Mystery writers Jen Collins Moore, Tina deBellegarde, Carol Pouliot, and Lida Sideris team up to share their favorite books, explore writing prompts, present panels and workshops for writers and interested mystery readers alike.
Tina deBellegarde
Tina deBellegarde writes the Batavia-on-Hudson Mysteries. The first book in the series, Winter Witness, was nominated for an Agatha Award, a Silver Falchion Award and a CIBA Mystery & Mayhem Award. Dead Man’s Leap released in 2022. Some reviewers have called Tina “the Louise Penny of the Catskills.” Her short story “Tokyo Stranger” which appeared in When a Stranger Comes to Town edited by Michael Koryta was nominated for a Derringer Award. She lives in Catskill, New York, with her husband Denis and their cat Shelby where they tend bees and harvest shiitake mushrooms. She winters in South Florida and travels to Japan often to visit her son. Tina is a founding member of Sleuths and Sidekicks.
Jen Collins Moore
Jen Collins Moore transports readers to Rome in The Maggie White Mysteries. Her short fiction has appeared in Mystery Weekly and Masthead: The Best New England Crime Stories. She is president of Sisters in Crime Chicagoland and a founding member of Sleuths and Sidekicks. Jen's an avid traveler and writes mysteries about the places she loves to visit. She says, "Remembering the sights, smells, sounds, and, of course, food, of a place is one of my greatest pleasures when bringing a story to life."
Carol Pouliot
A former language teacher, Carol Pouliot writes the acclaimed Blackwell and Watson Time-Travel Mysteries, traditional police procedurals with a seemingly impossible relationship between Depression-era cop Steven Blackwell and 21st-century journalist Olivia Watson. With their fast pace and unexpected twists and turns, the books have earned praise from readers and mystery authors alike. Carol is president of her Sisters in Crime chapter and a founding member of Sleuths and Sidekicks. When not writing, Carol can be found reaching for her passport for her next travel adventure.
Lida Sideris
Lida Sideris' first stint after law school was a newbie lawyer's dream: working as an entertainment attorney for a movie studio...kind of like her heroine, Corrie Locke, except without the homicides. Lida was one of two national winners of the Helen McCloy Mystery Writers of America Scholarship and a Killer Nashville, Silver Falchion Award Finalist. She lives in the northern tip of Southern California with her family, rescue dogs and a flock of uppity chickens. Lida is a founding member of Sleuths and Sidekicks.
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