Sam Wiebe discusses his novel, Hell and Gone, which has been nominated for the Crime Writers Canada Awards of Excellence for The Howard Engel Award for Best Crime Novel Set in Canada.
About the Author
Sam Wiebe is the award-winning author of the Wakeland novels, one of the most authentic and acclaimed detective series in Canada, including Invisible Dead (“the definitive Vancouver crime novel”), Cut You Down (“successfully brings Raymond Chandler into the 21st century”), and Hell and Gone ("the best crime writer in Canada").
Wiebe’s other books include Never Going Back, Last of the Independents, and the Vancouver Noir anthology, which he edited.
Wiebe’s work has won the Crime Writers of Canada award and the Kobo Emerging Writers prize, and been shortlisted for the Edgar, Hammett, Shamus, and City of Vancouver book prizes. @sam_wiebe
Sam is represented by Chris Casuccio at WCA (literary) and Rena Zimmerman at Great North Artists (film/tv).
Contact: Sam (at) samwiebe.com.
Rosemary McCracken discusses her short story, In From the Cold, which appears in the upcoming Crime Writers Canada's anthology, Cold Canadian Crime. About the Author Born and raised in Montreal, Rosemary McCracken is a Toronto journalist who specializes in personal finance and the financial services industry. Her first Pat Tierney mystery novel, Safe Harbor, was shortlisted for Britain's Debut Dagger and published by Imajin Books in 2012. Black Water, the second mystery in the series, was released in 2013, followed by Raven Lake in 2016 and Uncharted Waters in 2020. “The Sweetheart Scamster,” a Pat Tierney short story in the anthology Thirteen, was a 2014 Derringer finalist. Jack Batten, the Toronto Star's crime fiction reviewer, calls Pat “a hugely attractive sleuth figure.”
Join Crime Writer C.S. Porter as he discusses his novel Beneath her Skin, which has been shortlisted for the Awards of Excellence in The Howard Engel Award for Best Crime Novel Set in Canada.
Alice Bienia joins Erik D'Souza to discuss her Jorja Knight Mysteries, including Three Dog Knight, which has been shortlisted for the Awards of Excellence in The Whodunit Award for Best Traditional Mystery category.
About Alice Bienia
A former geologist and management consultant, Alice Bienia was a trailblazer for Canadian women conducting field exploration. Her work in remote regions of Canada honed her passion for adventure, coffee, reading, storytelling, and all things absurd and sublime. Alice resides in Calgary, and when not plotting a murder, amuses herself watching foreign flicks and exploring Calgary’s urban parks and pathways.
Visit her webpage alicebienia.com
Crime Writers of Canada (CWC) is pleased to announce the Shortlists for the 2022 Crime Writers of Canada Awards of Excellence in Canadian Crime Writing. Started in 1984, the annual Crime Writers of Canada Awards of Excellence, then known as the Arthur Ellis Awards, recognizes the best in mystery, crime, and suspense fiction, and crime nonfiction by Canadian authors.
CWC would like to thank ECW Press, Rakuten Kobo, Mystery Magazine, Shaftesbury, Simpson and Wellenreiter LLP (Hamilton), Writers First, Jane Doe and the Howard Engel family for their sponsorship, and the many participating publishers for their continued support.
On behalf of CWC, Judy Penz Sheluk, Board Chair, wishes to congratulate all the finalists. Winners will be announced Thursday 26 May 2022.
For more information about the Awards of Excellence, https://crimewriterscanada.com......
Going Pro is an interview series that celebrates an associate member of Crime Writers Canada publishing their first crime novel and becoming a professional member. Technically, J.T. Siemens is all ready a professional member because he's published several short stories. Still, CWC wanted to celebrate the publication of his debut novel, To Those Who Killed Me. About J.T. Siemens J.T. Siemens moved to Vancouver to become a personal trainer, but feels fortunate to have discovered his true love: writing crime fiction. After studying screenwriting at Capilano University, he followed it up with creative writing at the University of British Columbia and Simon Fraser University. To Those Who Killed Me, his first book in the Sloane Donovan series, was nominated for the Arthur Ellis Unhanged Award, and will be published by NeWest Press in spring of 2022. His short fiction has appeared in Mystery Weekly, Down in the Dirt, and CC&D.
Mark Grenside, the author, television producer and entrepreneur talks to Crime Writers of Canada award-winning author A.J. Devlin about his novel, Fall Out, and his life and career alongside Hollywood greats.
Mark Grenside, former London UK producer who resides in Malta, is author of critically acclaimed thriller novel Fall Out. He was interviewed by British Columbia crime fiction novelist A.J. Devlin.
Mark Grenside shares his inspiration for Fall Out and chat about his life and career as a thriller author, television and film producer with some of the biggest names in Hollywood, and his role as a serial entrepreneur.
Having worked in insurance – specializing in kidnap, ransom and extortion – Mark Grenside switched careers to entertainment. His eclectic career has since included working for Jim Henson and The Muppets©, creating and producing several television series, arranging the $250 million buyout of the Hallmark Channel International, and co-founding Dragonfly Biosciences and two digital companies.
Making the most of his film industry insider knowledge and meticulous research, Grenside penned Fall Out based on the true scandal of a multi-billion-dollar theft and murder. In the adrenalin-fuelled page-turner, an LA screenwriter is killed shortly after completing his latest script for a potential blockbuster movie, which echoes past events. Before his death, he sends the script to a small group of people all connected to a film that had abruptly stopped shooting years before. Producer Marcus Riley sets out on an increasingly dangerous quest to get the movie made, and, alongside the other recipients of the script, escape an assassin from the past.
“I'm honoured and excited to interview Mark in his Crime Writers of Canada debut event,” says Devlin, in anticipation of the hour-long interview. “He is a dynamic, enigmatic, and charming fellow with a fascinating background which made him uniquely suited to tell such a fun, fact-paced, globe-trotting thriller set against the backdrop of the entertainment industry.”
A.J. Devlin is a screenwriter and award-winning author of the "Hammerhead" Jed pro-wrestler/private investigator mystery-comedy series.
The event is presented by Crime Writers of Canada (www.crimewriterscanada.com).
It concludes with a Question & Answer session hosted by Erik D'Souza, Social Media Director. Information on M.N. (Mark) Grenside available at www.mngrenside and A.J. Devlin at www.ajdevlin.com
Going Pro is an interview series that celebrates an associate member of Crime Writers Canada publishing their first crime novel and becoming a professional member. About Lyn E. Ayre: Lyn has been writing since she was eight years old. She has written children’s books, poetry, songs, prose, short stories, cookbooks, energy healing manuals, meditations, inspirational phrases alongside Fibonacci fractals, memoir, and now, her first foray into crime fiction—Murder on Belcut Mountain, the first book in the romantic mystery series.
Crime Writers Canada presents four BC authors, Debra Purdy Kong, Joanna VanderVlugt, Lyn E. Ayre and Merrilee Robson discussing: Is there a place for Romance in a Crime Novels?
The Western Wing is a series of panels by Crime Writers Canada members from the BC/Yukon region.
Hosted by Erik D'Souza.
Crime Writers Canada presents Brenda Chapman in discussion with crime fiction author Lis Angus about her exciting new suspense novel, "Not Your Child".