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| SATURDAY, JULY 11, 2009
CHESAPEAKE CHAPTER LUNCHEON MEETING ALFIO'S LA TRATTORIA4515 Willard Avenue Chevy Chase, MD 301-657-9133 www.alfios.com 12:00 pm Check-in & Socializing 12:30 pm Lunch JULY'S SPEAKER: Program Registration Information and Directions Agent Panel - How to find a agent and what to expect when you get one. Chessie Chapter Authors - Talk about and sign their work published in 2009. Hank Phillippi Ryan - 2007 Agatha Award winner for Best First Novel and the Edward R Murrow Award winner for Best Investigative Reporting, WHDH 7 News, Boston's NBC affiliate station. |
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Watch here for updates on Chesapeake Crimes 4!
The Editorial Committee and the Coordinating Editors for Chesapeake Crimes 4 are pleased to announce that the following stories have been chosen for inclusion:
Donna Andrews - The PlanKaren Cantwell - Rosabelle Raines
Trish Carrico - Rim of Heaven
Mary Ann Corrigan - Delicious Death
Carla Coupe - His Favorite Girl
Meriah Crawford - Cleaning Fish
Barb Goffman - Volunteer of the Year
Lynda Hill - Venomous
Mary Ellen Hughes - Double Deal
B.V. Lawson - All in the Numbers
Audrey Liebross - Confederates Came to Town
C. Ellett Logan - Anchors Aweigh
Debbi Mack - A Woman Who Thinks
G.M. Malliet - The Bookworm
Ann McMillan - Please Dispose of Properly
Bonner Menking - Confinement
Smita H. Jain - Cosmic Justice
Helen Schwartz - Safe Sex,Vampire Style
Shelley Shearer - Remote Death
Lisa Tillman - Old Route 8
Now Available: Chesapeake Crimes 3!
Published April 1, 2008, by Wildside Press
and available from the publisher, as well as from:
-- Barnesandnoble.com
-- Amazon.com
Previous titles in the series, CHESAPEAKE CRIMES I and CHESAPEAKE CRIMES II, are also available. More information and how to order.
The Chesapeake Chapter of Sisters in Crime, like its national parent organization, was created to help promote women mystery writers.
Membership is open to anyone, men and women, readers and writers, who love mysteries and want to help promote the advancement of women mystery writers. Chapter members typically come from D.C., Maryland and Virginia.
Chesapeake Chapter Officers for 2009
President: Helen Schwartz
Vice President: C. Ellett Logan
Secretary: Becky Hutchison
Treasurer: Meriah Crawford
Program Chair: Monica Myers
Membership Chairs: C. Ellett Logan and Donna Andrews
Newsletter Editor: Audrey Liebross
Library Liaison: Sandy Parshall
Field Trip Coordinator: Shelley Shearer
Publicity Chair: Kathie Felix
Publications: Marcia Talley
Meeting Reservations and Location Maven: Sandy Balintfy
Website and listserve coordinator: - Erin Bush
Member at Large - Smita Jain Oxford