Really, we’re a very nice group of people. The Florida Chapter of the Mystery Writers of America is composed of over 250 members from Pensacola to Key West. It’s true we kill people for a living, but think how hard it would be to write a really juicy mystery without a little mayhem.

Our purpose is to help experienced, professional writers advance their careers and new writers break into the profession. We do this by sponsoring one of the best mystery writers conferences in the country — SleuthFest — every March in Fort Lauderdale, by holding meetings and training sessions the year round throughout the state, and by helping our members participate in major events such as the Miami Book Fair International. Our speakers include agents, publishers, and book store owners, all of them interested in seeing our members’ works in print and being sold. We have experts train us on the best weapons and poisons to use to hasten untimely ends.

Really, we mean it, we’re a very nice group of people.

Between meetings we publish a newsletter, THE RAP SHEET, filled with how-to articles about writing, publishing and marketing mystery-thrillers.

We invite you to join us. Please e-mail chapter president Bob Williamson for information about our next meeting or go directly to the Mystery Writers of America sign up. Membership in MWA automatically makes a Florida resident a member of the Florida Chapter of the Mystery Writers of America.