Hey Library Workers-- Meet Crime Writers of Color: A Guest Post by Cari Dubiel

Today I have a guest post from my friend and colleague, Cari Dubiel. Cari works at Twinsburg Public Library and is a former Library  Liaison for Sisters in Crime. She wants to share a new group of writers that wants to work with us.

Take it away Cari.

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Crime Writers of Color is a fabulous organization. I have been working with author and member Manju Soni to help reach librarians, hoping to increase the number of subscribers to their mailing list. Visit them at https://www.crimewritersofcolor.com/ and sign up right on the front page.

They have some great tools to help library workers with public programming, readers’ advisory, and collection development. Visit their books page at https://www.crimewritersofcolor.com/books to see thumbnails for exciting new and recent releases. I personally recommend A Game of Cones by Abby Collette, which is set in my neck of the woods (Ohio). I’m also so excited for Mia P. Manansala’s Arsenic and Adobo, which I’m reviewing for an upcoming issue of Booklist. 

They also have books divided into categories by type of crime fiction: traditional, humorous and cozy, suspense and thriller, police procedural, hardboiled, private eye and noir, historical, and paranormal. There’s a category for nonfiction as well as anthologies and short stories, and you can also see categories of books by writers of different cultures.

Crime Writers of Color also has a great speaker directory here.

They don’t offer an official speakers bureau, but if you’re looking to connect with an author to do a program or speak about their book, this is a great way to get in touch.

Finally, check out their podcast! https://www.crimewritersofcolor.com/podcast

The podcast is a great resource for book discussions - if you’re unable to host the author because you don’t have the budget or if schedules conflict, your group can listen to these after they’ve discussed the novel. I recommend S.A. Cosby’s Blacktop Wasteland, a beautifully written, gut-wrenching heist that’s perfect for discussions. If your group wants something lighter, have them check out Kellye Garrett’s Detective by Day mysteries, which follow actress and amateur sleuth Dayna Anderson as she solves crimes in LA.

You can also follow them on Twitter @CrimeWoC.

I hope you check out these amazing resources and authors!