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 EventsSaturday September 26 Meeting
11:00 a.m. business meeting 12:00 noon - Speaker Jaden Terrell Story-Weaving and Takeaways Some authors, like Secretariat, shoot out of the gate and rocket past the finish line without breaking a sweat. Others, like Hidalgo, must overcome challenges, obstacles, and missteps on their road to success. In "Story-Weaving and Takeaways," Jaden Terrell will discuss staying the course, honing the craft, and building a life as a writer.
Jaden Terrell is a Shamus Award finalist and the internationally published author of the Nashville-based Jared McKean private detective series. At the other end of the spectrum is Trouble Most Faire, a cozy black cat detective romantic mystery set at a Renaissance Faire . Terrell’s short stories have appeared in several anthologies, and she is a contributor to International Thriller Writers’ Big Thrill magazine and Now Write! Mysteries, a collection of exercises published by Tarcher/Penguin for writers of crime fiction. She is the recipient of the Killer Nashville Builder Award, as well as the Magnolia Award and the Silver Quill Award for service to the Southeast Mystery Writers of America. Terrell offers live and online workshops, coaching, and courses for writers.
Website: http://www.jadenterrell.com Saturday October 24 Meeting
11:00 a.m. business meeting 12:00 noon - Speaker Nina Sadowsky Cliff Hangers, Twists and Pacing 
A New York City native, Nina R. Sadowsky is an entertainment lawyer who has worked as a film and television producer and writer for most of her career.
Her debut thriller, Just Fall, was published by Ballantine in March 2016. Her second novel, The Burial Society, was published in 2018, and is the first of a series, with The Empty Bed released January 28th, 2020. Her fourth novel Convince Me, will be out in August 2020. Her books have been translated into German, Spanish, Italian, French, Japanese, Turkish and Serbian. Both published novels are in development for television. She has written numerous original screenplays and adaptations and done rewrites for such companies as The Walt Disney Company, Working Title Films, and Lifetime Television. Sadowsky also wrote, directed and produced the short film, “The First Year’s A Bitch,” a darkly funny take on the first year of marriage, starring Christine Taylor and John Livingston, which was featured in numerous film festivals, and which won the award for best editing at the New York Short Film Festival. Sadowsky is a member of International Thrillers Writers, Mystery Writers of America, Sisters in Crime, the Humanitas’ Prize’s Woolfpack, (an organization of women writers, directors, producers and showrunners) and Creative Future’s Leadership Committee. She also serves as Director of Educational outreach for The Humanitas Prize and co-leads the Woolfpack sponsored screenwriting lab at Hedgebrook. Nina Sadowsky is author of Convince Me, The Empty Bed, The Burial Society, and Just Fall Read more about Nina at: www.ninasadowsky.com Saturday November 28 Meeting
11:00 a.m. business meeting 12:00 noon - Speaker Les Roberts Getting Away with Murder 
Renowned, prolific mystery and suspense author LES ROBERTS will be our special guest speaker in November, coming to us from his living room in Cleveland, Ohio. His program topic will be “Getting Away with Murder,” a subject all mystery authors are interested in perfecting. Joining LES will be our own renowned member, RUSS EBERHART, who will facilitate the program and tell stories about his special friendship with Les. LES is the author of 6 mystery novels in the Saxon series set in Los Angeles and 19 featuring Cleveland detective Milan Jacovich, 6 other books of fiction, and his autobiography. Les came to mystery writing after a 24-year career in Hollywood, where he was the first producer and head writer of the Hollywood Squares and wrote for the the Lucy Show, the Andy Griffith Show, the Jackie Gleason Show, and the Man from U.N.C.L.E., among others. He has been a professional actor, a singer, a jazz musician, and a teacher. Past president of both the Private Eye Writers of America and the American Crime Writer's League, Les received the Cleveland Arts Prize in 2002 and the Sherwood Anderson Literary Award in 2003. His first Saxon novel, “An Infinite Number of Monkeys,” won the very first “First Private Eye Novel Contest.” A native of Chicago, he has lived in Northeast Ohio since 1990. See Les Robert's page on Good Reads |
Murder 20/20 Is here!Our newest Anthology Murder 20/20 is launching now! The ebook was released June 23, and the paperback will be available June 30.
Read more about the anthology here! 
Published June 2020.
Edited by MB Dabney, Lillie Evans, and Shari Held. Introduction by Susan Furlong Inheritance by Andrea Smith One Hundred Years a Widow by Janet E. Williams Mister 20 by J. Paul Burroughs I See What You’re Sayin’ by Ross Carley The Ear Witness by Elizabeth Perona One Dead Politico by D.B. Reddick In the Deepest Darkness by Stephen Terrell Deception at the Double D Convention by Shari Held Arcana 20/20 by T.C. Winters The 20/20 Club by Mary Ann Koontz Tailor-Made for Murder by C.L. Shore MD 20/20 by Hawthorn Mineart Dingo Dan by B.K. Hart Cipher by Elizabeth San Miguel It’s All Relative by S. Ashley Couts The Release by Ramona G. Henderson The Hundred-Year Time Capsule by Diana Catt Listen to Speed City Sisters in Crime members Lillie Evans, Tony Perona, C.L. Shore and Janet E. Williams talk about our newest and seventh anthology, Murder 20/20, with Robert Kent on the Middle Grade Ninja Podcast.
Speed City Sisters in Crime Anthology #8 Guidelines
Checkout the guidelines for Speed City Sisters in Crime's 8th anthology, coming in October 2021. All Speed City Indiana Chapter members are eligible to submit stories to this spooky Halloween themed edition.
Recent EventsMember author MB Dabney’s short story “Black on Black in Black” was accepted for publication in the upcoming GUPPY anthology The Fish That Got Away. (The theme of the anthology is criminal plans gone awry or criminals who slipped through the net.) Congratulations, Michael!! Publication will be in March or April just before Malice Domestic in 2021. GUPPY is the online chapter of Sisters in Crime for new and aspiring writers.
Coming in September from Speed City's own Janis Thornton:
No Place Like Murder True Crime in the Midwest https://iupress.org/9780253052780/no-place-like-murder/ A modern retelling of 20 sensational true crimes, No Place Like Murder reveals the inside details behind nefarious acts that shocked the Midwest between 1869 and 1950. The stories chronicle the misdeeds, examining the perpetrators' mindsets, motives, lives, apprehensions, and trials, as well as what became of them long after. An enthralling and chilling collection, No Place Like Murder is sure to thrill true crime lovers. 
Speed City SinC Author BiosMany Speed City Sisters in Crime members are talented writers and published authors and playwrights. Check out their author pages for information about their books, short stories, plays and other creative works.
Monthly MeetingsSpeed City Sisters in Crime meets monthly on the fourth Saturday of each month from January to November. There is a critique group meeting at 10:00, followed by the regular business meeting at 11:00 and a guest speaker at 12:00.
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