November 7th is National Bookstore Day!

Publishers Weekly is spearheading the first of this annual event as an opportunity to celebrate bookselling and the vibrant culture of bookstores. No matter your favorite independent nook or chain, stop …

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Member News: Peggy Ehrhart’s Encore!

Peggy Ehrhart has sold the second book in her blues mystery series to Five Star/Gale/Cengage.  Titled GOT NO FRIEND ANYHOW, it features Ehrhart’s blues-singer sleuth Elizabeth “Maxx” Maxwell in a second mystery …

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Member News: Jenna Weart’s on the stand!

In the October 26th issue of the popular Woman’s World magazine, member Jenna Weart’s mystery short “Fast Worker” appears.  As many of you know, this is a terrific (and tricky) market …

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Member News: Cynthia Baxter’s 8th Reign

Tomorrow, Bantam is releasing the 8th title in Cynthia Baxter’s, paperback series Reigning Cats and Dogs!  You can pick it up at your most beloved bookstore. Veterinarian and amateur sleuth …

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Member News: Hilary Davidson’s 2-Book Deal

Another exciting crime fiction debut from our chapter! Per Publishers’ Marketplace:  “Journalist Hilary Davidson’s debut THE DAMAGE DONE, about a travel writer who is called back to New York when her estranged …

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Member News: The Gift of Murder

Two of our local sisters, Elizabeth Zelvin and Anita Page, have short stories appearing in Wolfmont’s latest anthology to benefit Toys for Tots.  Congratulations to them both for being selected …

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Member News: Liz Zelvin’s Latest

Elizabeth Zelvin’s second novel from Minotaur, DEATH WILL HELP YOU LEAVE HIM is now for sale with all the usual suspects!  She’s also having a book release party at local …

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Member News: Ken Wishnia’s a Klezmer Fellow

Our chapter sends its warmest felicitations and best wishes for Kenneth Wishnia’s latest novel, a Jewish-themed historical entitled THE FIFTH SERVANT.  To be released by William Morrow on January 26th, …

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