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This event will be in-person.
Our annual year-end dinner where we will welcome the 2023-2025 Board of Directors!
Our exciting QueryFest 3, where top editors and publishers will review your query letters and give you tips on how to bulletproof them for the best chance at receiving a contract.
More details coming soon
Need book exposure? Don’t miss our April program, when a publicity expert from Minotaur will explain “Everything Your Publicist Needs You to Know.
Marketing Assistant Dulce Botello graduated with a BA in Arts, Media and Entertainment from the University of Arizona, and with an MS in Publishing from NYU. During her undergraduate studies, Dulce interned at Kore Press, a nonprofit feminist press. She also interned with Macmillan Publishers in the subrights department where upon graduation she joined the special sales division. Dulce loves to read everything and anything that lands on her lap but has a special affinity for dystopian stories, thrillers and the occasional fantasy.
This month we’ll be joined by moderator S. Lee Manning (Sandy), the award-winning author of the Kolya Petrov thrillers who will discuss the ins and outs of the spy trade with James W. Ziskin, author of the Anthony, Barry, and Macavity Award-winning Ellie Stone Mysteries; Mally Becker, author of The Turncoat’s Widow, nominated for an Agatha Award and named a Killer Nashville Silver Falchion finalist last year and The Counterfeit Wife; and Carmen Amato, whose award-winning Detective Emilia Cruz mystery series has been described as “A thrilling series” by National Public Radio and was awarded the Poison Cup for Outstanding Series from CrimeMasters of America in both 2019 and 2020.
Members, check your emails for the registration link.
A survey of upcoming writers conferences, with panel members who have been there and done that. What’s the difference between conferences? How can you best use your time and energy to network, get blurbs and reviews, nab a coveted panel seat? In february we will also have an opportunity for prospective board members to learn what’s involved in each position so you can get excited about running for office in the spring.
This event will be held on Zoom. Register HERE.
Join us for our annual open mic night! We’ll be holding this event virtually again this year.
The following authors will read from new and published works: Theresa Verela, Kathleen Kalb, Catherine Siemann, Naomi Rand, Mary Jo Robertiello, Catherine Maiorisi, Cathi Stoler, Sarah Burr, Izolda Trakhenberg, Cynthia Webb, Connie Meccarello, Nancy Good and Samantha Hartford.
Please register for this Zoom event at https://sistersincrime-org.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJwlduGpqzwrG9QjaPe4NjKUS1le3lIudPrU
Our annual holiday party…in person this year! This year we will be welcoming Guests of Honor Alison Gaylin and Wendy Corsi Staub.
Chapter members, check your emails for the invitation.
Join us for an evening with Belarminia Ortiz, Ret. DOI Investigator + Certified Life Coach
Ms. Ortiz’s career in law enforcement spanned 25 years during which time she served as an investigator for New York City Department of Investigation (DOI). The DOI is the City’s Inspector General, with independent oversight of City government. Their investigations may involve any agency, officer, elected official or employee of the City, as well as those who do business with or receive benefits from the City. She is currently retired and entering the next phase of her life as. Life Coach and Reiki Practitioner. Her passion is to assist others in their healing and growth journeys.
Retired DOI investigator Belarminia Ortiz will discuss smuggling, contraband sales, fight clubs, and all sorts of misconduct happening inside the prison walls. The conversation will be moderated by SinC NY member, Jacquetta Szathmari. Ms. Szathmari is a writer and educator currently working on a mystery trilogy with a bomb scene investigator as the lead.