Her titles, which have sold in the region of 300,000 copies, have
been published in print, digital, audio and CD formats as well as
book club editions.
Her books and short fiction have been translated into multiple
languages.
Mitzi has appeared at literature festivals worldwide including
Miami Book Fair International, Wordplay Book Festival (Scotland),
Cambridge Literary Festival (England) and The Cheltenham Festival
of Literature (England).
She has an aggregate social media following of 55,000, encompassing
multiple presences on sites such as Twitter, Facebook, YouTube,
Goodreads, LinkedIn, Crimespace etc. plus newsletter
subscribers.
She maintains a blog of personal essays at Errant Ramblings: Mitzi
Szereto’s Weblog and created/presented the London-based Web TV
channel Mitzi TV.
She’s lectured in creative writing at several British universities
and teaches writing from Europe to the Pacific Northwest.
Her anthology Erotic Travel Tales 2 is the first anthology of
erotica to feature a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature.
A story from her crime anthology Getting Even: Revenge Stories
received a “Highly Commended” from the UK Crime Writers
Association’s Silver Dagger Awards.
Mitzi Szereto is an internationally acclaimed author and
anthology editor of fiction and non-fiction spanning many genres.
Her books include her true crime franchise The Best New True Crime
Stories series; the horror novel Florida Gothic; The
Thelonious T. Bear Chronicles cozy mystery series (co-written
with Teddy Tedaloo); the sex parody Pride and Prejudice: Hidden
Lusts; Getting Even: Revenge Stories; and many other
popular titles. Her anthology Erotic Travel Tales 2 is the
first anthology of erotica to feature a Fellow of the Royal Society
of Literature.
Mitzi's Web TV channel "Mitzi TV" has attracted an international
audience. Segments have ranged from chatting about classic cars
with Formula 1 race car driver/BBC TV presenter Tiff Needell and
couture shoe designer Jimmy Choo, joining in a lively pub
singalong, and covering a teddy bear festival with her ursine
sidekick, Teddy Tedaloo. Other on-screen credits include portraying
herself in the pseudo-documentary British film, "Lint: The Movie."
She maintains a blog of personal essays at Errant Ramblings: Mitzi
Szereto's Weblog.
Follow Mitzi on Twitter and Instagram @mitziszereto.
“If you are into true crime, especially bite-sized stories that are
well-researched and well-written, this book is for
you.” —Reading for Sanity Book Reviews
“Conjuring the spirits of Truman Capote and Damon Runyon (with the
ghost of Patricia Highsmith looking on), the stories in The Best
New True Crime Stories: Well-Mannered Crooks, Rogues & Criminals
thrillingly depict real-life misdeeds throughout history. An
Ecuadorian Robin Hood, an art scandal in Paris, new insights into
the life and death of a Depression-era bootlegger—what’s not to
love?”
—Abbott Kahler, New York Times bestselling author (as Karen Abbott)
of The Ghosts of Eden Park “What a fantastic collection of
spellbinding true crime stories from around the world! Each one is
deeply researched, thoughtful, and fascinating. This anthology is
simply good reading for any fan.”
—Kate Winkler Dawson, author of American Sherlock: Murder,
Forensics, and the Birth of American CSI “Ever since E.W.
Hornung—brother-in-law of Arthur Conan Doyle—introduced the public
in 1898 to his character A.J. Raffles, a genteel, cricket-playing
thief, the notion of the nonviolent criminal, from Robin Hood to
Danny Ocean, has captured the public’s attention. No blood, no
gore: just people trying to scrape a living off the earnings of
others. In her latest compendium, Mitzi Szereto has brought
together a terrifically readable collection of new and intriguing
case histories, including John Dillinger’s bagman and Ching Shih,
the nineteenth-century woman pirate of the South China Sea.”
—J.P. Smith, author of If She Were Dead and The Summoning “Mitzi
Szereto and a stellar group of authors bring us The Best New True
Crime Stories: Well-Mannered Crooks, Rogues & Criminals. Real-life
Robin Hoods, smooth-talking charmers and gentlemen robbers, and an
unforgettable cast of criminal characters. True crime storytelling
at its very best!”
—Dan Zupansky, author and host of True Murder “Readers have always
been fascinated by charismatic criminals, from A.J. Raffles to Tom
Ripley, and this anthology examines the nefarious activities of a
very diverse bunch of their real-life counterparts.”
—Martin Edwards, The Crime Writers’ Association Diamond Dagger
award-winning author of Mortmain Hall and The Golden Age of Murder
“Mitzi has a diamond eye for a good story and assembles her
anthologies like carefully crafted pieces of engineering,
regardless of genre. An editor with the Midas touch.”
—Maxim Jakubowski, author of The Book of Extraordinary Impossible
Crimes and Puzzling Deaths “Talk about being interesting, wow, the
accounts are amazing! The research is outstanding, the descriptions
will astound you, and the criminals might be next door.”
—Donadee’s Corner “What I truly appreciate about Mitzi Szereto’s
collections is that they hit all the bases—you are wholly
entertained by a wide variety of writers with strong and unique
voices, there’s diversity in both style and substance, and you will
learn a lot. In short, she really knows how to pick ‘em.”
—Get on My Damn Level “This anthology’s contributors approach their
subjects with the nuanced understanding of a historian or
sociologist; rather than simply examining motive and opportunity,
they consider factors such as historical backdrops, personality
types, public perceptions, self-deception, gender, class, and
inequality. VERDICT: A thought-provoking volume, with accounts that
span continents and circumstances, that will appeal even to true
crime fans who have seen it all.”
—Library Journal “An enjoyable collection of strange but true tales
of unconventional lawbreakers, from the ‘Gentleman Bandit’ who went
to jail rather than see an innocent man imprisoned, the exploits of
the Ecuadorian Robin Hood, and the tangled web surrounding a
mysterious diamond robbery.”
—Choice Magazine UK “If you are into true crime, especially
bite-sized stories that are well-researched and well-written, this
book is for you.”
—Reading for Sanity Book Reviews
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