PAST LIBRARY EVENTS

Unless otherwise noted, all events are at the Mid-Manhattan Branch, 455 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY, 6th Floor, and begin at 6:30 p.m

2010:

» February 23, 2010, Tuesday:

How to Get Tales of Murder and Mayhem Published in a Deadly Market:
      The Mystery Writers of America/New York Chapter Mentor Program
      Debriefing [Panel already set]

January 26, 2010, Tuesday:

The Sherlock Holmes Effect: How the Arthur Conan Doyle Classics
      Influence Contemporary Mysteries

2009:

December 16, 2009:

Legal, Medical and Psychological Thrillers How Professionals Use Their Inside Knowledge Of What They Write

November 17, 2009:

Cozy Mysteries: Amateur Sleuths and Feline Detectives

October 27, 2009, Tuesday, 7:30 p.m.

Chappaqua Public Library
195 S Greeley Ave.
Chappaqua, NY 10514
(914) 238-4779

MYSTERY WRITERS ON POE:
     How Edgar Allen Poe Influences Contemporary Mysteries

October 21, 2009:

Why Kids Love a Good Scare: Writing for Kids and Young Adults

September 22, 2009:

Police Procedurals: Detective Fiction by the Book

August 11, 2009:

ROMANTIC SUSPENSE: LOVE CAN KILL YOU

July 14, 2009:

International Thrillers: Spies, Lies, & Deadly Eyes

June 17, 2009:

Killers on the Loose: New York Thrillers

May 20, 2009:

Contemporary Traditional Mysteries: Fair Play Puzzles in the Modern World

April 22, 2009:

Paranormal Mysteries: Ghost Stories, Psychics, Vampires, and Things That Go Bump in the Night

March 25, 2009:

Fictional Private Eyes: Why Would Anyone Take This Job?

February 24, 2009:

The Mentor Panel: How to Write & Sell Your First Mystery: Lessons from the Trenches

You've finished writing your mystery. It's been critiqued and polished. Now what? Marcia Markland, Editor Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Press and Jessica Faust Literary Agent with BookEnds, LLC will discuss the challenges of getting the mystery published, describe the submission process, offer examples of do's and don'ts, and provide practical tips for improving your manuscript, synopsis, and query letter. Catherine Maiorisi will moderate.
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January 14, 2009:

Scaring Women: Creating Nail-biting Tension in Women's Suspense

2008:

December 16, 2008

Literary Mysteries: Creating Order From Chaos

November 18, 2008

Changing Careers: Writing Mysteries Later in Life

October 23, 2008

Under the Mystery Writer's Veil
The New York Public Library, Webster Branch - 6:30pm
1465 York Avenue [near E. 78th St.] . New York, NY . 212.288.5049

October 21, 2008

Angry Men Who Kill: Violent Thrillers

September 16, 2008

The Dark Side: Gritty Mysteries Set in New York City

August 12, 2008

Fictional Female Detectives: From Hard-Boiled Dames to Gray-haired Ladies With Cats

July 15, 2008

Laugh or I'll Kill You: Humorous Mysteries

June 17, 2008

Murder and Mayhem at Work: Deadly Antiques, Cooks, and Gardens

May 20, 2008

Late Bloomers Dream Big: Publishing Your First Mystery in Midlife

April 30, 2008

Professional Thrillers: Legal, Medical, and Other Murderous Professions

April 15, 2008

Letting Go: Books Into Film
Moderated by Jonathan Santlofer
» At the Merc

April 8, 2008

Tough Gals: The Influence of Sam Spade on the Contemporary Female Detective
Moderated by Jane K. Cleland
» At the Merc

April 3, 2008

Authors Talk: The Influence of The Maltese Falcon on Your Writing
Moderated by Chris Grabenstein
» At the Merc

March 18, 2008

New York, New York, It's a Helluva Town... To Die In

Feb 27, 2008

MWA/NY Mentor Program Panel

Feb 27, 2008

New York Noir: Urban Crime

Dec 19, 2007

True Crime in the Big City