Resources from Sisters in Crime

The Sisters in Crime Eleanor Taylor Bland Award for Crime Writers of Color​

The Sisters in Crime Pride Award for Emerging LGBTQIA+ Crime Writers

For a more diverse reading list, check out Frankie's List. It is "radically inclusive" of self-indentified writers of color and LGBTQIA+ writers.

Download Sisters in Crime’s Recommendations for Speakers

Creating an Equitable and Inclusive Environment for All Members and Guests — Chapter 3 in Chapter Handbook (PDF)

Chapter Handbook (PDF)

Guide on Content Warnings

Some Board Members found these books on writing to be helpful:

• The Kite and The String: How to Write with Spontaneity and Control—and Live to Tell the Tale, by Alice Matteson

• The Story Grid: What Good Editors Know, by Shawn Coyne

• On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft, by Stephen King

• Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life, by Anne Lamott

• Deadly Doses: A Writer's Guide to Poisons, by Serita Deborah Stevens and Ann Klarner

• The Heroine’s Journey, by Gail Carriger

• Damn Fine Story: Mastering the Tools of a Powerful Narrative, by Chuck Wendig

• Writing the Breakout Novel: Insider advice for taking your fiction to the next level, by Donald Maass