Sisters in Crime

Mystery Making: In this interactive workshop, four mystery authors representing different sub-genres, including cozy/traditional and thriller/suspense, will brainstorm on their feet to create a brand new mystery using suggestion provided by the audience. Fun, fast-paced, and fascinating, this improv game offers important insights into mystery writers’ minds and the conventions of the genre.

Although Max Folsom was an avid reader all her life, as well as a longtime editor, reviewer, and speech writer, she never envisioned herself as a mystery writer. The author of the Baker Somerset series of mysteries is a member of Sisters in Crime, Crime Writers of Canada, and the League of Vermont Writers. One Bad Day After Another, the first Baker Somerset crime novel, was one of the five finalists for the Daphne Du Maurier Award for Excellence in Mystery/Suspense. Find her at: https://www.bakersomerset.com/

Sadie Hartwell, also writing as Susannah Hardy, is the author of the national bestselling Tangled Web and
Greek to Me Mysteries. She is also a freelance editor of fiction and nonfiction and is a frequent speaker at conferences, libraries, and bookstores.  Sadie lives in Connecticut with her family and a tuxedo cat who runs the household. Find her at: https://susannahhardy.com/writing-as-sadie-hartwell/

Sharon Healy-Yang is passionate about mysteries from the golden age, whether in a book or on the screen. Her fascination with mysteries and the 1940s drives her pleasure in crafting novels that recapture the wit, adventure, and suspense of the era. Healy-Yang lives in Massachusetts with her husband, two cats, and an enormous collection of vintage films. Bait and Switch and Letter from a Dead Man are the first two novels in a series of Jessica Minton Mysteries.  Healy-Yang is now polishing a third, Always Play the Dark Horse, which brings in another of her passions: thoroughbred racing. Find her at: https://sharonhealyyang.com/

Lisa Lieberman is the author of the Cara Walden historical noir mystery series based on old movies and featuring blacklisted Hollywood people on the lam in dangerous international locales. Her books hit the sweet spot between Casablanca and John le Carré. Her work has appeared in Noir City, Gettysburg Review, Raritan, Michigan Quarterly, Mystery Scene and elsewhere. She is Vice President of the New England chapter of Sisters in Crime and a member of Mystery Writers of America. Find her at: https://deathlessprose.com/