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, June 26, 2025
On Zoom, 7:00 p.m. Central Time
Welcome to the intersection of real life and real crime.
Want to write true crime?
Let our own Vicki Erwin show you the way.
True crime is a difficult genre to write. Not as a craft, not physically, but emotionally. Join the St. Louis Sisters in Crime on June 26 as Vicki Berger Erwin talks about her true crime writing experience and how St. Louis SinC helped her get started.
Bio
Vicki’s first book was published in 1987 and she has written steadily since then. She also enjoyed a career as a children’s book buyer for an independent bookstore and a regional book wholesaler as well as working as a sales rep for Scholastic. In 2006, Vicki and her husband, Jim, achieved their dream of owning their own bookstore. They sold the store in 2013 and both now write full-time.
I want to add that no bookstore owner ever loved writers or helped them better than Vicki–a treasure for the St. Louis writing community.
Fedora
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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