Therese Greenwood, Nominated for Best Crime Short Story

Therese Greenwood is nominated for Best Crime Short Story for her story, Hatcheck Bingo,  from The 13th Letter, A Mesdames and Messieurs of Mayhem Anthology, published by Carrick PublishingFort McMurray writer Therese Greenwood has been named a Finalist for the 2025 Award of Excellence for Best Short Story from the Crime Writers of Canada. It is Greenwood’s fourth nomination for Canada’s top mystery writing prize. Greenwood’s 2025 nomination is for “Hatchcheck Bingo,” a women-centred story set in the Prohibition era. Greenwood’s story appeared in Carrick Publishing’s 2024 crime fiction collection The Thirteenth Letter, (A , Mesdames and Messieurs of Mayhem anthology which is) nominated for a 2025 Derringer Award for Best Anthology.Therese’s short crime fiction has appeared across Canada and the U.S. and she won the 2019 Spur Award from the Western Writers of America for her story “Buck’s Last Ride” in Kill As You Go, her 2018 short story collection. She has co-edited two short crime fiction anthologies.Therese’s memoir of the Fort McMurray wildfire, What You Take With You: Wildfire, Family and the Road Home, was a Finalist for the 2020 Alberta Book Publishing Awards from The Book Publishers Association of Alberta (BPAA). Nominated in the Trade Non-fiction category, What You Take With You: Wildfire, Family and the Road Home was published by the University of Alberta Press. An eyewitness account of the Fort McMurray wildfire and evacuation, the book is also about the physical and emotional artifacts we carry with us in times of crisis.Therese has worked as a reporter and editor and spent a decade as a CBC Radio correspondent. Her feature stories and columns appear regularly in national news publications, and she is a frequent commentator on issues related to both wildfires and crime fiction. She has a Master’s degree in journalism.Learn more about Crime Writers of Canada at:  crimewriterscanada.comFind past video interviews  at: youtube.com/@crimewritersofcanada1279