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| | Open Directory - Arts: Writers Resources: Fiction: Mystery |
 | | Mystery Writers of America - Mystery writers, mystery books, up and coming authors, chapter news and events. | | | Mystery Writers of America - MWA helps negotiate contracts, watches developments in legislation and tax law, sponsors symposia and mystery conferences, and publishes books, including the Mystery Writer's Handbook. | | | Mystery Writers of America, Florida Chapter - Links to feature interviews and articles, members and their books, chapter activities, the annual Sleuth Fest conference in March, and favorite links. |
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http://dmoz.org/Arts/Writers_Resources/Fiction/Mystery
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| | CVCO - Overbooked: Mystery Fiction |
| | Mystery Writers of America, Sisters in Crime, Crime Writers of Canada, Bouchercon, and many others. | | | Links to: magazines and newsletters, authors and other mysterious characters, online mystery games, as well as numerous other sites of interest to mystery fans. | | | I really appreciate all the e-mail I receive from avid readers and writers and regret that I may not be able to respond to all correspondents. |
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http://www.overbooked.org/genres/mystery
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| | Raymond Chandler |
| | In 1946 Chandler received Edgar Award from the Mystery Writers of America for screenplay, and in 1954 for novel. | | | His most famous target in much quoted essay The Simple Art of Murder (1944) was A.A. Milne's The Red House Mystery. | | | As representative and master of hard-boiled school of crime fiction, Chandler criticized classical puzzle writers for their lack of realism. |
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http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/rchandle.htm
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| | CVCO - Overbooked: Mystery Fiction |
| | Mystery Writers of America, Sisters in Crime, Crime Writers of Canada, Bouchercon, and many others. | | | Links to: magazines and newsletters, authors and other mysterious characters, online mystery games, as well as numerous other sites of interest to mystery fans. | | | Minotaur, Poisoned Pen, Crippen and Landru, Mysterious Press. |
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http://www.overbooked.org/genres/mystery
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| | NOBLE Children's Library: Mystery Fun |
| | Edgar Awards -- Every year the Mystery Writers of America select the best mystery for kids-- here's the complete list of winners | | | Museum of Unnatural Mystery -- Learn about lost worlds, UFOs, the Bermuda Triangle and other strange and mysteries things at this unusual museum | | | Mystery.net's Kids Mysteries -- Mini-mysteries to solve, scary stories, magic tricks, and contests |
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http://www.noblenet.org/nobchild/special/mystery.htm
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| | writing skills : Spider, Spin Me a Web |
| | Lawrence Block is a Mystery Writers of America Grand Master and a multiple winner of the Edgar, Shamus, and Maltese Falcon awards. | | | Block, an incredibly prolific mystery writer with more than 50 books to his name (at one point he was writing more than a book a month!), employs a funny, conversational tone in addressing issues of technique, career strategy, and living the fictioneer's life. | | | Though Block's success has been mainly as a writer of mysteries, his wisdom applies to all fiction writing; in fact, he is suspicious of the whole concept of genre writing. |
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http://bookstore.writingskills.us/n_0898793262.htm
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| | WFNS: Organizations for Writers |
| | Calgary Association of the Romance Writers of America. | | | Merged with the Quebec Society for the Promotion of English Language Literature (QSPELL) to form the Quebec Writers' Federation, listed below. | | | Exists to combat discrimination against women in the mystery field, educate publishers and the general public as to the inequalities in the treatment of female authors, and raise the level of awareness of their contribution to the field. |
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http://www.writers.ns.ca/organs.html
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| | AUTHORS index page of ULTIMATE MYSTERY FICTION WEB GUIDE |
| | Many others are members of Mystery Writers of America which, oddly enough, did not have a Home Page until after this "Ultimate" one. | | | Special thanks to Michael E. Grost, who put a virtual encyclopedia of classic Mystery Detective fiction on the Web. | | | AUTHORS of Ultimate Westerns Web Guide 8,000+ more authors indexed |
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http://www.magicdragon.com/UltimateMystery/authors.html
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| | Agatha Christie, Mystery and Suspense Writer |
| | First Grand Master of the Mystery Writers of America - 1955 | | | Symons, Julian, Foreword: A Portrait of Agatha Christie, in The New Bedside, Bathtub and Armchair Companion to Agatha Christie, edited by Dick Piley and Ram McAlister, Ungar, New York, 1994. | | | --The Seven Dials Mystery, Harper, New York, 1929. |
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http://www.hycyber.com/MYST/christie_agatha.html
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| | Judith Kelman's Writers' Room - Tips & Resources |
| | American Crime Writers League - a private forum for mystery fiction writers to exchange ideas and concerns. | | | Writers' Guild of America - association for screenwriters. | | | Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI)) - newsletter, workshops, conferences, grants, other resources. |
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http://www.jkelman.com/misc/orgs.html
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| | The Mystery of Edwin Drood |
| | Even the Mystery Writers of America got into the act by giving... | | | The answer is that, since Charles Dickens died before the completion of his only mystery novel, leaving it unresolved, composer-playwright Rupert Holmes decided to turn that seeming literary shortcoming into a theatrical asset. | | | During each show, the audience is asked to make three climactic plot decisions out of several possible permutations. |
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http://www.theatre-dance.ecu.edu/Productions/Drood/Edwin_Drood.html
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| | Directory - Arts: Writers Resources: Fiction: Mystery |
| | Mystery Writers of America, Florida Chapter · cached · Links to feature interviews and articles, members and their books, chapter activities, the annual Sleuth Fest conference in March, and favorite links. | | | Mystery Writers of America · cached · MWA helps negotiate contracts, watches developments in legislation and tax law, sponsors symposia and mystery conferences, and publishes books, including the Mystery Writer's Handbook. | | | The Mystery Writers' Forum · cached · Mystery writers and aspiring mystery authors who are sharing our trial, tribulations, research problems and triumphs on a supportive threaded bulletin board system. |
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http://www.incywincy.com/default?p=40296
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| | Store Map |
| | Writing Mysteries: A Handbook by the Mystery Writers of America Mystery Writers of America | | | The Night Awakens: A Mystery Writers of America Anthology | | | Opening Shots: Great Mystery and Crime Writers Share Their First Published Stories |
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http://www.strandmag.com/store_map_TSMOS.html
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| | Cruises to Die For...Mystery Writers at Sea |
| | She is also a past president of the American Crime Writers League, and past member of the national board of Mystery Writers of America. | | | He is a past president of the Mystery Writers of America and has been nominated for six prestigious Edgar Allen Poe Awards including one for his short story “Snow” in 1999. | | | He is a member of the National Board of Directors of Mystery Writers of America. |
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http://www.cruisestodiefor.com/writers.html
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| | Edgar Allan Poe Awards |
| | Mystery Writers of America, Inc., is the premier organization for mystery writers and other professionals in the mystery field. | | | The awards are named after Mystery Writers of America's patron saint, Edgar Allan Poe, and are awarded to authors of distinguished work in various categories of the genre. | | | MWA watches developments in legislation and tax law, sponsors symposia and mystery conferences, presents the Edgar Awards, and provides information for mystery writers. |
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http://www.literature-awards.com/edgar_allan_poe_awards.htm
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| | me |
| | He is a member of Mystery Writers of America, Private Eye Writers of America, and Mystery Readers International. | | | He was a 1997-1999 member of the board of directors of the Mystery Writers of America - Midwest. | | | He is the author of a guide to the mystery genre for librarians called MAKE MINE A MYSTERY published by Libraries Unlimited in 2003. |
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http://my.execpc.com/~piesbook/me.html
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| | Janet A. Rudolph |
| | She is a member of Mystery Writers of America, the International Association of Crime Writers, the British Crime Writers Association, Sisters in Crime, and the American Crime Writers League. | | | Janet A. Rudolph is known as "The Mistress of Mystery." She is the writer/producer for Murder on the Menu®, director of Mystery Readers International, editor of the Mystery Readers Journal, a teacher of mystery fiction, and has been a columnist for most of the mystery periodicals. | | | The Mystery Readers Journal, her brainchild, is the official publication of Mystery Readers International. |
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http://www.murderonthemenu.com/murder/janet.html
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| | Red Inkworks Mystery Writers |
| | Mystery Writers of America: Is the premier organization for mystery writers and other professionals in the mystery field. | | | Mystery Writers Forum, The: Mystery writers and aspiring mystery authors who are sharing our trial, tribulations, research problems and triumphs on a supportive threaded bulletin board system. | | | Mystery Readers International: MRI is the largest mystery fan/reader organization in the world, is open to all readers, fans, critics, editors, publishers, and writers. |
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| | Mystery Writers on Almondnet |
| | List of Mystery Writers and Mystery Authors and Best Mystery Writers and Mystery Writers of America... | | | Mystery Writers Ink was incorporated as a non-profit society in Alberta, Canada in May 2002... | | | Published mystery authors reveal their secrets for writing compelling mysteries in Gotham Writers' Workshop's online and NYC classes. |
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http://www.team-building-ideas.co.uk/teambuild/mystery_writers.html
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| | Wisconsin Bibliographies in Women's Studies: Women Mystery Writers (Androski, 1995) |
| | Given annually by the Mystery Writers of America. | | | WOMEN MYSTERY WRITERS SERIES II TEA AT THE VICARAGE Although not all of their works are set in an English village, the following mystery writers all feature a minimum of violence or other distressing subject matter. | | | [This three-part annotated bibliography "WOMEN MYSTERY WRITERS," by Helene Androski, is number 74 of the series "Wisconsin Bibliographies in Women's Studies," published by the University of Wisconsin Women's Studies Librarian's Office, 430 Memorial Library, 728 State Street, Madison, WI 53706; email: the Women's Studies Librarian. |
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http://www.library.wisc.edu/libraries/WomensStudies/bibliogs/mystery.html
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| | Mystery Writers of America - Southwest Chapter: About Us |
| | To use the official language from our bylaws
.Mystery Writers of America Inc. is a nonprofit professional organization of mystery and crime writers in all categories: fiction, including adult novels, short stories, and YA and juvenile fiction; screenplays, staged plays, radio plays, and TV; and nonfiction, including fact crime and critical/biographical work. | | | We are one of ten chapters of a large national organization, Mystery Writers of America. | | | MWA is the pre-eminent organization for professional writers in the mystery/suspense field. |
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| | Mystery Writers of America to Use iUniverse Publishing Platform |
| | Mystery Writers of America members can submit their out-of-print books or new works for print. | | | Mystery Writers of America to Use iUniverse Publishing Platform | | | iUniverse, an epublishing services provider, announced that Mystery Writers of America Inc. (MWA), an organization for mystery writers, will use iUniverse's publishing technology platform. |
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http://www.writenews.com/2001/080801_iuniverse_mwa.htm
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| | Author Profile: Joan Lowery Nixon |
| | She specialized in writing mysteries for young adults, and was awarded The Mystery Writers of America Edgar Allen Poe Award for 4 of her mysteries. | | | Joan Lowery Nixon is the only four-time winner of the Mystery Writers of America Edgar Allan Poe Award and a two-time winner of the California Young Reader Medal. | | | She also initiated a writing badge for the Girls Scouts of America and was an active member of Western Writers of America. |
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http://www.teenreads.com/authors/au-nixon-joan-lowery.asp
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| | Mystery Writers of America - Southern California Chapter |
| | Mystery Writers of America, Inc. (MWA) was established in 1945 by a dozen or so like-minded mystery writers for the purpose of promoting and protecting the interests and welfare of mystery writers and to increase the esteem and literary recognition given to the genre. | | | Mystery Writers of America - Southern California Chapter | | | Monthly meetings at which members can network and enjoy the company of other writers. |
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http://www.socalmwa.com
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| | The Blue Iris Journal: Crime Fiction |
| | He participates in the occasional short story panel at mystery conventions and is a member of the Mystery Writers of America, The Private Eye Writers of America, Sisters in Crime, Short Mystery Fiction Society, and the National Writers Union. | | | As noted on the back cover, "Twenty-five mystery stories of crimes and bathroom ranging from zany to deadly serious, by some of today's finest short story writers." That pretty much sums it up and makes this book well worth reading. | | | An interesting mystery that doesn’t fall victim to cutesy twists, but entertains while it makes you think. |
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http://blue_iris_journal.typepad.com/journal/crime_fiction
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| | Mystery Organizations |
| | The Mystery Writers of America are a professional writers group, and are well-known for bestowing the annual Edgar Awards are bestowed by and while the choices of nominees and winners may sometimes be rather bewildering, they remain the most prestigious awards in the entire mystery genre. | | | The International Thriller Writers Organization was founded October 9, 2004, at a meeting at Bouchercon World Mystery and Suspense Conference in Toronto, Canada -- just in case there weren't enough organizations devoted to sub-genres of crime fiction, we now have one to presumably include all those crime writers who fall between the cracks. | | | The Private Eye Writers of America (PWA) is an organization devoted to private-eye detective fiction, and are probably best known for their annual Shamus Awards. |
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| | Writers Resources |
| | www.mystery-tales.com/index.html Mystery Writers of America is the premier organization for mystery writers and other professionals in the mystery field. | | | The founders were largely authors who wrote traditional western fiction, but the organization swiftly expanded to include historians and other nonfiction authors, young adult and romance writers, and writers interested in regional history. | | | www.csfwg.org/ Aids aspiring and established writers in improving the quality of their craft by offering online research, editing services, monthly articles, publishing fiction works of up-and-coming authors online and a critique group for those in the Pikes Peak region. |
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http://www.blisscomm.com/WritersResources.htm
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| | Christine Goff Gets The Third Degree - WriterOnLine |
| | She can be reached at: Mystery Writers of America / 17 E. 47th St. / New York, NY 10018, or you can call her at (212) 888-8171. | | | Goff: Mystery Writers of America currently has a website, though we do not have the newsletter posted at this time. | | | Several of its purposes are: to promote and protect the interests and welfare of mystery writers; to advance the esteem and literary recognition of the mystery genre; and to circulate important information regarding the mystery genre among the members. |
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http://www.writer-on-line.com/content/view/41/66
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| | MISC.WRITING FAQ |
| | Mystery Writers of America, Inc. was established in 1945 by a dozen or so like-minded mystery writers for the purpose of promoting and protecting the interests and welfare of mystery writers and to increase the esteem and literary recognition given to the genre. | | | An electronic writers' workshop is being run as a listserv list called the Fiction Writers Workshop and based at Penn State University, with separate lists for fiction, non-fiction, poetry, and novels. | | | Membership is open to writers who have had a book published within the last seven years, or three works published by general circulation magazines within the past 18 months. |
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