Events Calendar

Speaker Schedule

MWA/NE Events

Events at Kate's

Speaker Schedule

Mount Vernon Restaurant

Please Note:  As of Dec 11, we will be meeting the SECOND Tuesday of the month.

JUN - Ralph Palmer

Ralph Palmer is a NRA and Massachusetts Licensed handgun instructor with a libertarian bend and has taught such diverse groups such as Arming Women Against Rape and Endangerment http://www.aware.org, and the Pink Pistols http://www.pinkpistols.com . He enjoys the science of firearms and often spends time reading ballistic tables. While not a expert marksman by any means, he is a equally capable with handguns, rifles, shotguns and his black powder hunting rifle. The title of the lecture is "everything you know about firearms is probably wrong." Please feel
free to submit questions at least a week or two in advance and he will try and address them.

MAY - Celebrate Kate!

Join us in wishing bookseller extraordinaire KATE MATTES of KATE’S MYSTERY BOOKS in Cambridge a HAPPY 25th ANNIVERSARY! In lieu of our usual NE MWA meeting, come to Kate’s Mystery Books at 2211 Massachusetts Ave. and help us celebrate Kate’s longstanding contribution to the mystery world. Wine, cheese, books, and writers galore (and gore) from 6:30 to 8:30 pm.  All hail Kate!

APR - Leonard J. Henson

Leonard J. Henson served as the Suffolk County District Attorney's Chief Assistant DA of the Organized Crime Division from 1979-1993 where he prosecuted over 100 superior court jury trials. A retired Navy Captain, Captain Henson has lectured extensively in trial advocacy and criminal law for the Navy and Marine Corps. His presentation before the NEMWA on April 8, 2008 will include the legal process for obtaining wire taps and some of the prominent Boston murder cases he prosecuted as an ADA including members of the Winter Hill Gang.

MAR - Mark Chaupetta

THE BOSTON P.I. is an icon in its own right, and Mark W. Chauppetta is a real-life representation of this legendary icon. Mark is a Licensed Private Investigator Ma & RI. Featured in Boston Phoenix and Boston Magazine, he’s made a name for himself as a hard-nosed criminal investigator and infidelity expert. He’s writing a book with Stuart Horwitz ( Brother Bulger / Howie Carr ) that will be a voyeuristic look into cheating spouse cases, and has a TV pilot about his life as a PI and dad in the works.

JAN - Steve Kelner

Steve Kelner, a motivational psychologist and author of Motivate Your Writing!, teams up with multi-award-winning mystery author Toni Kelner, to show how to motivate your writing -- LIVE!  Toni provides the examples of her writing process and Steve explains why they work for her, so they can be used by you.  Toni has written novels and short stories set in North Carolina, Boston, and a pirate ship and edited a bestselling anthology, so we should have lots of grist for Steve’s mill -- and yours!  We’ll then open the floor to individual discussion with the participants’ examples.

DEC - Raffi Yessayan

Raffi Yessayan recently signed a two book deal with Random House. His first novel, the legal thriller Eight in the Box (Ballantine, summer 2008), takes place in Boston and features a cast of prosecutors and cops working to bring to justice a killer with a gruesome MO. 

Yessayan is the former chief of the Gang Unit in the Suffolk County DA’s Office. He has prosecuted many violent offenders and has lectured nationally on the issues of gangs, guns and crime prevention strategies. He is currently in private practice as a criminal defense attorney in Quincy, MA.

NOV - The Two Steve's 

Here¹s a plot every writer would like to pen: The Two Steves: A Cinderella Story for Mystery Writers. On Tuesday, Nov. 6th, come hear one of NE MWA's own, Steve Ulfelder, in conversation with his editor and publisher Steve Hull. We'll learn all about Steve U's writing process, how and where he pitched Shotgun Lullaby, where he met Steve H, and more. From Steve H we'll learn his first impressions of Steve U, his pitch, his project, and why he chose this writer/project among all others. And we¹ll learn it all just in time to pitch our own projects at the New England Crime Bake, Nov. 9-11 (sign up now at http://www.crimebake.org)!

OCT - Lee Lofland

"Murder Really Bugs Me!," says acclaimed crime-scene consultant and former police detective Lee Lofland. We¹ll find out why at our October 2 MWANE meeting, when the author of Police Procedure and Investigation takes us on a journey through real crime scenes. We¹ll learn how detectives solve murders and what tools and techniques they use to identify elusive criminals--including the role of insects play in a murder investigation and why it takes so long to get DNA results.

MWA/NE Events

7th Annual New England Crime Bake

Events at Kate's

Kate's Mystery Store