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.

SO LONG FOR THE SUMMER

We do not have meetings in July and August.

SEPTEMBER MEETING

The September meeting will be the last regular meeting of the year. We will be joining SinC to host a round table event with published professionals answering your questions on a variety of topics. Watch the newsletter for more information.

There will be no OCTOBER MEETING due to Bouchercon 2010 and no NOVEMBER MEETING due to its proximity to Thanksgiving. The DECEMBER MEETING will be the annual Christmas Party.

Congratulations to Pat Morin, whose humorous story “Gin and Piels” is being published in the House with Many Rooms anthology by Weaving Dreams Publishing.  Mystery Montage, her short story collection from Top Publications, Ltd., will be released October first.

The Big Wake-Up, a novel by Mark Coggins, won the Independent Publisher Book Award Gold Medal in the mystery category. Mark also has a Sherlock Holmes story in the newly released anthology, Masters of Technique.

Congratulations to NorCal member Sophie Littlefield. Her novel A Bad Day for Sorry has been nominated for a Macavity Award in the Best First Novel category.

Congratulations to our members with new books out! To share your news on the web site, please e-mail the Web Coordinator, Judy Wirzberger, at judy (at) wirzberger.net.

Carnal Sin Allison Brennan

Getting Old is Tres Dangereux Rita Lakin

Murder in the Abstract Susan C. Shea