Writers’ Organizations:
Romance Writers of America – www.rwanational.org
Toronto Romance Writers – www.torontoromancewriters.com
Sisters in Crime – www.sistersincrime.org
Mystery Writers of America – www.mysterywriters.org
Publishers and Agents:
Avon Books – www.harpercollins.com
Ballantine, Bantam, Dell – www.randomhouse.com
Berkley/NAL – www.penguinputnam.com
Harlequin/Silhouette Books – www.eharlequin.com
Tor/Forge Books – www.tor.com
Leisure Books – www.dorchesterpub.com
St. Martin’s Press – www.stmartins.com
Association of Author Representatives – www.aar-online.org
Preditors and Editors – www.anotherealm.com/prededitors/
Mystery/Suspense Links (for those who write crime, espionage, and medical thrillers):
FBI – www.fbi.gov
CIA – www.cia.gov
Drug Enforcement Administration – www.dea.gov
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms – www.atf.treas.gov
US Secret Service – www.secretservice.gov
Centers for Disease Control – www.cdc.gov
US Treasury Dept. – www.treas.gov
Forensic Links:
Forensic information – agrippina.bcs.deakin.edu.au/bcs_courses/forensic/Chemical%20Detective/forensic_science.htm
Zeno’s Forensic Science Site – forensic.to/forensic.html
Firearms – www-medlib.med.utah.edu/WebPath/TUTORIAL/GUNS/GUNINTRO.html
This site offers information on guns, ballistics, gunshot residue and tissue injury
Forensic science – www.cyberbee.com/whodunnit/crime.html
This site is for children, but has easy-to-understand information on fingerprinting, bite analysis, and evidence collection
Bloodspatter Analysis Tutorial – www.bloodspatter.com/BPATutorial.htm
Bloodspatter Analysis Software – Free Demo – www.physics.carleton.ca/~carter
Criminal Profiling – www.criminalprofiling.ch/
This is a Swiss site, but gives an overview of the types of killers, women in crime, etc.