The Sisters in Crime Writers' Podcast

Elle Hartford is author of the award-winning Alchemical Tales series, blending cozy mystery with cozy fantasy. She has also published several spin-off series and short stories in numerous anthologies. Check out her podcast, Cozy Alchemy, and find her indie publishing blog at https://substack.com/@ellehartford. 

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About SinC

Sisters in Crime (SinC) was founded in 1986 to promote the ongoing advancement, recognition and professional development of women crime writers. Through advocacy, programming and leadership, SinC empowers and supports all crime writers regardless of genre or place on their career trajectory.

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The SinC Writers’ Podcast is produced by Julian Crocamo https://www.juliancrocamo.com/

Raquel V. Reyes became the SinC Immediate Past President on October 1, 2026. In this podcast episode, Raquel reflects on her year as president, the importance of board service, SinC at 40 and more. 

BIO: Raquel V. Reyes writes Latina protagonists. Her Cuban-American heritage, Miami, and Spanglish feature prominently in her work. Mango, Mambo, and Murder, the first in the Caribbean Kitchen Mystery series, won a LEFTY for Best Humorous Mystery. It is in production to become the TV series "Miami Spice." Her work has been nominated for Agatha and Anthony Awards and has won an International Latino Book Award Gold Medal. Raquel's short stories appear in various anthologies, including The Best American Mystery and Suspense 2022.

Her leadership experience is varied and extensive. She has been a Volunteer Coordinator at an AIDS service organization and a Worship Coordinator at her Unitarian Universalist Congregation. She has served on the Mystery Writers of America National Board, done two terms on the MWA-Florida chapter board, been on the Guppies Steering Committee, and was a co-chair of the writing craft conference, SleuthFest, for five years. Raquel values inclusion, equity, and education. 

Find her across social media platforms as @LatinaSleuths and on her website LatinaSleuths.com

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Sisters in Crime (SinC) was founded in 1986 to promote the ongoing advancement, recognition and professional development of women crime writers. Through advocacy, programming and leadership, SinC empowers and supports all crime writers regardless of genre or place on their career trajectory.

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The SinC Writers’ Podcast is produced by Julian Crocamo https://www.juliancrocamo.com/

Manju (MJ) Soni grew up in South Africa and wrote, DEFYING APARTHEID, a part-memoir about being a doctor/ activist under apartheid. Since then, drawing on her American, African, and Indian background, she's written mystery short fiction and her debut cozy mystery, THE MASALA CHAI MYSTERY CLUB will be coming out on 21 July with Crooked Lane Books.

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Sisters in Crime (SinC) was founded in 1986 to promote the ongoing advancement, recognition and professional development of women crime writers. Through advocacy, programming and leadership, SinC empowers and supports all crime writers regardless of genre or place on their career trajectory.

www.SistersinCrime.org

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The SinC Writers’ Podcast is produced by Julian Crocamo https://www.juliancrocamo.com/

Baker of brownies and tormenter of characters, A.M. Loweecey grew up watching Scooby-Doo mysteries and Hammer horror films, which explains a whole lot. When A.M. isn’t finding new ways to mystify readers and make them laugh, she's growing vegetables in the garden and water lilies in the koi pond. A.M. also writes the Renegade Exorcist series (starting with Demons & Ramen), has 9 books in the Giulia Driscoll, P.I., mystery series (as Alice Loweecey) and 2 stand-alone horrors as Kate Morgan: Staking Cinderella and The Redeemers. She also has several anthologized short stories. 

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Sisters in Crime (SinC) was founded in 1986 to promote the ongoing advancement, recognition and professional development of women crime writers. Through advocacy, programming and leadership, SinC empowers and supports all crime writers regardless of genre or place on their career trajectory.

www.SistersinCrime.org

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The SinC Writers’ Podcast is produced by Julian Crocamo https://www.juliancrocamo.com/

Barbara DeMarco-Barrett’s recent debut collection of short stories, Pool Fishing, was published by Kelp Books. Her short story, “Rowboat,” included in the book, was nominated for a Pushcart Prize. She has also published Palm Springs Noir (Akashic Books) and Pen on Fire: A Busy Woman’s Guide to Igniting the Writer Within, a Los Angeles Times bestseller and winner of the American Society of Journalists and Authors best book award. “Crazy for You,” published in Orange County Noir (Akashic), was included in USA Noir: Best of the Akashic Noir Series. Her short fiction has been published in Coolest American Stories, CrimeReads, Oyez Review, Literary Hatchet, Rock and a Hard Place, Broad River Review, and Dark City Crime & Mystery Magazine. Essays and articles have seen print in Inlandia, The Antarctica Review, The Ocotillo Review, The Writer, Los Angeles Review of Books, Poets & Writers,, San Jose Mercury News, and the Los Angeles Times. She teaches at various places, including Saddleback College and Gotham Writers Workshop, and has taught at UC-Irvine where she received a Distinguished Instructor Award. She is creator, executive producer, and host of the award-winning podcast, Writers on Writing. www.penonfire.com. 

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Sisters in Crime (SinC) was founded in 1986 to promote the ongoing advancement, recognition and professional development of women crime writers. Through advocacy, programming and leadership, SinC empowers and supports all crime writers regardless of genre or place on their career trajectory.

www.SistersinCrime.org

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The SinC Writers’ Podcast is produced by Julian Crocamo https://www.juliancrocamo.com/

A. W. Powers, has created the Psychic Guardian Angel series, the Psychic Sidekick series, and is the author of the thriller Properly Dead, all published by Marlowe and Vane. He is the co-author, with C. N. Buchholz, of the thriller In Too Deep, and the paranormal thriller The Song Calls, with Laurie Lynnsee, both published by the Mayhem Books imprint of Wordwhipper Press. He is trying to understand how his hometown may have influenced his writing, or if it was the ghost that shared their home in North Minneapolis. He can be found at www.wmjanderson.com or www.awpowers-writer.com.

His alter ego, William J. Anderson, writes poetry and non-fiction from his home Champlin, Minnesota, right across the Mississippi River from Anoka, the Halloween Capitol of the World, where he was born and raised. He is a member of Cracked Walnut, the League of Minnesota Poets. Active in our writing community, William is the facilitator and host or co-host of the Cracked Walnut Writing Collective, and two reading series: Writer’s Night Out and the 5th Wednesday Reading Series. William is a member of the Loft Literary Center, Rain Taxi and the Sisters in Crime. He is the founder of Wordwhipper Press. 

Website: https://wmjanderson.com/ www.awpowers-writer.com

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Sisters in Crime (SinC) was founded in 1986 to promote the ongoing advancement, recognition and professional development of women crime writers. Through advocacy, programming and leadership, SinC empowers and supports all crime writers regardless of genre or place on their career trajectory.

www.SistersinCrime.org

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The SinC Writers’ Podcast is produced by Julian Crocamo https://www.juliancrocamo.com/

Nicole Maggi is the author of the award-winning National Park Mystery Series, beginning with A MURDER IN ZION, the first in the National Park Mystery Series (Oceanview Pub), which Publishers Weekly called “a winner.” The book won the 2025 Gold Medal from the FOREWORD Reviews for Best Mystery, the Silver Medal from the Independent Book Publishing Association for Best Mystery, and was nominated for a Golden Poppy Award. The second book in the series, LOST IN YELLOWSTONE, has been praised by Publishers Weekly and Kirkus and hailed as “riveting.” She also penned THE FORGETTING, an International Thriller Writers Thriller Award Finalist, a Junior Library Guild selection and a #1 Kindle Bestseller. Nicole holds a BFA from Emerson College and has spoken at numerous conferences, including Left Coast Crime, Bouchercon, LA Times Festival of Books, and ALA. When she’s not writing, she’s plotting her next escape to a National Park. 

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Sisters in Crime (SinC) was founded in 1986 to promote the ongoing advancement, recognition and professional development of women crime writers. Through advocacy, programming and leadership, SinC empowers and supports all crime writers regardless of genre or place on their career trajectory.

www.SistersinCrime.org

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The SinC Writers’ Podcast is produced by Julian Crocamo https://www.juliancrocamo.com/

Tom Milani’s short fiction has appeared in several anthologies and online. “Mickey Finn: 21st Century Noir volume 5”, was named an honorable mention in The Best American Mystery and Suspense 2025. “No Road Back,” which originally appeared in Black Cat Weekly, was selected for The Best Mystery Stories of the Year 2026. “A Sign of the Times,” which originally appeared in Sleuths Just Wanna Have Fun: Private Eyes in the Materialistic Eighties, was selected for The Best Private Eye Stories of the Year 2026. His first novel, Places That Are Gone, was published in May 2025. 

Website: https://www.tommilani.com 

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Sisters in Crime (SinC) was founded in 1986 to promote the ongoing advancement, recognition and professional development of women crime writers. Through advocacy, programming and leadership, SinC empowers and supports all crime writers regardless of genre or place on their career trajectory.

www.SistersinCrime.org

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The SinC Writers’ Podcast is produced by Julian Crocamo https://www.juliancrocamo.com/

With a degree in English Literature and decades of experience writing and editing both fiction and nonfiction, Amy Wilson Maroney is the award-winning author behind the Amazon-bestselling Miramonde Series and the Sea and Stone Chronicles. As a member of several professional communities, including The Alliance of Independent Authors (ALLi), The Historical Novel Society, and Sisters in Crime, Amy finds joy in sharing her best practices as an independent author with aspiring writers. When she's not bringing forgotten women of the Renaissance era back into the light, Amy explores her favorite Pacific Northwest locales with family and friends. She's a fan of hiking, traveling, drawing, playing the ukulele, and attempting to keep her houseplants alive. She starts each day doing puppy stretches and practicing telepathy with her ridiculous dog, Kona.

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Mentioned in the Podcast:

Joanna Penn

The Story Graph

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About SinC

Sisters in Crime (SinC) was founded in 1986 to promote the ongoing advancement, recognition and professional development of women crime writers. Through advocacy, programming and leadership, SinC empowers and supports all crime writers regardless of genre or place on their career trajectory.

www.SistersinCrime.org

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The SinC Writers’ Podcast is produced by Julian Crocamo https://www.juliancrocamo.com/

Stacey Horan writes about the things that scare her—and plans to keep writing until nothing scares her anymore. She is the author of the award winning Old City Mysteries, a paranormal mystery series set in historic St. Augustine, Florida. The series has earned a Silver Falchion Award, a Next Generation Indie Book Award, a Florida Authors & Publishers Association silver medal, and a Foreword INDIES Book of the Year shortlist. Stacey has also written seven young adult novels, from paranormal thrillers to an adventure mystery series. She hosts The Bookshop at the End of the Internet, a long running podcast with more than 250 episodes.

Website: https://staceyhoran.com/ 

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Sisters in Crime (SinC) was founded in 1986 to promote the ongoing advancement, recognition and professional development of women crime writers. Through advocacy, programming and leadership, SinC empowers and supports all crime writers regardless of genre or place on their career trajectory.

www.SistersinCrime.org

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The SinC Writers’ Podcast is produced by Julian Crocamo https://www.juliancrocamo.com/