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The San Francisco Chronicle interviewed a number of Bay Area crime writers, including many MWA Norcal Chapter members, in a May 4th article on the the number and variety of mystery writers who live and work in the Bay Area.

Awards News:

Congratulations to Patricia Morin, whose short story, "In the Rough," won third place at the Deadly Ink short story contest.

Congratulations to NorCal members David Corbett, Rhys Bowen and Steve Hockensmith, who all received Anthony Award nominations! Corbett was nominated for his novel Blood of Paradise (Best Paperback Original), while Bowen and Hockensmith received Best Short Story nominations for "Please Watch Your Step" (The Strand Magazine, Spring '07) and "Dear Dr. Watson" (Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine), respectively. Kudos also go to Louise Ure and Simon Wood, bloggers at Murderati, which was nominated for Best Mystery Website. The Anthonys will be presented at Bouchercon in Baltimore, Md., in October.

David Corbett and Rhys Bowen also received Macavity Award nominations for Blood of Paradise (Best Mystery Novel) and Her Royal Spyness (Sue Feder Memorial Historical Mystery Award), and Bowen's "Please Watch Your Step" was nominated for the Best Short Story Macavity. Other NorCal members nominated for the Macavity Award, which is voted on by members of Mystery Readers International: Tim Maleeny, whose Stealing the Dragon was nominated for Best First Novel, and Clare Langley-Hawthorne, who received a Sue Feder Memorial Historical Mystery Award nomination for Consequences of Sin.

Congratulations to Gillian Roberts, whose short story "The Old Wife's Tale" (Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, March-April 2007) was nominated for a Barry Award. The Barrys are presented by Deadly Pleasures Mystery Magazine and Mystery News. The story has also been nominated for a Best Short Story Macavity Award.

Congratulations to Rhys Bowen, who received two Agatha Award nominations: BEST NOVEL - Her Royal Spyness, and BEST SHORT STORY - "Please Watch Your Step." Her Royal Spyness won the Arty Award (given to the mystery published in 2007 with the best cover art) at Left Coast Crime 2008.

MWA NorCal members nominated for 2008 Edgar Awards: BEST NOVEL - Michael Chabon (new member) for The Yiddish Policemen's Union; and BEST PAPERBACK ORIGINAL - David Corbett for Blood of Paradise.

Ann Parker has won the Colorado Book Award for Popular Fiction for Iron Ties, a historical mystery set in the 1880 silver-rush boomtown of Leadville, Colorado. For more information about Ann and her Silver Rush mystery series, visit annparker.net.

Simon Wood won the 2007 Anthony Award - Best Short Story for "My Father’s Secret" (Crimespree Magazine, Bouchercon Special Issue).

Rhys Bowen won the 2007 Macavity Award - Best Historical Novel for Oh Danny Boy.

Tim Maleeny won the 2007 Macavity Award - Best Short Story for "Till Death Do Us Part," from the anthology Death Do Us Part: New Stories about Love, Lust, and Murder, edited by Harlan Coben (Little, Brown).

Member Interviews:

NorCal member Mark Coggins, author of Runoff, was interviewed by Fran Halpern on her NPR program "Beyond Words." Listen to the interview.

NorCal member Tim Maleeny, author of Stealing the Dragon, was interviewed by James Calder. Read the interview.

The San Francisco Chronicle featured a great interview with Chapter President Cara Black on April 5! Read the interview at sfgate.com. Cara's new book, Murder on the Ile Saint-Louis, is a Chronicle best-seller.

Read an interview with Louise Ure, author of Forcing Amaryllis.