August 24, 2019 Carmen Amato has won the 2019 Silver Falchion Award in the Short Story/Collection category from the Killer Nashville International Writers Conference for THE ARTIST a Detective Emilia Cruz short story published in the bilingual illustrated volume THE...
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Carmen Amato Receives Poison Cup Award from CrimeMasters of America
Aug 1, 2019 | #newsroom
August 1, 2019 Mystery author Carmen Amato received the 2019 Poison Cup Award for Outstanding Series from CrimeMasters of America for the Detective Emilia Cruz police series set in Acapulco. As the first female police detective in Acapulco, Emilia Cruz confronts...
Criminal Element Publishes Joint Discussion of Women in Narco Noir Lit
Jul 31, 2019 | #newsroom
July 31, 2019 In "The Women of Narco Noir," thriller authors Carmen and Amato discuss the four female character types prevalent in narco noir genre literature for Criminal Element, one of the leading websites devoted to crime fiction. The article is available here:...
Carmen Amato Inducted into Rome NY Arts Hall of Fame
Apr 28, 2019 | #newsroom
April 28, 2019 Mystery author Carmen Amato has been inducted into the Arts Hall of Fame in her hometown of Rome, New York, at a ceremony honoring 7 new inductees at the historic Capital Theater. According to the Rome Daily Sentinel, "The Class of 2019 is the...
Criminal Element Features Joint Examination of Narco Noir Genre
Feb 27, 2019 | #newsroom
February 27, 2019 Criminal Element, one of the leading sites devoted to crime fiction, published "The Ascent of Narco Noir: A Literary Game Changer," co-written by thriller writers Carmen Amato and Jeanine Kitchel. Find it here:...