Learn about Connie’s fascinating journey and how her path to publication might illuminate your own.

Whether you’re a budding writer or an established author looking to refine your craft, this session offers invaluable insights into the world of traditional mystery writing and publishing.

In our upcoming FREE discussion, Connie Berry will:

  • Reveal her unique path to becoming a published author, including how she transformed her passion for history and antiques into captivating mysteries
  • Share tips on crafting compelling characters and intricate plots inspired by real-life experiences and research
  • Discuss the process of finding an agent and securing a publishing deal
  • Offer advice on the importance of perseverance and continuous learning in building a successful writing career in the competitive world of fiction writing

A live Q&A session follows the main presentation.

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Your Path to Publication: Bestselling Author Connie Berry Tells All

Join me for a FREE online discussion with Connie Berry, award-winning mystery author and President of Sisters in Crime’s online chapter, The Guppies.

She’ll share her journey from aspiring archaeologist to bestselling novelist and lessons she’s learned along the way. 

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Join us at our FREE virtual discussion:

Saturday, January 11 at 1 p.m. Eastern

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Connie Berry is the author of the Kate Hamilton Mystery series, featuring an American antiques dealer with a knack for solving crimes. Her debut novel, A Dream of Death, won the IPPY Gold Medal for Mystery and was a finalist for both the Silver Falchion and Agatha awards.

Connie’s unique background, including studies at the University of Freiburg in Germany and St. Clare’s College, Oxford, infuses her writing with a genuine love for British culture and history.

With five novels and a novella in the Kate Hamilton Mysteries series, including the recently released A Collection of Lies, Connie has established herself as a prominent voice in traditional mystery writing. Her work is published by Crooked Lane Books and represented by Paula Munier at Talcott Notch Literary Agency.

Jane K Cleland is the author of the Agatha Award-winning Mastering Plot Twists and Mastering Suspense, Structure & Plot, from Writer’s Digest Books, now Penguin Putnam Random House, and the multiple award-winning and IMBA-bestselling Josie Prescott Antiques mysteries, from St. Martin’s Minotaur. Her short fiction has been published by Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine.

She is also a contributing editor for Writer’s Digest magazine and the chair of the Black Orchid Novella Award sponsored by the Wolfe Pack and Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine.

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