist of award nominees and special winners.  The Edgars banquet—an annual black-tie gala celebrating crime fiction, non-fiction, and television writing—will be held on Thursday, May 1st, 2014 at the Grand Hyatt Hotel…

Robert Crais and Carolyn Hart: 2014's Mystery Writers of America's Grandmasters

MWA Announces 2014 Grand Masters and Raven Winner!

By Crime HQ

December 4, 2013

Mystery Writers of America has just announced its new Grand Masters for 2014, and authors Robert Crais and Carolyn Hart will be honored at the Edgar Awards banquet next May 1st. In addition to these worthies, also to be feted will be Aunt Agatha's—a new and used mystery and crime bookshop in Ann Arbor, Michigan—…

Mystery Writers of America Announces 2013 Edgar Award Nominees

By Crime HQ

January 16, 2013

Oscars, Emmys, Nobel Prizes… yeah, they’re nice too. But these are the award nominations we wait all year to hear. Today, Mystery Writers of America announced the nominees and honorees for the 2013 Edgar Allan Poe Awards, honoring the best in mystery fiction, non-fiction and television, published or produced in 2012. The Edgar® Awards will…

MWA Announces New Grand Masters, Raven and Ellery Queen Award Winners

By Crime HQ

December 9, 2012

This week, Mystery Writers of America gave us a preview of the criminal luminaries who will be feted during 2013’s Edgars Week: Ken Follett and Margaret Maron have been chosen as this year’s Grand Masters by Mystery Writers of America (MWA). MWA’s Grand Master Award represents the pinnacle of achievement in mystery writing and was…

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