The Sisters in Crime Writers' Podcast Sisters in Crime

Libby Fischer Hellmann left a career in broadcast news in Washington, DC and moved to Chicago a long time ago, where she, naturally, began to write gritty crime fiction. She soon began writing historical fiction as well. Eighteen novels and twenty-five short stories later, she claims they’ll take her out of the Windy City feet first. She has been nominated for many awards in the mystery and crime writing community and has even won a few.
She has been a finalist twice for the Anthony and the Shamus; and four times for Foreword Magazine’s Book of the Year. She has also been nominated for the Agatha, the Daphne, and she won the Chicago Writers Association Book of the Year in 2021. She has won the IPPY, Foreword Magazine’s Indie Awards, and the Readers Choice Award multiple times.
Her latest novel, Max’s War: The Story of a Ritchie Boy, is the little known story of German Jewish immigrants to the US who escaped Hitler and joined the Army to fight Nazis.
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Vicki Delany is one of Canada’s most prolific and varied crime writers and a national bestseller in the U.S. She has written more than fifty books: clever cozies to Gothic thrillers to gritty police procedurals, to historical fiction and novellas for adult literacy. She is currently writing the Tea by the Sea mysteries, the Sherlock Holmes Bookshop series, the Year-Round Christmas mysteries, and the Lighthouse Library series (as Eva Gates).
Vicki is a past chair of the Crime Writers of Canada and co-founder and organizer of the Women Killing It Crime Writing Festival. Her work has been nominated for the Derringer, the Bony Blithe, the Ontario Library Association Golden Oak, and the Arthur Ellis Awards. Vicki is the recipient of the 2019 Derrick Murdoch Award for contributions to Canadian crime writing. She lives in Prince Edward County, Ontario.

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About SinCSisters in Crime (SinC) was founded in 1986 to promote the ongoing advancement, recognition and professional development of women crime writers. Through advocacy, programming and leadership, SinC empowers and supports all crime writers regardless of genre or place on their career trajectory.
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JD Allen writes the Shamus Award-nominated Sin City investigation series. She is president of the Florida chapter of MWA, the current Sleuthfest Chair, a former chapter president of Sisters in Crime in North Carolina and Former Chair of the Bouchercon National Board. In the romance world, JD also published 11 books and novellas. She’s an Ohio State Univ. Alum with a degree in forensic anthropology and a creative writing minor. She’s a dyslexic cat lady who loves crime fiction and ocean views. JD moved to a lovely, downsized home in St Augustine, FL, just in time to quarantine with her mom, six cats, and a grumpy Brit.

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About SinCSisters in Crime (SinC) was founded in 1986 to promote the ongoing advancement, recognition and professional development of women crime writers. Through advocacy, programming and leadership, SinC empowers and supports all crime writers regardless of genre or place on their career trajectory.
www.SistersinCrime.org
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Alan Orloff has published eleven novels and fifty short stories. His work has won an Anthony, an Agatha, a Derringer, and two Thriller Awards. He’s also been a finalist for the Shamus Award and has had a story selected for THE BEST AMERICAN MYSTERY STORIES anthology. Alan’s latest suspense novel is SANCTUARY MOTEL, from Level Best Books. He lives and writes in South Florida, where the examples of hijinks are endless.
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About SinCSisters in Crime (SinC) was founded in 1986 to promote the ongoing advancement, recognition and professional development of women crime writers. Through advocacy, programming and leadership, SinC empowers and supports all crime writers regardless of genre or place on their career trajectory.

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Cathy Ace’s Cait Morgan Mysteries feature a criminal psychologist sleuth encountering traditional whodunits around the world (optioned for TV by Free@LastTV - Agatha Raisin); her WISE Enquiries Agency Mysteries feature a quartet of soft poached female PIs solving cozy cases from a Welsh stately home. Her Welsh suspense novel, The Wrong Boy, has also been optioned for TV. Shortlisted for Canada’s Bony Blithe Award three times, winning once, she’s also won IPPY and IBA Awards; her work’s been twice shortlisted for Crime Writers of Canada Awards of Excellence, and the CrimeFictionLover Best Indie Novel. She migrated from Wales aged 40, and now lives in Canada. She's a Past Chair of Crime Writers of Canada.

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About SinCSisters in Crime (SinC) was founded in 1986 to promote the ongoing advancement, recognition and professional development of women crime writers. Through advocacy, programming and leadership, SinC empowers and supports all crime writers regardless of genre or place on their career trajectory.
www.SistersinCrime.org
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A writer of faith by day and mystery by night, Patricia Raybon is a Christy Award-winning author and essayist whose novels and books explore the daring intersection of faith and race. Her Annalee Spain Mysteries feature a young Black theologian—a fan of Sherlock Holmes—who solves crimes during Colorado’s dangerous 1920s Klan years. Her essays have been published in the New York Times Sunday Magazine, Newsweek, USA Today, USA Weekend, Chicago Tribune, Denver Post, and aired on NPR’s Weekend Edition. Formerly a Sunday magazine editor at The Denver Post and a journalism faculty member at the University of Colorado at Boulder, Patricia lives near Denver with her husband Dan, a retired educator. With two grown daughters and five grandchildren, they enjoy movies, popcorn, college hoops, and any Masterpiece historical mystery or drama. Join her on the journey at patriciaraybon.com
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About SinCSisters in Crime (SinC) was founded in 1986 to promote the ongoing advancement, recognition and professional development of women crime writers. Through advocacy, programming and leadership, SinC empowers and supports all crime writers regardless of genre or place on their career trajectory.
www.SistersinCrime.org
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The SinC Writers’ Podcast is produced by Julian Crocamo https://www.juliancrocamo.com/