by Lisa Black It’s summertime! The season to kick back with the beverage of your choice and a good book while you watch the kids in the pool, wait for your flight or stretch out in the sand! To help you make the most of the good weather, one lucky subscriber to our monthly newsletter will win this tower of riches: Hide by Tracy Clark A Killer’s Game by Isabella Maldonado Mesmerize by Gayle Lynds           Dark Waters by Chris Goff The Deepest Kill by Lisa Black The Long March Home by Tosca Lee Wrigley at the White House (children’s book) by K ..read more

ITW Presents: Secrets of Psychological Suspense Tomorrow, Thursday May 23 at 1 pm Eastern, Tosca Lee will be in conversation with Caroline Kepnes, bestselling author of the You series, as part of the International Thriller Writers Breakout Series. This Free event is going to be a blast. You can register here. The post ROGUE FLASH: Tosca Lee In Conversation with Caroline Kepnes appeared first on Rogue Women Writers ..read more

By Lisa Black If you’ve ever perused my social media feed, you may know that last year I fostered four of the most impossibly adorable kittens ever. This year the animal shelter gave me a mom cat with two newborns kittens, so tiny they never moved from the carrier. I set out the litter box and food dishes, and thought I was all set. I was not.   I didn’t see the mom cat in the morning, or after work, assumed she was hiding behind my desk, and went outside to do some yardwork. Afterwards I decided to find out exactly where in the 8×9 square room with only three pieces of furniture she ..read more

This is the old New York City Police Headquarters at 240 Centre Street (Little Italy neighborhood of Manhattan). Built in 1905 in the Beaux Arts, Baroque, and Renaissance Revival style, it replaced an older building on Mulberry Street where Theodore Roosevelt served as New York City Police Commissioner. This building is also prominently featured in novels by this ground-breaking author who wrote during the Golden Age of Detective Fiction (1920-1939).Breadwinning Detective Novelist By Z.J. Czupor ZJ Czupor‘s On Tour with Dead Writers brings us clues to a mystery author each second Tuesday ..read more

By Alex Kava Mark Twain’s private writing study as it is today, relocated on Elmira College’s campus in New York. Ask full-time writers where they write—not how or when, but where—and many will name a specific place that’s unique to us. That place might be a local coffee shop or a favorite recliner. It could be the back porch or a specific writing room. Stephen King wrote “Carrie” in his laundry room on a makeshift desk squashed between the washer and dryer. Mark Twain wrote in a private study that his in-laws built for him on their property. It was entirely separate from the house so he could ..read more

It’s a Rogue Roundup: See what we Rogues discovered, researched, and talked about in April… Dispatches from the Desk Tracy Clark Wrangler or Tosser? You’re well into writing a book and it’s just trash. Do you toss it or push on–wrangle the words or simply discard them? https://roguewomenwriters.com/wrangler-or-tosser-dipatch-from-the-desk/ By Karna Small Bodman Very few authors are instant bestsellers—including several you know and love. Karna Bodman shows us how patience pays off in this blog. How Patience Pays off https://roguewomenwriters.com/how-patience-pays-off/ Which author’s debut nov ..read more

Rogue Tracy Clark has been awarded the Lefty for Best Mystery Novel for her 2023 release Hide! The 2024 Lefty Awards were presented at Left Coast Crime, Seattle Shakedown writer’s conference. For a complete list of nominees and winners, please click here. Lefty Award Winners Best Mystery Novel Best Humorous Mystery Novel Best Historical Mystery Novel Best Debut Mystery Novel Congratulations to all the winners! The post ROGUE FLASH: Tracy Clark Wins A Lefty appeared first on Rogue Women Writers ..read more

By Jenny Milchman For those of us who are parents of a certain age and stage, it’s college decision season. The months—years—maybe as much as a decade plus of hard academic work that our kids (and we!) have put in is coming to fruition. By this point in the spring, acceptances, spots on waitlists, and rejections are in. For some the choice might be simple—it was for me. Way back when, I got rejected from every college I applied to, then a dear family friend suggested I apply late to X school, I got in, and five months later I was off to Annandale-on-Hudson. Easy peasy, I had no other choice ..read more

By Isabella Maldonado The FBI National Academy is an advanced course for law enforcement executives from around the world. For approximately three months, over 200 men and women move into college-style dorms at the FBI training campus at Quantico.  The academic portion of the program is rigorous, requiring attendees to take classes, undergo exams, and submit theses at a university level. Successful graduates receive 17 hours of credit from the University of Virginia. Several years ago, when I was a captain in my department, I was selected for this prestigious program. Since the training ..read more

By Z.J. Czupor On Tour with Dead Writers is Z.J. Czupor‘s new installment on Rogue Women Writers. Guess the correct dead writer to be entered to win a free book. This oak chair was designed in the early 1900s by the husband of this famous author of mysteries. In fact, according to a book about the Art Nouveau furniture maker, it credits the mystery author as a collaborator in her husband’s works. The chair is on display at New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art. This author’s debut novel was the first to establish the “whodunit” and the idea that “everyone and nobody” is a suspect. Further, bec ..read more