SB: MWA has helped in so many ways. I joined as an associate member when I was doing book publicity and then became an active member when my first story was published in Ellery Queen. The very REASON that story was published was because of MWA and the people I met through them. I didn't know anything about Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine or anything about writing short stories. I went to conferences, including Dark & Stormy Nights, put on by the Midwest Chapter of MWA. There I attended panels on writing, I met Jerry Healy, who introduced me to Ted and Gary, my writers group. I met DC Brod, who became my first editor. At one conference. Amazing. I can't say enough good things about MWA. BELIEVE me, I would NOT have agreed to be on the board (which is a real WORKING board!) if I didn't believe in the organization.
AC: What's ahead for Maggy Thorsen?
SB: My third coffee mystery, Bean There, Done That, is coming out in September from Severn House. I'm working on the next one, tentatively entitled Brewed, Crude and Tattooed and have a contract for another after that.
