New York State of Crime: Murder New York Style, with Sisters in Crime

Thursday, November 14, 2024 6pm EST

Event Category

Lecture/Panel

Event Type

Open to the Public

Event Location

Members' Room and Online

Event Price

free of charge

The cover of New York State of Crime, showing an NYC skyline at a disturbing angle

New York State Of Crime takes you on a roller-coaster ride of everything you ever imagined about New York. From the City That Never Sleeps to the farthest reaches of the Adirondack Mountains, criminals ply their dirty tricks, and intrepid New Yorkers—well, you know how we are—fight back. With high-octane stories from twenty authors, it’s the deadly side of the Empire State that tour guides never tell you about. Join us for a free panel discussion moderated by S.J. Rozan, author of The Mayors of New York.

D.M. Barr is an award-winning author who writes psychological and romantic suspense as D.M. Barr and nonfiction under her own name. Her eight published books include Expired Listings, Murder Worth the Weight, and Saving Grace: A Psychological Thriller. Her newest release, Deadly When Disturbed, will be released by Level Best Books in January, 2025. LBB will also publish her upcoming multi-volume series, Vacations Can Be Murder: A True Crime Lover's Travel Guide. Dawn recently finished her second stint co-editing a Sisters in Crime NY/Tri-state anthology, New York State of Crime, published by Down & Out Books in the fall of 2024.

Susan Breen is the award-winning author of The Fiction Class and the Maggie Dove mystery series. Her short stories have been published in Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine, Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, and, most recently, the Anthony-award winning Mystery Writers of America anthology Crime Hits Home. She teaches novel-writing at Gotham Writers and is on the staff of the New York Write to Pitch Workshop.

Nancy Good is the best-selling author of the How to Love a Difficult Man series, which has been published in 12 languages. She has appeared on Oprah, CNN, Geraldo, and across the United States and England. She writes the Melanie Deming Manhattan Mystery Series, which includes Killer Calories and Killer Condo. Previous short stories include "What Matters Most" in Justice for All. Nancy is a lifelong resident of NYC. As a pianist and singer, she has performed over fifty times with choirs in Carnegie Hall as well as in concert halls around the world.

Cathi Stoler is an Amazon best-selling author and Derringer winner for her short story, “The Kaluki Kings of Queens.” She writes the Nick Donohue Adventures and the Murder on the Rocks series, which include Bar None and Last Call, the Silver Falchion finalist for Best Suspense Novel. Two other books in that series, Straight Up and With a Twist were both finalists for the Chanticleer Clue Book Awards. Cathi also writes The Laurel and Helen New York Mysteries and has published over twenty short stories. She is a board member of NY/Tri-State Sisters in Crime, and is a member of Mystery Writers of America and International Thriller Writers.

Nina Wachsman is a former art director and illustrator, and the author of three novels of historical suspense set in 17th-century Venice. The most recent, The Courtesan’s Pirate, features a pirate's star-crossed romance with an elite courtesan of Venice.

SJ Rozan's eighteen novels and eighty-plus short stories have won multiple awards, including the Edgar, Shamus, Anthony, Nero, and Macavity, and also the Japanese Maltese Falcon. She's been honored with Life Achievement Awards from both the Private Eye Writers of America and the Short Mystery Fiction Society. Many of her stories have appeared in various "Best Of" collections, and she's edited three anthologies.

This event is co-sponsored by the Library and New York/Tri-State Sisters in Crime. Learn more about Sisters in Crime here.

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