Get comfortable and enjoy our exciting new podcast with Heather Haven, award-winning mystery author, former ad copywriter and Broadway costume assistant…and daughter of circus folk!

Heather Haven wound up in Manhattan for a time. There she wrote ad copy and commercials for No Soap Radio during the day while working the Broadway theater in the Wardrobe Department at night. In those youthful days of holding down two jobs, she also wrote comedy acts and had one-act plays produced at the famed Playwrights Horizon. Once, she even ghostwrote a book on how to run an employment agency. She learned more about that business than she ever cared to know.

She is the award-winning author of The Alvarez Family Murder Mysteries, Persephone Cole Vintage Mysteries, and several standalones. Her proudest award, however, is for Murder under the Big Top, winner of the Silver IPPY Best Mystery/thriller. As daughter of real-life Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey Circus folk, she used her mother’s intimate knowledge of the golden age of the circus to create this standalone noir mystery.

Heather has been married to singer/musician Norm Meister for forty-plus years. He sung his way into her heart. They currently live in the foothills of San Jose with their two cats, Daphne and Niles, and an orange tree.

Website: https://heatherhavenstories.com/

Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/heather.haven.5/

The Sisters in Crime Writers’ Podcast is a conversation about writing. Featuring SinC members, and hosted by executive director Julie Hennrikus, this podcast is about the writing journey, lessons learned, publishing journeys, and the importance of community.

Melinda Mullet – The Sisters in Crime Writers' Podcast

Melinda Mullet, is a dual US/UK national. Formerly a lawyer specializing in communications, media and entertainment law she is now enjoying a second career as a mystery writer.Melinda is the author of the Whisky Business Mysteries, a six-part series of traditional mysteries set in and around a boutique single malt whisky distillery in Scotland. A standalone traditional mystery called A Ghostwriter’s Guide to Murder debuted in July 2025 and is set on a houseboat along the Regent’s Canal in London. Book seven in the Whisky Business series arrives November 2026.Melinda is a travel junkie and a life-long advocate for children’s literacy causes both domestic and international. When she is not in the UK, she lives just outside of Washington, DC with her whisky-collecting husband and two wild Covid canines named Bailey and Captain Jack.Find her at MelindaMullet.com or on Facebook and Insta at Melinda Mullet, Author. Website: MelindaMullet.com Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/mulletmysteries/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/melindamullet/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/melinda-mullet-b499564b/ Tranquil Tales from Death's Doorstep: https://www.tranquiltalesfromdeathsdoorstep.com Mentioned in the Podcast:The Novel Writers Podcast with Brianna Labuskes and Meredith Hambrock******About SinCSisters in Crime (SinC) was founded in 1986 to promote the ongoing advancement, recognition and professional development of women crime writers. Through advocacy, programming and leadership, SinC empowers and supports all crime writers regardless of genre or place on their career trajectory.www.SistersinCrime.orgFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/sincworldwideInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/sincworldwide/Threads: https://www.threads.com/@sincworldwideBluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/sincworldwide.bsky.socialTikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@sincworldwideLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/sisters-in-crime/The SinC Writers’ Podcast is produced by Julian Crocamo https://www.juliancrocamo.com/

1. Melinda Mullet 50:20
2. Victoria Gilbert 54:04
3. Elle Hartford 01:06:45
4. Raquel V. Reyes 53:57
5. MJ Soni 57:35

Episodes are released Tuesday and they are available where you download podcasts, at https://www.sistersincrime.org/page/podcast, or right here on the SinC Blog.

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