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Writer Spotlight Wednesday: Glen Erik Hamilton & Island of Thieves

Island of Thieves is the sixth book in my series featuring semi-reformed professional burglar Van Shaw. Shaw was raised by his career criminal grandfather and became a prodigy in the art of purloining others’ goods before he escaped into the Army and served with distinction in the Rangers for most of a decade. Now back home in Seattle, he’s making ends meet however he can.

Interview With A Bookseller: Alexa of Beach Books

Today, on our blog, we’re excited to feature Alexa of Beach Books. If you’ve read our quarterly member newsletter, you’d know that we love interviewing booksellers.

Writer Spotlight Wednesday: Friend of the Chapter Leslie Budewitz

Leslie Budewitz technically lives in the Rocky Mountain chapter of MWA, but here in the NW, we've claimed her as our very own. After all, her Spice Shop series is set in Seattle, and we appreciate the PNW-sensibility of her novels! Tell us about your new book! When a...

Writer Spotlight Wednesday: Dana Haynes

The Northwest Chapter of the Mystery Writers of America is proud to announce our new column, Writer Spotlight Wednesday! We’re kicking things off with the one and only Dana Haynes.

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November 2020 to February 2021 Member News

Apr 9, 2021 | Blog, Chapter News and Announcements, Member News

Bharti Kirchner's Murder at Andaman: A Maya Mallick Mystery (Camel Press) was published in December 2020. Michael Niemann's Percentages of Guilt came out on November 10, 2010. It received a starred review in Booklist as well as favorable reviews in Publisher's Weekly...

New Fee Structure for Monthly Meetings – Starting in May

Apr 9, 2021 | Blog, Chapter News and Announcements

For events booked through Eventbrite, MWA-NW has traditionally had two fee levels: Member and Non-Member, where Members have benefited from lower fees. But for the last several months we eliminated most meeting and event fees as a way to help out during the pandemic and ease the transition to online events.

As It Turns Out, You Do Know Jack

Jun 3, 2020 | Blog, Craft

For years, I’ve had a love-hate relationship with Lee Child’s novels about Jack Reacher. I love the way the Reacher stories thrum with pleasurable uncertainty while I roll my eyes as Reacher’s over-the-top, alpha-male infallibility.

Writing For Children & Teens

May 27, 2020 | Blog

What? There are kids’ writers in Mystery Writers of America? Yes, there are. Quite a few of us, in fact.

MWA-NW Now Zooms Into Your Home (Or Other Places You Might Be)

May 27, 2020 | Blog, Chapter News and Announcements

An upside to the pandemic has to be “teleconferencing.” In April, our chapter joined the Zoom Revolution and in the last forty days, we’ve conducted three virtual events. Here is a quick synopsis of each.

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