Sisters in Crime/LA’s membership includes many authors, but also people interested in the mystery and crime genre. People must also be current with Sisters in Crime National in order to join or remain a current member of Sisters in Crime/Los Angeles.
If a member is not current with both national and local chapters, their name will not be listed.
If you are a current author member of SinC/LA, and would like your website linked to your name, please contact Membership: Membership@sistersincrimela.com with your website link and ask for it to be updated.
Our current and past presidents: (Members
whose names are in red have website links.)
- 2022-24: Paula Bernstein
- 2018-21: Anne Louise Bannon
- 2016-17: Rochelle Staab
- 2014-15: Diane Vallere
- 2012-13: Patricia Smiley
- 2011: Sybil Johnson
- 2010-2011: Ashley Ream
- 2008-2009: Diana James
- 2004-2007: Sue Ann Jaffarian
- 2002-2003: Angela Hynes
- 1998-2001: Diane Bouchard
- Kris Neri
- Denise DiPasquale
Current Members (Last update: July 2023)
Avril Adams
DJ Adamson
Lawrence Allan
Barbara Allyn
Judith Ayn
Anne Louise Bannon
Rosalind Barden
Betsy Barker
James Bartlett
Susan Baughman
Kristy Beaudry
Mike Befeler
Paula Bernstein
Toby Bernstein
Cathy Berry
Mysti Berry
Christine E. Blum
Barbara Booth
Julia Bricklin
Shannon Muir Broden (Shannon Muir)
Lynne Bronstein
Richard Brouillette
Mark Bruce
Stephen Buehler
Marlene Bumgarner
Craig Faustus Buck
Timothy Burgess
Vickie Burns-Sikora
Lida Bushloper
Shea Butler
Ellen Byron
Jenny Carless
Diane Carmony
Marco Carocari
Sarah M. Chen
Jennifer J Chow
Barbara Cimo
Nancie Clare
Sharon Clark
Yvonne M. Corrigan-Carr
Lisa Croce
Matt Coyle
Natalie Cross
Emmeline de Pillis (Frankie Bow)
Dianne DeMille
Denise Devin
Connie diMarco
Alice Dick
Lori Dillman
Jane DiLucchio
Karen Diskin
Tahlia Disisto
Kathryn Dodson
Sharon Dukett
Faye Duncan
Amy Dunkleberger
Laurie Fagen
Elizabeth Faulkner
Marissa Fife
Alexia Forman
Henry Forman
Denise Frost
Wrona Gall
Mary Beth Garber
Melissa M. Garcia
Daryl Wood Gerber
Kevin Gillogly
Judith Gonda
Diana Gould
Beverly Graf
Rachel Howzell Hall
Shannon Harley
Betty Hechtman
Felicity Helfand
Sue Hinkin
Naomi Hirahara
Brandyce Howard
Dorothy Howell
Sherri Leigh James
Joanne Jaytanie
Georgia Jeffries
Sybil Johnson
Linda O. Johnston
Amnon Kabatchnik
Kim Keeline
Mary Keenan
Susan Lynn Kingsbury
Ava S. King
Kathy Kingston
Gay Toltl Kinman
Ellen Kirschman
Norman Klein
Leslie Klinger
David Knop
Susan Kosar-Beery
Harley Jane Kozak
Kathy Krevat
Elaine La Marr
Kathleen Lawton-Trask
Thomas Leighton
Winnie Li
Fiona Manning
Melinda Loomis
Sheila Lowe
Janet Lynn
Nicole Maggi
Tim Maleeny
Shelli Margolin-Mayer
Katie McArthy
Marjorie McCown
Kate McGee
Laraine Mestman
Axel Milens
Alison McMahan
Evelyn Moore
Lisa Morton
Cynthia Naden
Kris Neri
Alexander Nemser
Carol Newhouse
August Norman
Kathy Norris
Maxine Nunes
Lynda Palmer
Dennis Palumbo
Gary Phillips
Annie Porter
Nannette Potter
Tonya Price
Linda Reid
Joan Renner
Suzanne Rizzolo
M. ReShor
Michelle Rodenborn
Pauline Rogers
Ona Russell
Peggy Rothschild
Susan Rowland
Vanessa A. Ryan
Nina Sadowsky
Terry Shames
Laurie Sheehan
Lida Sideris
Adam Sikes
Nancy Cole Silverman
Alice Sherman Simpson
Lia Skidmore
Heather Smart
Patricia Smiley
Lisa Marion Smith
Veronica Smith
Sheila Sobel
Rochelle Staab
Sonya Steele
Marie Stein
Laurie Stevens
Leslie Kay Swigart
Meredith Taylor
Wendall Thomas
Kate Thornton
James Thorpe
Kathleen Troy
Jacqueline Vick
Carl Vonderau
Carrie Voorhis
Joseph S. Walker
Lauren Walker
Marilyn Welch
Virginia Welker
Jeri Westerson
Laurel Wetzork
Barbara White
Anna Williams
Jacquie Wilvers
Mae Woods