Mystery Writers of America is an organization of professional mystery writers.

The MWA NorCal Chapter, which covers the territory above the 36th parallel of California and Nevada, meets approximately 8-9 times per year.

Joint SinC/MWA Christmas party
Sunday, December 6, from 2-4 PM
No RSVP required

M is for Mystery
86 East Third Avenue
San Mateo

If you're an author, please confirm your attendance with Ed Kaufman (ed@mformystery.com) in advance, so that he can have your books in the store for signing.

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Chapter President Louise Ure has been nominated for a 2009 Nero Wolfe Award for her novel The Fault Tree. The "Nero" is an annual award presented to an author for literary excellence in the mystery genre.

Rhys Bowen won the Macavity Award for Best Historical Mystery for her novel A Royal Pain. The awards were presented at Bouchercon in October. Chapter President Louise Ure (The Fault Tree, best novel), Lisa Lutz (Curse of the Spellmans, best novel) and Kelli Stanley (Nox Dormienda, best historical mystery) were also nominated for Macavitys.

NorCal writers were among the winners of awards presented at Left Coast Crime in Hawaii on March 11. Tim Maleeny (Greasing the Piñata) won the Lefty Award, a prize for the best humorous mystery of 2008. Kelli Stanley received a Bruce Alexander Historical Mystery Award for Nox Dormienda: A Long Night For Sleeping. Former Chapter President Rhys Bowen was one of the Guests of Honor.

Congratulations to our members with new books out! To share your news on the web site, please e-mail the Web Coordinator, Susan C. Shea, at scsauthor (at) mac.com.

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