Member News
Bill Cameron Book Launch Event
Spotted Owl award winner Bill Cameron will launch his new book, Property of the State on June 9th at Another Read Through in Portland.
River City nominated for Benjamin Franklin Award
River City by Doc Macomber, and its publisher, Floating Word Press, LLC have been nominated as a Top Three Finalist in the 2015 Benjamin Franklin Awards under the Mystery and Suspense Category.
MacDeath: New from Cindy Brown
Friend of Mystery member Cindy Brown’s debut novel Macdeath, a madcap mystery set in the off, off, off Broadway world of theater will be released on January 20th! It’s the first in a new series of mysteries featuring Ivy Meadow, actress and PI-in-training, published by Henery Press, a small award-winning publisher that specializes in mysteries.
Dead Float: New From Warren Easley
Coming in July From Warren Easley: Dead Float, a Cal Claxton Mystery Cal Claxton—a former L.A. prosecutor now practicing law in Oregon’s wine country and who works to fish—has to pinch himself when his best friend Philip Lone Deer asks him to assist guiding a group of...
Left Coast Crime comes to Portland in 2015
Left Coast Crime 2015: Crimelandia comes to Portland March 12-15, 2015. The Guests of Honor are Chelsea Cain and Ridley Pierson, with Gar Anthony Haywood serving as Toastmaster. The Fan Guests of Honor will be the Friends of Mystery! Learn more at the Left Coast Crime...
Three Authors, One Fabulous Workshop!
On February 8th, join Bill Cameron, Dana Haynes, and April Henry for a day-long workshop on writing process, character development, and plot.
Gregory Nokes to Speak October 1st
On Tuesday, October 1st, at the Old Church in downtown Portland, Willamette Writers welcomes local author, Gregory Nokes, who will speak to the membership about the challenges of researching obscure historical events and of contriving believable scenes in historical...
Sharon Davis Appleman Wins Writer’s Digest Award
Sharon Davis (SD) Appleman won first place for her story, "Going Under," in the Genre category of the 2013 Writer's Digest's Annual Competition. The story will be listed in the November/December 2013 issue of Writer's Digest Magazine and be published in the 82nd...
Homicide Sergeant Thornton Savage of the NYPD is back!
All five novels of John Mackie’s Thornton Savage NYPD series once again have life. They have been re-published and are available now through Amazon Kindle! MANHATTAN SOUTH MANHATTAN NORTH EAST SIDE WEST SIDE TO KILL A QUEEN A seventeen-year veteran of the NYPD,...
New Book: Murder at Cape Foulweather
Fat Lady Press, known for its humorous mysteries, has released its newest novel, Murder at Cape Foulweather, the first in a series by the Sun City Sluts. The five Sun City Sluts, fortyish, fast and full of hell, attend a writing workshop at a remote lodge on the...