Welcome to Speed City Sisters in Crime
Speed City Sisters in Crime is the Indiana chapter of the world-wide mystery/crime writers' association Sisters in Crime. The Speed City chapter was founded in 2005. Find out more about our organization.
Upcoming in 2021Saturday April 24 Meeting
11:00 a.m. business meeting 12:00 noon - Speaker Author Susan Crandall Adaptation: From Printed Page to Big Screen Susan will discuss how her highly acclaimed, multi-award winning novel, Whistling Past the Graveyard, captured the attention of SKR Productions and how she is working with them to develop her novel as a film.
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Susan Crandall's first novel Back Roads was the winner of the Romance Writers of America award for best first book, and was followed by her string of best-selling love stories. Hailing from Noblesville, Indiana, the rapacious reader didn't envision a career as a novelist. It wasn't until she teamed up with her sister to compose four unpublished novels that Crandall was hooked, and the former dental hygienist learned she could brighten smiles with her writing rather than just a toothbrush. Her historical fiction gems, such as The Myth of Perpetual Summer and Whistling Past the Graveyard, are great reads for the beach or in front of a cozy fire.
Author website: http://susancrandall.net/ What is it about mysteries that readers love?
Is it true that every good story is a mystery story? Have you ever thought about writing one? Join the Plainfield Guilford Township Public Library and Speed City Sisters in Crime Authors for Putting the Mystery in Mysteries Tuesday, April 27, 2021 at 6:30 p.m. What we’ll cover: 
What constitutes a mystery (it's more than murder!)
Saturday May 22 Meeting
11:00 a.m. business meeting 12:00 noon - Speaker Author William Kent Krueger What It Means to Be a Writer A long-time friend of the Speed City Chapter of Sisters in Crime, Kent will join us virtually to talk about being a writer. After 20 minutes or so, he'll open up the program for a Q&A.
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Raised in the Cascade Mountains of Oregon, William Kent Krueger briefly attended Stanford University—before being kicked out for radical activities. After that, he logged timber, worked construction, tried his hand at freelance journalism, and eventually ended up researching child development at the University of Minnesota. He currently makes his living as a full-time author. He’s been married for over 40 years to a marvelous woman who is a retired attorney. He makes his home in St. Paul, a city he dearly loves.
Kent writes a mystery series set in the north woods of Minnesota, featuring Cork O’Connor, the former sheriff of Tamarack County and a man of mixed heritage—part Irish and part Ojibwe. His work has received numerous awards, including the Minnesota Book Award, the Loft-McKnight Fiction Award, the Anthony Award, the Barry Award, the Dilys Award, and the Friends of American Writers Prize. His last nine novels were all New York Times bestsellers. Ordinary Grace, a stand-alone published in 2013, received the Edgar, given by the Mystery Writers of America or the best novel published in that year. Its companion novel, This Tender Land, his most recent release, was published in 2019. Coming this August is Lightning Strike, a prequel to Kent's Cork O’Connor series. It follows Cork in his adolescence, shortly before he turns 13, the year before his father is killed in the line of duty.
Saturday June 26 Meeting
11:00 a.m. business meeting 12:00 noon - Speaker Debra Des Vignes Founder of Indiana Prison Writers Workshop The Indiana Prison Writers Workshop is a program intended to help incarcerated people learn to express themselves honestly and creatively through essays, stories, and poetry. Founder Debra Des Vignes will talk about the evolution of the inception of the program, its ins and outs, and its future.
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As a former TV news reporter, Debra Des Vignes got her start at ABC-7 in Los Angeles, California, and then embarked on a decade-long career as a journalist. She was embedded with law enforcement covering crime and courts in various TV markets, including KPVI in Pocatello, Idaho, and NBC-13 in Birmingham, Alabama.
She is the author of two books, Sunday Sweet Sunday and The Green Balloon. Additionally, her work has appeared in Reflections: A Journal of Community Engaged and Writing Rhetoric, The Manifest Station, and Black Horse Review. http://inprisonwritersworkshop.org/about-the-founder/ |
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Speed City Critique Group
Members of Speed City Sisters in Crime can join our critique group that meets the fourth Saturday of the month before our regular monthly meeting and program. As with almost everything in our lives, the COVID-19 pandemic has moved the critique group to the virtual world. The group is led by Brenda Stewart and the setup of the Zoom meeting is coordinated by Russ Eberhart. Find out how to submit your work, critique and attend the zoom meetings on our Critique Group page. Recent Events
Do you love mysteries?
Have you ever thought of writing one? Want to get inside the heads of a few mystery writers? Check out our panel with Washington Carnegie Public Library and Speed City Sisters in Crime Authors for Demystifying Mystery Writing Saturday February 27 Meeting
11:00 a.m. business meeting 12:00 noon - Speakers Tammy Ayers and Mel Cabre The Legend of Bigfoot TAMMY AYERS and MEL CABRE, mother-and-daughter co-authors of the new book from Indiana University Press, “The Legend of Bigfoot,” will be with us in February to tell us about their research, their interest, the people who elevated Bigfoot to super-stardom, the history, science, the myths, and all things Sasquatch!
The Legend of Bigfoot: Leaving His Mark On the World available on Amazon TAMMY AYERS, who writes under the name T.S. Mart, specializes in true-to-life stories that showcase ordinary people in extraordinary circumstances. She has background in social work and makes her home in a small Midwestern town, where she writes to inspire and entertain. Tammy owns and maintains the website cryptidworld.com, where she regularly post content about various cryptids, creatures, and fascinating creations. MEL CABRE is a digital creature designer and illustrator who is passionate about mentoring new artists and showcasing diverse talent. Constantly inspired by the uniqueness found in nature keeps Mel’s imagination alive. Tammy is based in Greenville, Ohio while Mel splits her time between Ohio and London, UK. Free download: A Beginner’s Guide to Cryptozoology if you Sign up for our newsletter at https://cryptidworld.com A Guide to Sky Monsters: Thunderbirds, the Jersey Devil, Mothman, and Other Flying Cryptids coming May 2021 from Red Lightning Books Contact sincspeedcity@gmail.com to get the video link for this meeting. Furlong's Shattered Justice on NYTimes 10 Best Crime Novels of 2020 list
Susan Furlong's third novel in her Bone Gap Travellers mystery series, Shattered Justice, was recently named as a New York Times 10 Best Crime Novels of 2020. The book is set in the remote Tennessee town of Bone Gap, where you’ll find armed militia encampments pitched in the woods and male strippers doing the grind at local bars. The discovery of a body in a playground brings out Brynn Callahan, a sheriff’s deputy, and her dog, Wilco, both veterans of the wars in the Middle East.
Saturday January 23 Meeting
11:00 a.m. business meeting 12:00 noon - Speaker Gary Sosniecki Uncovering a Deadly Family Secret: The Potato Masher Murder The Potato Masher Murder: Death at the Hands of a Jealous Husband, published by The Kent State University Press, unearths the full story of two immigrant families united by love and torn apart by domestic violence.
In his presentation, “Uncovering a Deadly Family Secret: The Potato Masher Murder,” Sosniecki spoke about his great-grandmother’s death and the journey he took in writing a book about it. Murder 20/20 Is here!
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