MWA-NY Crime Fiction Reading Series February 18

Join the Mystery Writers of America, New York Chapter, for another thrilling night of chilling crime fiction read by our talented members!  

Lokke Heiss

Lokke Heiss was born in a small town in Illinois. He lived in Los Angeles for eighteen years and is currently practicing medicine in New York City. Dr. Heiss has a medical degree and an MFA in film studies from USC. His published work includes fiction and nonfiction in journals and newspapers including the New York Post, South Carolina Review, Cinefantastique, and the University of Illinois Medical Journal. Awards include a James Joyce Institute prize for the short story “Will Gray” and the Nassau Review’s award for best nonfiction essay for “The Man Who Would Be Disney,” about L. Frank Baum’s Hollywood career. Heiss has just published a short story, 'A Beautiful Death, available as a download through Amazon.com.

Andy Kass

Andy Kass has been a Staten Islander since before the Verrazano Narrows Bridge opened and before his street was paved. He's still there enjoying the novelty of pavement and small-town life in the big city. His work has appeared in Glimmer Train, Central Park, outerbridge, Z:Miscellaneous and The New York Times Op-Ed section, among other publications. He is currently in discussions with several agents about his
Case Runner series of legal thrillers.

Ann Sample Lineberger

Ann Lineberger is the author of the novels Sunday Best and The Adjustments and the non-fiction design book titled New Spaces, Old World Charm. Ann has worked as a reporter, editor, and writer for numerous publications, including Fortune, Entertainment Weekly, Cottages & Gardens, and Home Remodeling. She earned a master’s degree in journalism and mass communication from New York University and an associate’s degree from the New York School of Interior Design. Her independent studies program undergraduate degree is from Providence College. She enjoys spending time with her family, yoga, running, photography, and escaping to Maine in the summers. In addition to writing, Ann is an interior designer and home stager. She lives in Connecticut with her husband and two daughters.

Joseph Trigoboff

Joseph Trigoboff grew up in East New York, Brooklyn. The Bone Orchard, his first crime novel, was listed by the New York Times as one of the best crime novels of the year; Barnes & Noble chose it for its Discover Great Writers program, and it was a selection of The Book of the Month Club. He is also the author of Rumble in Brooklyn and The Shooting Gallery.

Vicki Weisfeld

Before beginning her mystery-writing career, Vicki Weisfeld spent most of her income-producing life at the National Academy of Sciences in Washington, D.C., and working for a large private foundation, where she helped grantees tell their stories (and accumulated some of her own). She has two novels under renovation and a third in the blueprint stage. Meanwhile, she's had 19 short stories published in such venues as Sherlock Holmes Mystery Magazine, Mystery Weekly (12/19), Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine and numerous anthologies. She maintains an active website www.vweisfeld.com and reviews about 50 new books a year for the UK website crimefictionlover.com.

Rich Zahradnik

Lights Out Summer, the fourth book in Rich Zahradnik’s Coleridge Taylor Mystery series, won the 2018 Shamus Award for Best Paperback Private Eye Novel. The first three novels in the series won awards in the three major competitions for books from independent presses. He was a journalist for 30-plus years and now spends his time writing fiction and teaching kids around the New York area how to publish newspapers. Lights Out Summer, winner of the 2018 Shamus Award for Best Paperback Private Eye Novel. Visit  www.richzahradnik.com

Host: Albert Tucher

Readings take place on the second Tuesday of every other month. Slots are open for June, August, October and December. Members who are interested in reading, or have questions about the program, should contact MWA New York at readings@mwany.org.