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Overall Chapter Liaison

SinC Internet Chapter

Guppies

President: Michelle Yep Martin
Email: GuppyPrez@sinc-guppies.org

Membership: Peg Wyse
Email: MembershipGuppy@sinc-guppies.org
Web site: www.sinc-guppies.org

United States

Alabama

Alaska

Membership: Rhonda Sleighter
Email: info@aksinc.org

Web site: www.aksinc.org

Meetings are held monthly in Anchorage; check the website for details.

Arizona

Meetings are held monthly at Cafe Carumba.

Cochise County Chapter
President/Membership: Marilea Zavadin, P.O. Box 983, Sierra Vista AZ 85635-2912
Email: maril3a@ssvecnet.com
Web site: www.clik.to/sistersincrime

Meetings: Monthly at Cochise College, Sierra Vista AZ

California

Membership: Darrell James
Email: membershipsinc@sbcglobal.net
Web site: www.sistersincrimela.com

Meetings are held monthly at the South Pasadena Public Library, 1115 El Centro St, South Pasadena CA.

San Diego Chapter
President: Shelly Nix-Schmaltz, PO Box 3054, San Diego CA 92163
Email: s.schmaltz@cox.net
Membership: John Mullen
Email: jmullen805@aol.com
Web site: www.sincsd.org

Meetings are held on the 4th Tuesday of the month at the Joyce Beers Community Center, 1230 Cleveland Ave, Hillcrest (S.D.) 92103

Orange County Chapter
President: Patricia Wynn, P.O. Box 53132, Irvine CA 92619
Email: pat@patriciawynn.com

Membership: Debbie Mitsch
Email: martinandmitsch@aol.com
Web site: www.ocsistersincrime.org

SinCOC meets from 3-5pm on the third Sunday of the month at the Irvine Ranch Water District Building, 15600 Sand Canyon Ave, Irvine CA.

California Central Coast
President: Sue McGinty, 1411 17th St, Los Osos CA 93402
Email: suemcginty@aol.com
Web site: www.centralcoastsisters.blogspot.com

Meetings & events are held quarterly at various venues; please contact president or see blog for info.

San Joaquin Chapter
President: Carrie Padgett, PO Box 3885, Pinedale CA 93650
Email: padgett@madnet.net
Web site: www.sj-sinc.org

Meetings are held on the 1st Saturday of the month at Carrow's Restaurant, Shaw & Sixth Streets, in Fresno, CA.

Sisters in Crime NorCal
President: Hailey Lind, PO Box 2220, Sausalito CA 94965
Email: hailey@haileylind.com

Membership: Pat Morin
Email: patricialmorin@yahoo.com

Web site: www.sincnorcal.org

Meetings are held monthly in different locations throughout the Bay Area—check website!

Capitol Crimes (Sacramento Chapter)
President: Peggy Dulle, 1030 Kimball St, Oakdale CA 95361
peggy@peggydulle.com

Web site: www.capitolcrimes.org

Meetings are held the third Saturday of each month, except July and August. Email President or check the website for more information.

Connecticut

Membership: Ruth M. McCarty
Email: info@sincne.org
Web site: www.sincne.org

Meetings held quarterly. For more info, email info@sincne.org.

Colorado

Membership: Kari Wainwright
Email: gkwainwright@hughes.net
Web site: www.sistersincrime-rmc.org

Meetings are held monthly. Board meetings are held at Falcon Police Substation, Colorado Springs.

District of Columbia

Delaware

Florida

Meetings are held on the first Saturday of the month at 10:00am at the Southeast Regional Library Branch.

Georgia

Web site: members.aol.com/sincatl

Meetings are held at 10am on the second Saturday of the months September - May at the Smyrna Public Library, Smyrna GA.

Hawaii

Idaho

Membership: Joanne Pence
Email: joanne@joannepence.com
Web site: www.partnersincrimeboise.com

Meetings are held monthly at Barnes & Noble.

Illinois

Membership: Jennifer Oberth, Treasurer
Email: sincctreasurer@yahoo.com
Web site: www.SinCChicago.com

We meet bi-monthly on Saturdays at a mystery bookstore in the area or for field trips. See the web site for details or request an e-copy of our latest News Brief. All are welcome to attend our meetings. Contact Program Committee Chair, Margot Justes.

Indiana

Membership: Debi Watson
Email: msmorganna@hotmail.com

Web site: www.sistersincrimeindiana.org

Meetings held monthly at The Mystery Company bookstore, 233 Second Avenue SW, Carmel IN 46032 (800-643-6737).

Kansas

Partners in Crime, Greater Kansas City Chapter
President: Juliet Kincaid
Email: jwkwrites@netscape.net

Partners in Crime, the Greater Kansas City Chapter, meets the second Wednesday of every month (except December) at 7pm at Borders Bookstore at 91st and Metcalf in Overland Park, Kansas. We have a different speaker every month.

Speakers have included mystery authors, forensic experts, attorneys, private detectives, law enforcement officers, newspaper reporters, TV reporters, and experts on various subjects including Sherlock Holmes. We stress the promotion of mystery authors and include two to four writers a year with a book signing afterwards.

Kentucky

The Chapter usually meets on the second Saturday of each month at Barnes and Noble, 801 South Hurstbourne Parkway, Louisville. Writer's Support Group meets at 11:30 in the Café to review participants' works and discuss topics relating to writing and publishing. Business meeting begins in the Café at 12:30.

The featured speaker session begins at 1:30 in the armchair lounge section near the front of the store. Sessions are informal; speakers talk for about three quarters of an hour, followed by a question and answer period. Attendance varies from about twenty to approximately thirty-five, depending on a number of factors. Members drive from Indianapolis, IN; Cincinnati, OH and Lexington, KY for meetings. Although predominately women, men are encouraged to join. Jeffrey Marks is a member whose biography of female mystery writer Craig Rice, Who Was That Lady? was nominated for Edgar and Agatha awards.

Topics for the meetings are varied. We have mystery authors talk about their books, panels on writing-related subjects (a panel on self-publishing, an attorney explaining copyrights and trademarks), and forensic topics (serial killer profiling, skull reconstruction, lethal poisons, as well as, a field trip to the Crime Scene Unit of the LPD). There is often a book signing after the speaker finishes so listeners may buy a personalized copy of an author's latest work.

Maine

Maryland

Massachusetts

Minnesota

Membership: Lori L. Lake
Email: LLLake-Author@comcast.net

Web site: www.twincitysinc.org

The Minnesota Chapter meets on the first Tuesday of each month from September through June (not in July and August) at Once Upon A Crime Mystery Bookstore, 604 W 26th St, Minneapolis MN 55405 (map here).

Meetings begin with any general business and announcements, then we spend a few minutes discussing a previously selected crime fiction book. Usually a speaker or presenter attends, and topics for the meetings are varied. We often have forensic experts talk (recent examples: state toxicologist, canine police unit, crime scene artist, homicide detective, regional coroner). Speakers tend to talk for 20-40 minutes, followed by a question and answer period. Occasionally we assemble a panel of experts on writing or publishing or have an field trip such as a recent one to the State's Bureau of Criminal Apprehension.

Members are an even mix of readers, authors, and aspiring writers. Attendance generally varies from 15 to 25. Although predominately women, men are encouraged to join, and we count William Kent Krueger, Rich Thompson, Carl Brookins, Gary Shulze, and Michael Allen Mallory as members. All are welcome.

Missouri

Greater St. Louis Chapter
President: Joanna Campbell Slan
Email: joannaslan@aol

Membership: Donna Ross
Email: calixtaxis@aol.com
Web site: www.sincstl.org

We meet every other Wednesday most months. Our location is the Steinway Piano Gallery Recital Hall, 12033 Dorsett Rd, Maryland Heights MO.

Nebraska

Meetings are held on the second Thursday of every month (excluding December) at 7pm at Lee Booksellers in Edgewood Center, 5500 S 56th St, Lincoln NE 68516 (402-420-1919).

New Hampshire

New Jersey

Central New Jersey
President: Daria Ludas, PO Box 61, Spotswood NJ 08884-0061
Email: SinCCJersey@yahoo.com

Membership: Deborah Lee-Spollen
Email: leedebbie@aol.com
Web site: www.sinccj.org

Meetings held monthly at the Monmouth County Library, 125 Symmes Rd, Manalapan NJ 07726

New Mexico

Web site: www.croak-and-dagger.com

Meetings are held on the 4th Tuesday of the month at the James J. Dwyer Memorial Substation, 12700 Montgomery Ave NE, Albuquerque, NM.

New York

Monthly meetings held at the Muhlenberg Library, 209 W 23rd St (west of 7th Ave), New York City

Membership: Jeanette Whitbeck
Email: jeanette.whitbeck@budget.state.ny.us

Meetings are held on the third Saturday of the month at 1pm at Barnes and Noble, Colonie Center Mall.

North Carolina

Meetings held on the 2nd Sunday of the month.

Tarheel Gumshoes
Terry Hoover, 16424 Beech Hill Dr, Huntersville NC 28078
704-896-5784
Email: bookbimbo@mindspring.com

Ohio

Chapter meets on the third Tuesday of the month at Maohoning County Libraries.

Ohio Chapter
President: Doris Ann Norris, 435 Park Ave #202, Fostoria OH 44830
Email: DorisAnn@woh.rr.com

Chapter meets the first Thursday of every month, changing venues from BookEnds bookstore in Lima, OH, to nearby restaurants and members' houses. Most months there is a guest speaker, and we have heard from many people, including prosecutors, defense attorneys, judges, PIs, doctoral students, and, of course, authors. For further info, please email and Judy will be glad to get you in the loop! Hope to see you soon.

SiCCO - Sisters in Crime Columbus Ohio
President: Romona Inskeep, 1039 Hill Rd N #183, Pickerington OH 43147
Email: siccowriters@gmail.com

Web site: www.siccowriters.org

Meetings are held the last Saturday of every month beginning June 28th, 2008 from noon-3pm; please check our web site for the location.

Oregon

Membership: Arlene Sachitano
Email: aksach@comcast.net

Meetings are held the third Monday of the month except June, July, and August. We generally meet at the Shanghai Noble House at John's Landing but check with us as we sometimes go out on location.

Pennsylvania

Membership: Susan Williams
Email: skwsusan@yahoo.com

Web site: www.jmreinbold.com/dvsinc

Meetings held on the third Sat. of month at the Radnore Memorial Library, Wayne PA.

Mary Roberts Rinehart Chapter (Pittsburgh)
President: Martha Reed
Email: reedme@telerama.com
Web site: www.pghsinc.com

Meetings held monthly at the Mystery Lovers Bookshop, 514 Allegheny River Blvd, Oakmont PA 15139.

Rhode Island

South Carolina

The Upstate S.C. Chapter of Sisters in Crime meets the fourth Thursday of each month at The Open Book, 110 S Pleasantburg Dr, Greenville SC. Guest speakers include law enforcement officials and specialists in various forensic fields as well as regional mystery authors. The formal program begins at 7pm. Chapter members and visitors also are invited to gather for an informal bring-your-own brownbag supper with that month's guest speaker at 6:15pm.

Tennessee

Meetings are held in the Bronte Bistro at Davis-Kidd Booksellers in the Green Hills Mall, Nashville, the second Tuesday of each month at 6pm (except for October when the Southern Festival of Books is in Nashville; the January meeting is our annual Post Holiday Blues Party, held at a local restaurant).

Texas

We are the Dallas, TX chapter of SinC. We meet on the third Sunday of each month at 1pm in the community room of Half Price Books at 5803 E Northwest Hwy. For information call 972-549-1572.

Cowtown Crime Solvers
Barbara Ford, PO Box 100223, Fort Worth TX 76185
817-731-8551
Email: info@countrydaytravel.com

Meeting information: The Friends of the Fort Worth Library Book Store, 5332 Trail Lake Dr, Fort Worth TX 76133. Tel: 817-346-2255 (location: Granbury Rd and I-20). We meet on the 4th Sunday of the month at 4pm. In July, we have a potluck summer party and in December we have a potluck book exchange. Our meetings are a speaker format, with authors, police, coroners, forensic experts and other specialists in fields that relate to crime. We have an excellent email newsletter monthly. We welcome all visitors and new members, both readers and writers.

In addition to the meetings, we occasionally have extra activities such as sponsoring an out-of-town author and field trips. We sponsor a trip of mystery to Great Britain on a bi-annual basis. The trip is based on mystery books, authors and events and can be seen at www.countrydaytravel.com (click on "Mystery"). Most trips are co-sponsored with Murder by the Book in Houston.

Heart of Texas Chapter
Sarah Ann Robertson, PO Box 4939, Austin TX 78765
Email: hotxsinc@yahoo.com

Web site: www.hotxsinc.org

Sisters in Crime, Heart of Texas Chapter, meets monthly on the second Sunday of the month at 2pm at the Westlake Barnes & Noble bookstore, located at the southeast corner of Loop 360 and Bee Cave Rd, in The Village at Westlake shopping center in Austin, Texas.

El Paso Chapter
Patricia A. Phillips, 345 Shadow Mt. #1610, El Paso TX 79912
915-587-6457
Email: pphillip@libr.utep.edu

Virginia

Membership: Donna Imprevento
Email: daiwritenow@msn.com

Web site: groups.hamptonroads.com/MBS

Meetings are on the 2nd Monday of each month; email the membership chair for location.

Chesapeake Chapter
President: Barb Goffman, 11654 Plaza America Dr #313, Reston VA 20190
Email: barbgoffman@yahoo.com

Membership: Monica Myers
Email: monicafmyers@comcast.net

Web site: www.chessiechapter.org

Meetings are held monthly in the Maryland or Virginia suburbs of Washington DC.

Vermont

Washington

Membership: Nan Robkin
Email: alhrobkin@aol.com

Web site: www2.whidbey.net/sinc
Websister: Linda Jedicka

Meetings held on first Thursday of the month at 7pm, January through June, September through November. We meet at Third Place Books in the Lake Forest Park Towne Centre, 17171 Bothell Way NE. Call 206-366-3333 for directions. In July, in lieu of meeting, we have a picnic or pot luck. In December we have a holiday gathering.

Wisconsin

Membership: Kathy Wendorff
Email: WISinC-owner@yahoogroups.com

Web site: groups.yahoo.com/group/WISinC

Meetings are held quarterly; location varies.

Australia

Canada

The chapter meets on the third Thursday of each month at the University of Toronto Faculty Club, 41 Willcocks St.