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Sunday, April 22 at KGB Bar Sunday Night Literary Readings - 7pm

The Edgars are presented each year in NYC to the best mystery writers in books, short stories, plays, and TV teleplays.  The Edgars are considered ‘the Oscars’ of mystery writing, and an Edgar is a coveted and prestigious prize.  The week of April 22 – May 2 is traditionally hailed as Mystery Week in New York, this year commemorating the 66th anniversary of the Edgar® Awards in New York!  KGB launches the week with a reading by writers from the NYC Chapter of Mystery Writers of America.

Mystery Night readers -

Bruce DeSilva is the author of “Rogue Island,” winner of the Edgar and Macavity awards for best first novel of 2010. DeSilva was a journalist for 40 years before retiring to write crime fiction. Stories he assigned and edited have won virtually every major journalism prize He has worked as a consultant on writing and editing for more than 50 newspapers and is currently is a master’s thesis adviser at the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. He lives in New Jersey with his wife, the poet Patricia Smith, and two enormous dogs. Bruce is reading from “Cliff Walk,” his second Mulligan crime novel, which will be published on May 22

Sheila York - After a long career in TV and radio, Sheila began writing books combining her love of mystery, history and the movies. Set in Hollywood in the 1940s, her series features screenwriter/amateur sleuth Lauren Atwill using her insider knowledge of the entertainment business to chase killers in the Great Golden Age of Film.
Sheila York is reading passages from two of her Lauren Atwill mysteries—the most recently published A GOOD KNIFE’S WORK, which is set in New York City— and the book coming out in September of 2012, DEATH IN HER FACE.

Richie Narvaez was born and raised in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. He is an adjunct professor at Borough of Manhattan Community College. His fiction have been published in Mississippi Review, Murdaland, Indian Country Noir, Hit List: The Best of Latino Mystery, and You Don’t Have a Clue: Latino Mystery Stories for Teens. He has a story appearing in Long Island Noir, due out next month. His first book, Roachkiller and Other Stories, a collection of his short noir fiction, was published this March. He will be reading from his short story “Juracán” (pronounced WHO-rah-cahn) which is available on Amazon from my new ebook collection Roachkiller and Other Stories.

Kira Peikoff is a writer living in Manhattan. She holds a bachelor’s degree in journalism from NYU and has written for the Daily News, Newsday, The Orange County Register, and New York magazine. Living Proof is her first novel. She will be reading a selection from her recently published debut novel LIVING PROOF.
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Sunday Night Fiction Director: Suzanne Dottino contact: Suzanne@kgbbar.com

About the Series: KGB Bar Sunday Night Fiction

The KGB Bar Sunday Night Fiction showcases the finest in contemporary fiction from new and emerging writers.

Suzanne Dottino/fiction curator,