A Quarterly Newsletter for Fans of Women Mystery Writers
Kathleen Swanholt, Editor
I love mysteries and have been collecting them for years - especially mysteries written by women. Since I can't write a mystery myself, I decided to write about them instead. This is my chance to share something I love.
Mysterious Women, a quarterly newsletter for fans of women mystery writers, is available from The HELP Key, P.O. Box 5704, Walnut Creek, CA 94596, for $14.95 per year. Send $4.00 for a sample issue.
The Premiere (Fall 1995) issue contained articles on
The Winter 1996 issue contained articles on
The Spring 1996 issue contains articles on
The Summer 1996 issue contains articles on
The Fall 1996 issue contains articles on
The Winter 1997 issue contains articles on
- Miriam Grace Monfredo
- Sister Carol Anne O'Marie
- Eleanor Boylan
- Marele Day
- Karin McQuillan
- Annette Meyers
- Margaret Chittenden
- Terris McMahan Grimes
- Allana Martin
- Rosemary Edghill
- Alex Matthews
- Jean Taylor
- Katherine Hall Page
- Sharan Newman
- An article by Alex Matthews on Characterization
- Information on writing to authors
- ...and other neat stuff
The Spring 1997 issue contains articles on
The Summer 1997 issue contains articles on
The Fall 1997 Second Anniversary issue contains articles on
- Elizabeth Eyre
- Selma Eichler
- Carol O'Connell
- Michelle Spring
- Linda Grant
- Joyce Christmas' Lady Margaret Priam (by Camilla Crespi)
- Camilla Crespi (by Joyce Christmas)
- Lillian Roberts
- Sharon Kay Penman
- Barbara Seranella
- Sujata Massey
- Jane Rubino
- Interviews with J. A. Jance and Nancy Atherton
- St Hilda's conference report
The Winter 1998 issue got El Nino'd (yes, it is now a verb) but is finally out and contains articles on
- Elizabeth Daniels Squire
- Elizabeth Peters
- Lillian O'Donnell
- P. F. Chisholm
- L. L. Thrasher
- Kate Bryan
- Dorothy Cannell
- Sally Gunning
- An Interview with Cynthia Harrod-Eagles
- Bouchercon Report
- Index to past issues with information on writing to authors
The Spring 1998 issue features
- Margaret Lawrence
- Sara Hoskinson Frommer
- Celestine Sibley
- Marion Babson
- Murder in Moments, an article on mysterious short stories
- Brigadoon and Beyond, Sue Henry and Kate Grilley hit the research trail
- Karen Rose Cercone
- Cathie John
- Skye Alexander
- Jacqueline Fiedler
- Joanne Pence
- Patricia Guiver
- Kathleen Taylor
- and some other good stuff
The Summer 1998 issue features
- Jo Dereske
- Jeane M. Dams
- Barbara Jaye Wilson
- T. J. MacGregor aka Alison Drake
- Lucille Kallen
- Janice Steinberg
- An Interview with Alex Mathews
- Judy Fitzwater
- Annie Griffin
- Valerie Wilcox
- C. Q. Yarbro
- Sarah Andrews
- an article on mystery related travel
- and some other good stuff
The Fall 1998 issue features
- Carolyn Hart (the Laurance/Darling series)
- Anne George
- Taffy Cannon
- Jo Bannister
- Elizabeth George
- Barbara Neely
- Susan Wittig Albert (China Bayles series)
- Carolyn Roe
- Lauren Haney
- Phyllis Richman
- Carola Dunn
- B. (Barbara) Comfort
- Helen Chappell
- mystery gifts and reference books, a rant or two, and some other good stuff
The Winter 1999 issue features
- Kate Kingsbury
- Kathy Hogan Trochek
- An interview with Barbara Serenella
- Magdalen Nabb
- Molly Hardwick
- Laurie King
- Rhys Bowen
- April Henry
- Paula Carter
- Monica Ferris
- Margaret Frazer
The Spring 1999 issue features
- Anne Perry (Charlotte and Thomas Pitt Series)
- Catherine Aird
- Canadian Crime Writer feature
- Ellen Godfrey
- Skye Kathleen Moody
- Margaret Maron
- Malice Domestic
- Matricarch figures in Women's mysteries
- P.J. Grady
- Della Borton
- Jane Isenberg
- Leslie Forbes
- Elaine Viets
- Mardi Oakley Medawar
The Summer 1999 issue features
- Sarah Caudwell
- Carol Caverly
- Margaret Coel
- Mary Daheim
- Carol Nelson Douglas
- Charlaine Harris
- Janet LaPierre
- Anne Perry Interview
- Lisa See
- Dana Stabenow
- An update on Miss Seeton and a little copyright mystery
The Fall 1999 issue features
- Edie Claire
- Nancy J. Cohen
- Maureen Jennings Interview
- Dolores Johnson
- Randye Lordon
- S. J. Rozan
- Joan Wolf
- Sarah R. Shaber
- Historical Mysteries
- Nancy Pickard and Virginia Rich
- Plus mysterious gifts and mystery conferences
The Winter 2000 issue features
- Hannah Blank
- Laura Crum
- Mary Freeman
- Kathryn Lasky Knight
- Anne McMillan
- Megan Mallory Rust
- Denise Swanson
- Cecelia Tishy
- Sally S. Wright
- Judith Van Gieson
- Judith Van Gieson Interview
- Lots of mysterious stuff and a do-it-yourself adventure
The Spring 2000 issue features
- Donna Andrews
- Jill Churchill
- Joanne Fluke
- Sarah Graves
- Kate Grilley
- Toni L. P. Kelner
- Jane Langton
- Miriam Anne Moore
- Marcia Simpson
- Nancy Means Wright Interview
- Fun stuff and general silliness
What is a Cozy?
I recently had a 30 minuteTV interview about Mysterious Women. Check out the things I wish I had known before I did the interview.
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