Leadership
President: Joan Mularz
VP & Treasurer: Linda Gordon Hengerer
VP & Treasurer: Linda Gordon Hengerer
Joan Wright Mularz is the author of the 3-book Slate, A Band of Friends Mystery Series and the 3-book E.T. Madigan Mystery Series.
The first two books in the Slate Series were Chanticleer International Book Award Finalists in the Dante Rosetti Young Adult Fiction category (Slate and Dash Go South, Book II, in 2025, and SLATE, Book I, in
Joan Wright Mularz is the author of the 3-book Slate, A Band of Friends Mystery Series and the 3-book E.T. Madigan Mystery Series.
The first two books in the Slate Series were Chanticleer International Book Award Finalists in the Dante Rosetti Young Adult Fiction category (Slate and Dash Go South, Book II, in 2025, and SLATE, Book I, in 2023. SLATE also won the Florida Writers Association 2023 Royal Palm Literary Award for Best Young Adult/New Adult Book and was 2nd Runner-up for Best Book of the Year, all genres.
Memberships include SinC
Worldwide, Florida Treasure Coast SinC, SinC New England, SCBWI, FWA, IPNE, and several critique groups.
VP & Treasurer: Linda Gordon Hengerer
VP & Treasurer: Linda Gordon Hengerer
VP & Treasurer: Linda Gordon Hengerer
New Jersey native turned Florida resident, Linda moved to Vero Beach in 1996. She writes the Beach Tea Shop Mysteries, a cozy mystery series set in an area suspiciously like Vero Beach. She is a contributor and co-editor with Joanna Campbell Slan of the Happy Homicides cozy mystery anthology series.
Visit her at http://www.LindaGordonHengerer.com to see what's new.
Secretary: Neliza Drew
VP & Treasurer: Linda Gordon Hengerer
Secretary: Neliza Drew
Neliza Drew taught English, math, and karate. She currently coordinates field trips at a botanical garden and wildlife sanctuary.
Once upon a time, she wrote the decidedly-not-cozy, All the Bridges Burning.
Her website continues to cost her too much money: https://nelizadrew.com.
In Memoriam
Diane Stuckart
Diane A.S. Stuckart aka Anna Gerard was the author of the Georgia B&B Mystery series from Crooked Lane Books. Writing as "Diane", she was the award-winning author of both the Leonardo da Vinci Mystery series from Berkley Prime Crime and the critically reviewed FOOL'S MOON, first in the Tarot Cats Mystery series from Midnight Ink.
Writing as Ali Brandon, she was the New York Times bestselling author of the Black Cat Bookshop Mystery series, also from Berkley. But she began her publishing career writing critically-acclaimed historical romance for Pinnacle Books and Zebra Books under the names “Alexa Smart” and “Anna Gerard”. With the advent of eBooks, Diane was thrilled to be able to bring back these timeless stories of love and adventure to a brand new readership. She was also the author of several short stories compiled into two ebooks: WEDDING BELLES and WHO'S BEHIND THE DOOR.
A native Texan with a degree in Journalism from the University of Oklahoma, Diane lived in South Florida. She was a member of Mystery Writers of America and the Florida Chapter of MWA; Sisters in Crime and the Treasure Coast chapter of SinC; and the Cat Writers Association.