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ABOUT SISTERS IN CRIME
We are the Mary Roberts Rinehart Chapter of
Sisters in Crime based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Sisters in Crime is an international organization of
writers, readers, booksellers, librarians, agents, editors, reviewers, and
teachers interested in promoting the work of women mystery writers. The
mission of Sisters in Crime is to "combat discrimination against women
in the mystery field, educate publishers and the general public as to
inequities in the treatment of female authors, raise awareness of their
contributions to the field, and promote the professional advancement of
women who write mysteries."
We are all friendly, fun, and fascinating, but not all of
us are female. Misters are welcome, too!
UPCOMING MEETINGS
All meetings are free and open to the public.
Feb. 6, 2012
Mystery Lovers Bookshop, Oakmont, 7 p.m. meeting Author, certified latent fingerprint examiner, and crime scene investigator Lisa Black will join us via Skype from Florida to discuss a brief history of fingerprint identification and demonstrate how recent legal challenges to the ability to positively identify human beings are facetious, as well as why “replacing” fingerprints with DNA will not work.
Lisa is a former forensic scientist for the Cleveland coroner's office, a member of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences, the International Association for Identification, and the International Association of Bloodstain Pattern Analysts, and has testified in more than fifty homicide trials.
March 5, 2012
Focus on the First 50 with Nancy Martin
Eat'n Park Waterworks, 849 Freeport Road, 6 p.m. dinner, 7 p.m. meeting
This workshop will focus on the setup for your novel featuring the story elements that should be present in the first 50 pages to build a solid foundation for the rest of your story.
Member news:
Kathryn Miller Haines'
The Girl is Murder has been nominated for the Edgar Award for best Young Adult Mystery Novel.
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MEMBERSHIP INFORMATION
Member benefits
include:
• Monthly
meetings and writing discussion
• Networking with other readers and writers
• Sharing information and encouragement
• Participating in an active Yahoo online
community
• Supporting fellow members at book signings and
other events
Annual dues
are $20. Chapter members are also required to belong to our parent
organization, Sisters in Crime. National dues are $40/year, payable
directly to them. Visit www.sistersincrime.org for more
information.
If you are interested in joining the Mary Roberts Rinehart Chapter, email
Tamara Girardi
chapter President, at girarditamara@yahoo.com.
ABOUT MYSTERY LOVERS BOOKSHOP
 On May 25, 1997, Mystery Lovers Bookshop owner Mary Alice Gorman called for a first meeting at the store to form a Sisters in Crime chapter and suggested famous, barrier bustin Pittsburgh writer, Mary Roberts Rinehart, be celebrated in the name of the chapter.
Mystery
Lovers Bookshop was established in 1990 and has become the third largest
independent bookstore in the U.S. The owners, Mary Alice Gorman and Richard
Goldman, were awarded Berkley Publishers Bookseller of the Year Award in 1995 and were
recognized by Pittsburgh Magazine with
an Excellence in Arts Award in the category of Spoken Arts in 1996. In 1999
and 2003, the owners received a nomination for the prestigious Bookseller
of the Year Award from Publisher's
Weekly Magazine. Pittsburgh
Magazine also named Mystery Lovers Bookshop #26 in the list of
101 Things We Love About Pittsburgh and one of the Bests in Pittsburgh in later years. . And 2010 they'll be been honored with the Mystery Writer's of America prestigious Raven Award in recognition of the support and dedication they have shown to the mystery community. For more information on the bookstore, visit www.mysterylovers.com for more
information.
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