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February 2023 Mystery Minute
by ZJ Czupor In Honor of Valentine’s Day: A Mystery Writing Couple This couple wrote acclaimed and award-winning mysteries. But not together. In 1978, before they married, William L. DeAndrea’s first mystery novel, Killed in the Ratings, won him an Edgar award for...
January 2023 Mystery Minute
by ZJ Czupor The Mysterious Demise of Edgar Allan Poe Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849) was a genius in poetry and prose and only lived to the age of forty. While living and in death, he has had a profound impact on literature as an editor, poet, short story writer,...
Member Profile – Margaret Mizushima
When I started writing fiction twenty years ago, I tried my hand at mainstream and other genres before attempting to write a mystery. I thought at that time that plotting a mystery was going to be hard, and well—as you know—it really is! Luckily I attended a workshop...
April 13th Meeting
The next RMMWA monthly meeting will be held April 13, 2023 at the Colorado Automobile Dealers Association (290 Speer Boulevard in Denver) and we’ll also broadcast a live, interactive hybrid meeting via Zoom. Please join us in-person or via Zoom for a panel on...
March 9th Meeting
The next RMMWA monthly meeting will be held March 9, 2023 at the Colorado Automobile Dealers Association (290 Speer Boulevard in Denver) and we’ll also broadcast a live, interactive hybrid meeting via Zoom. Please join us in-person or via Zoom for a presentation by...
February 9th Meeting
The next RMMWA monthly meeting will be held February 9, 2023 at the Colorado Automobile Dealers Association (290 Speer Boulevard in Denver) and we’ll also broadcast a live, interactive hybrid meeting via Zoom. Please join us in-person or via Zoom for a presentation by...
January 12th Meeting
The next RMMWA monthly meeting will be held January 12, 2023 at the Colorado Automobile Dealers Association (290 Speer Boulevard in Denver) and we’ll also broadcast a live, interactive hybrid meeting via Zoom. Please join us in-person or via Zoom for a presentation by...
2022 6-Word Mystery Winners!
The results of the 2022 Six-Word Mystery Contest sponsored by the Rocky Mountain Chapter of Mystery Writers of America (RMMWA) have been announced. Overall winner: Magician escapes gallows when witness vanishes This entry, written by Rita Popp of Fort...
November 2022 Mystery Minute
by ZJ Czupor She Won the Edgar and Didn’t Know What it Was 1946 was a seminal year. It was the beginning of the Baby Boomer Generation. Harry Truman was our president. Not unlike today, people worried about major shortages in jobs and shortages in housing, especially...
October 2022 Mystery Minute
by ZJ Czupor The Father of American Literature When I was in grade school, at Halloween time, our teacher would read to us The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (1819) by Washington Irving (1783-1859). To this day, I still find it frightening to think of a black and towering...