Tracee de Hahn

Born in Missouri and raised in Kentucky, Tracee graduated from the University of Kentucky with a Bachelor of Architecture, later pursuing advanced degrees in European History. After practicing architecture, she served as executive director of a Planning and Preservation non-profit in Lexington, Kentucky, then as assistant vice president of Alumni Relations and Annual Giving at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo. After writing several non-fiction books for young adults, she turned to fiction with the publication of traditional mysteries with Minotaur Books. A member of International Thriller Writers and Mystery Writers of America, she is president of Sisters in Crime. She and her husband live in southwest Virginia. 

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Vice President

Raquel V. Reyes

Raquel V. Reyes writes Latina protagonists. Her Cuban-American heritage, Miami, and Spanglish feature prominently in her work. Mango, Mambo, and Murder, the first in the Caribbean Kitchen Mystery series, won a LEFTY for Best Humorous Mystery. It is in production to become the TV series "Miami Spice." Her work has been nominated for Agatha and Anthony Awards and has won an International Latino Book Award Gold Medal. Raquel's short stories appear in various anthologies, including The Best American Mystery and Suspense 2022.

Her leadership experience is varied and extensive. She has been a Volunteer Coordinator at an AIDS service organization and a Worship Coordinator at her Unitarian Universalist Congregation. She has served on the Mystery Writers of America National Board, done two terms on the MWA-Florida chapter board, been on the Guppies Steering Committee, and was a co-chair of the writing craft conference, SleuthFest, for five years. Raquel values inclusion, equity, and education. 

Find her across social media platforms as @LatinaSleuths and on her website LatinaSleuths.com

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Secretary

Lori Roberts Herbst

Lori Rober

ts Herbst is the author of the Callie Cassidy Mystery series. The first book in the series, Suitable for Framing, recently won the 2022 Silver Falchion Best Cozy Mystery award, as well as 2nd Runner Up for Best Book of 2021. Her books have twice earned CIBA Murder and Mayhem first-place awards. Lori is a former journalism teacher and counselor who now writes, indie publishes, and markets her books. A proud member of the SinC Guppy chapter, she moderates the Cozy Gup group.

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Treasurer

Deanna Fowler

Deanna Fowler is a lawyer and program manager, currently working in Legal Tech. She has published nonfiction on issues of human rights, urban planning, and international law. Deanna is a member of the Chesapeake and Chicagoland chapters of Sisters in Crime and is a member of Queer Crime Writers. She feels privileged to collaborate with a community dedicated to equity and inclusion in publishing.

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Members of the Board

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Co-Chapter Liaison

Amy Condra

Amy Condra is an aspiring mystery writer who currently serves as a communication lead for the U.S. Agency for International Development. Prior to joining government service, Amy worked as a journalist: first as a new media content supervisor with Knight Ridder/McClatchy, and then as a reporter and editor with Media General. She has won several Virginia Press Association awards for investigative journalism and editorial writing, was the recipient of a 2009 fellowship from the Maynard Institute of Journalism Education, and is the author of  Countries of the World: Vietnam and Welcome to Vietnam (Gareth Stevens Publishing).

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Co-Chapter Liaison

Jen Collins Moore

Jen Collins Moore transports readers to Rome in the Roman Holiday Mysteries, most recently Murder in Trastevere. Her short fiction has appeared in Mystery Weekly and Masthead: The Best New England Crime Stories. She is the immediate past president of Sisters in Crime Chica goland and a founding member of the Sleuths and Sidekicks website. A transplanted New Englander, she lives in Chicago.

chapters @sistersincrime.org 

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DEIJB Liaison

Delia Pitts

Delia Pitts is the author of Trouble in Queenstown, a contemporary mystery set in small-town New Jersey, featuring private investigator Vandy Myrick, which was published in summer 2024 by Minotaur Books. In 2021, Delia C. Pitts published crime fiction in several major anthologies. Her short story, “The Killer,” was included in Best American Mystery and Suspense 2021 (HarperCollins). Her story, “Midnight Confidential,” was published in the crime anthology Midnight Hour (Crooked Lane). And her fictionalized family memoir, “Talladega 1925,” was one of only eight short stories selected for the Chicago Quarterly Review’s Anthology of Black American Literature. In addition, Delia has self-published six novels in a contemporary noir private eye series set in Harlem. Born and raised in Chicago, Delia is a former university administrator and U.S. diplomat who has a B.A. from Oberlin College and a Ph.D. in history from the University of Chicago. She lives with her husband in central New Jersey while their twin sons live in Texas. Delia is an active member of Crime Writers of Color and Sisters in Crime.

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Education Liaison

Mary Sutton

Writing as Liz Milliron, Mary Sutton is the Shamus award-nominated author of the Laurel Highlands mystery series, starring a Pennsylvania State Trooper and a Fayette County public defender in the scenic Laurel Highlands of southwest Pennsylvania. She is also the author of the Homefront Mysteries, set in Buffalo, NY in the early years of WWII. The books feature Betty Ahern, a Rosie the Riveter with dreams of becoming Sam Spade. Mary is a past president of the Pittsburgh Chapter of Sisters in Crime, the current Vice President, and has served on the local board in three positions. She has been a member of Sisters in Crime since 2011. She is also a member of International Thriller Writers, Pennwriters and  the Historical Novel Society. Mary has Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in English from St. Bonaventure University and, like all English majors, dreamed of writing the Great American Novel. Instead, she has made a living as a technical writer and has worked in the software industry for nearly 25 years. Writing fictional murder has kept her sane for the last ten. Mary splits her time between suburban Pittsburgh and a home in the Laurel Highlands with her husband and a very spoiled retired-racer greyhound. 

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Grants and Awards Liaison

Linda L. Richards

Linda L. Richards is the award-winning author of over a dozen books. The founder and publisher of January Magazine and a contributing editor to the crime fiction blog The Rap Sheet, she is best known for her strong female protagonists in the thriller genre. Richards is from Vancouver, Canada and currently makes her home in Phoenix, Arizona. New for 2024: INSENSIBLE LOSS, the fourth book in the Endings series featuring a reluctant hit woman struggling towards the light. Linda’s 2021 novel, the first in this series, ENDINGS, is under option by a major studio for series production. Richards is an accomplished horsewoman and an avid tennis player.

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Immediate Past President

Kelly Oliver

Kelly Oliver is the author of three award-winning mystery series: The Jessica James Mysteries (7 novels, contemporary suspense), The Fiona Figg Mysteries (9 novels and another in production, historical cozy), and The Pet Detective Mysteries (3 novels, middle grade). She is indie, hybrid, and traditionally published, and has done much of her own marketing and advertising. As a result, her novels have been bestsellers on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and Kobo.

She has won several indie publishing awards, including the Independent Publishers Award (IPPY) for e-book Best Mystery, the Silver Falchion Award for Best Suspense, the E-lit Award for Best Crime Novel, Finalist for the Mischief & Mayhem Award for Best Mystery, the Gertrude Warner Award for Best Children’s Mystery and Chanticleer overall Grand Prize.

Kelly is a Emerita Professor of Philosophy at Vanderbilt University.

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Library and Bookseller Liaison

Susan Hammerman

Susan Hammerman, a former rare book librarian, writes crime and neo-noir short stories. Her stories have appeared in Mystery Magazine, Dark City Mystery Magazine, Blood and Bourbon, Retreats From Oblivion, Mondays are Murder, and the Stories (Within) anthology. Susan has served on the national board since 2021 and has been a member of Sisters in Crime since 2015.

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Membership Liaison

Yasmin Angoe

Yasmin Angoe is the first-generation Ghanaian American author of the acclaimed action thriller Her Name Is Knight of the Nena Knight series. Yasmin is the proud recipient of the 2020 Eleanor Taylor Bland Award for Emerging Writers of Color and is an Anthony Award nominee. She is a former English teacher and Instructional Coach, and is currently a freelance developmental editor. When not writing or editing, Yasmin is devouring books and working to make the publishing world an equal and equitable place for all and enjoying quality time with her family.

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Monitoring Liaison

Kia Dennis

Two-time Daphne du Maurier Award finalist, K.D. Richards writes pulse pounding romantic suspense and thrillers. K.D. was born and raised in the Maryland suburbs just outside of Washington, D.C. A writer since a young age, after college she earned a law degree and worked as an attorney and legal instructor for fifteen years but never stopped writing fiction. She currently lives in Toronto with her husband and two sons.

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Publicity Liaison

Karen Odden

After a career in publishing and marketing, Karen Odden earned her Ph.D. in English from New York University, writing her dissertation on Victorian literature and history. Subsequently, she taught at the UW-Milwaukee and served as an editor for the academic journal Victorian Literature and Culture. With her love of all things Victorian, when she turned to fiction, she set all her novels in 1870s London. Her fifth, Under a Veiled Moon, was nominated for the Agatha, Anthony, and Lefty awards for best historical mystery.

A longtime member of Sisters in Crime, Karen serves as the programming chair for Desert Sleuths, one of the Arizona chapters. She frequently offers workshops on aspects of craft and the writing life by zoom nationwide. A transplant from New York City, Karen lives in Arizona with her family, where she loves to hike the desert under the big blue bowl of sky.

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Member-At-Large

Debra H. Goldstein

Judge Debra H. Goldstein writes Kensington’s Sarah Blair mystery series. Her novels and short stories have received Silver Falchion, IPPY, BWR, and AWC awards and been named Agatha, Anthony, and Derringer finalists. Debra previously served as the Monitoring Chair on Sisters in Crime’s national board and was president of the Guppies. She also was a national board member of Mystery Writers of America and president of the SEMWA chapter.

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Member-At-Large

Wendy Jones

Wendy H. Jones is a multi-award-winning Scottish author of crime thrillers, cozy mysteries, Young Adult Mysteries, children’s picture books and non-fiction books for writers. She has a real love for supporting writers and authors as a writing and marketing coach. She is the past President of The Scottish Association of Writers, was the webmaster for The Association of Christian Writers and the Secretary of The Society of Authors in Scotland. In addition she is a highly sought after public speaker and workshop leader, having spoken to audiences worldwide. Having retired from a career as a military nurse in both the Royal Navy and the Army, she spends her time writing, reading, and travelling the world. Her passion is combining all three.

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Member-At-Large

Mia Manansala

Mia P. Manansala (she/her) is a writer and certified book coach from Chicago who loves books, baking, and bad-ass women. She is the author of the multi-award-winning Tita Rosie’s Kitchen Mystery series, and uses humor (and murder) to explore aspects of the Filipino diaspora, queerness, and her millennial love for pop culture.

A lover of all things geeky, Mia spends her days procrasti-baking, playing JRPGs and dating sims, reading cozy mysteries and diverse romance, and cuddling her dogs Gumiho and Max Power.
Find her on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram: @MPMtheWriter Or check out her website: www.miapmanansala.com

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Member-at-Large

Alex Segura

Alex Segura is the bestselling and award-winning author of Secret Identity, which The New York Times called “wittily original” and named an Editor’s Choice. NPR described the novel as “masterful,” and it received starred reviews from Publishers Weekly, Kirkus, and Booklist. Secret Identity was also listed as one of the Best Mysteries of the Year by NPR, Kirkus, Booklist, the South Florida Sun Sentinel and more, and was nominated for the Anthony Award for Best Hardcover, the Lefty and Barry Awards for Best Novel, the Macavity Award for Best Mystery Novel, and won the LA Times Book Prize in the Mystery/Thriller category. His next novel, the YA Spider-Verse adventure Araña/Spider-Man 2099: Dark Tomorrow is out now from Disney Books/Marvel Press.

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Member-at-Large

Sherry Lewis Wohl

Sheri Lewis Wohl is an award-winning author of paranormal mystery/thrillers featuring strong female protagonists. She makes her home in NE Washington where she writes her stories of murder, mayhem, and all things paranormal. While she has yet to actually encounter a vampire, werewolf, or ghost, she never stops looking for them when darkness falls. A recently retired Policy Analyst with the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts, and former Humans Remains Detection K9 Handler, Sheri hasn’t slowed down at all. She continues to write her stories of dark and dangerous characters, is working on running half-marathons in all 50 states, and loves to hang out with her trusty German shepherds. 

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