Congratulations to our members and their books published in 2025!
The Sisters in Crime Greater St. Louis Chapter is dedicated to helping every writer achieve the dream of publication. It is a place for men and women to find camaraderie and encouragement. Our main goal is to create an active, non-competitive atmosphere for writers, readers, and other lovers of the mystery genre.
Edited by our own Sandra Murphy, an anthology of humor and mystery Yeet Me in St. Louis, includes short stories by our members G.R. Miller, Sarahlynn Lester, Vicki Erwin, Fedora Amis, and J.D. Frain.
Greater St Louis Sisters in Crime Monthly Meeting
Thursday, April 24, 2025
By zoom at 7:00 p.m. Central Time
Romantic Suspense? Cozy Mystery? Suspense/Thriller?
Spice Up Your Mystery with a Little Romance
Let’s spend some time learning the different parameters for stories involving romantic suspense, cozy mystery, suspense and thrillers. More to the point, we’re going to delve into how to handle attraction between partners in crime versus partners in life versus partners on the job. Discover how you can stay within the rules of your writing genre, while teasing your readers with one more hook to keep them buying your series. In other words, chemistry covers a lot of levels in a lot of books, so let’s get started.
BIO 2025
Bestselling author Claudia Shelton writes plot driven romantic suspense, and small-town second chance romance. She is a multi-published author and two-time finalist in the Daphne du Maurier (unpublished) Award for Excellence in mystery and suspense. Her 2014 debut book, Risk of a Lifetime, released to 5-star reviews and reached Amazon’s Best Sellers Romance Series Top 100. Plus, the book was voted one of Ebooks Galore’s top reads for 2014.
On a personal note, Claudia is a nature and music lover, a traveler and water person, with personal goals of making moments to remember. Her main priority is spending time with family, friends, and her sweet, conniving rescue dogs.
Stay in touch with Claudia at:
Website & Newsletter: – http://claudiasheltonauthor.com/
Check out our Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/SistersinCrimeStLouis
Congratulations to our officers for 2025
President – Fedora Amis
Vice-President – Robert Lay
Secretary – Marjory and Thomas Drennan
Treasurer – Sarahlynn Lester
Our spotlight interviews of authors and mystery subgenres are now viewable on our You Tube Channel – Sisters in Crime Greater St. Louis Branch.
- Classic with Laine Boyd
- True Crime with Charlotte Ekker Wiggins
- Amateur Sleuth with Mary Kate Mandeville
- Private Eye with Gary Miller
- Police Procedural with Debra Walden Davis
- Historical with Jo Allison
- Laura Stewart Schmidt and Suspense/Thriller Mystery
- Young Adult with Sarahlynn Lester
- Fedora Amis and Science Fiction/Fantasy Mystery
Don’t Miss our new blog series – Must Reads for Mystery Lovers: Eight Subgenres Defined and Illustrated. First is True Crime in honor of Jo’s brand new true crime book. You don’t want to miss our top ten authors and reading recommendations from crime writers who love the genre. See all eight subgenre blogs at http://stlsinc.blogspot.com/
Sisters and Misters at the Parkway Central Craft Fair 2024
Saturday, November 9, 2024, Greater St. Louis Sisters in Crime sold books and made friends for the chapter.
Fedora Amis, Gary Miller, and Robert Lay
Front Row: Peter Green, Eleanor Sullivan, Fedora Amis, Sarahlynn Lester, Lea Braff, Elaine Abramson
Second Row: Laura Schmidt, Gary Miller, Gloria Bratkowski, Laine Boyd, John Frain
Taking the picture – Warren Martin