Debra H. Goldstein

Cozy Mystery Holiday Event 2024
2024-12-14 15:00 - 15:30 (America/Chicago)
The Cozy Mystery Holiday Group’s 2024 Event will take place over two weekends: December 7-8 and December 13-15. Debra’s cozy takeover will be from 3:00-3:30 EST on Saturday, December 14.

Murder in the Magic City - February 1, 2025
2025-02-01
Debra will be a panelist at Murder in the Magic City on Saturday, February 1, 2025, at 9:50 a.m, at the Homewood Library. Tickets and more information can be obtained from http://www.mmcmysteryconference.com/

Murder on the Menu - February 2, 2025
2025-02-02
On February, 2, 2025, in Wetumpka, Alabama, Debra will be a Murder on the Menu panelist. Murder on the Menu is sponsored by the Friends of the Wetumpka library. For more details: https://www.wetumpkaal.gov/221/Upcoming-Murder-on-the-Menu .

With Our Bellies Full and the Fire Dying - NOW Available for pre-order
2025-02-04
With Our Bellies Full and the Fire Dying, a collection of eighteen of Debra’s award-winning short mysteries, from cozy to dark, centering around family and friends, their sins and their sometimes redemption, is available for pre-order. It releases in print and e-book from White City Press on February 4.

With Our Bellies Full and the Fire Dying - February 4
2025-02-04
With Our Bellies Full and the Fire Dying is available from White City Press (https://whitecitypress.com/product/fire/MM/8) and wherever you find quality books and e-books.

Meet the Author with Debra H. Goldstein - March 11
2025-03-11 19:00 - 20:00
Please join us on Tuesday, March 11th from 7:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. PT as Debra talks about her newest book, With Our Bellies Full and the Fire Dying, a collection of her short stories.
Judge Debra H. Goldstein left the bench to follow her passion for writing mysteries. She is also the author of Kensington’s Sarah Blair mystery series, and two standalone novels: IPPY award winning Maze in Blueand Should Have Played Poker: a Carrie Martin and the Mah Jongg Players Mystery. Her writings have won Silver Falchion, IPPY, AWC, and BWR awards, and been named Agatha, Anthony, and Derringer finalists. Debra serves on the national boards of Sisters in Crime and was previously on the Mystery Writers of America board and president of the Guppy and SEMWA chapters.
You can purchase With Our Bellies Full and the Fire Dying here.
You can follow Debra at the following links:
Website: https://www.debrahgoldstein.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DebraHGoldsteinAuthor
Twitter: @DebraHGoldstein
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/debrahgoldstein/
Bookbub: https://www.bookbub.com/profile/debra-h-goldstein
Bluesky: @debrahgoldstein.bsky.social

Sleuths Just Wanna Have Fun: Private Eyes in the Materialistic Eighties – April 14
2025-04-14
Sleuths Just Wanna Have Fun: Private Eyes in the Materialistic Eighties releases on April 14 from Down & Out Books. The anthology contains Debra’s story, “Who Shot J.R.?”

Opera Dinner Club Anything But Murder: Larceny and Lies - April 15
2025-04-15
Opera Dinner Club will appear in the anthology, Anything But Murder: Larceny and Lies
Prefer to read your mysteries?
Check out Larceny and Lies, the anthology of the eleven stories from the first half of the season. The e-book is formatted with the deliberation so you can lock in your suspect. The print book is beautifully formatted with space to jote notes and check off clues.
Inspect all of our books on our Anthologies page.
Mysteries. It’s not just what you read…it’s what you do!
Releasing April 15, 2025

Mysteries to Die For Podcast - S8 E7: OPERA DINNER CLUB by Debra H. Goldstein – April 18
2025-04-18 13:30 - 14:30
The podcast of Debra’s short story, Opera Dinner Club, will drop on Mysteries to Die for hosted by TG Wolff and Jack Wolff
Jessica Rothman is close to discovering who betrayed her grandparents, Helen and Wilhelm Rothman, to the Nazi’s but she needs our help to figure out who from the final dinner party betrayed them. Here is the list, in the order we met them:
– Melinda Brooks, smuggler, last of the party remaining
– Albert Brooks, professor, opposed to Melinda’s activities
– Lloyd Edgerton, armament dealer, opposed to Victoria’s activities
– Victoria Edgerton, smuggler, Melinda’s usual partner
– Marta Schmidt, servant to Helen’s parents, now living with the Rothmans
– Hans Schmidt, servant to Helen’s parents, now living with the Rothmans
– Bernard Schmidt, son to the Schmidts, working at times as a servant to the Rothmans
– Ari, Jewish man working to get children out of Austria

Malice Domestic – April 24-27 – Bethesda, MD
2025-04-25 15:00 - 15:50
Debra will be moderating the Influencers in the Cozy Community panel featuring Heather Harrisson, Tiffany Gullion-krieg, Dru Ann Love, and Joanna Campbell Slan on Friday, April 25 from 3-3:50 p.m. in the Glen Echo room.

Sleuthfest – May 15-18 – St. Petersburg, FL
2025-05-15 - 2025-05-18
Debra will be teaching a master class on “Conflict.”

ShortCon – June 7 – Alexandria, VA
2025-06-07
Debra will be attending a special workshop for short story authors.

Triangle Sisters in Crime – August 9
2025-08-09
Triangle Sisters in Crime Chapter will host Debra on Zoom to teach a “Conflict” workshop.

Killer Nashville – August 21-24 – Nashville TN
2025-08-21 - 2025-08-24
Debra, a former Silver Falchion winner, will be a panelist on several craft related panels.

AWC Conference – September 12-14 – Orange Beach, AL
2025-09-12 - 2025-09-14
Valerie Burns and Debra will teach a workshop on “The Long and Short of Writing Fiction: How to write long, short, and sell it!”

Irondale Public Library Grand Opening - October 11 - Irondale, AL
2025-10-11
Debra will be the featured adult author at the October 11 Irondale Public Library Grand Opening. After the ribbon-cutting ceremony, she will be signing books from 10 a.m. to noon.

Ezra and the Frat Boys
2025-11-20 15:44
Sisters in Crime’s Desert Sleuths chapter releases So West: Danger Awaits. The anthology includes Debra’s short story, “Ezra and the Frat Boys.”

December 7 – Cozy Mystery Party Holiday Facebook Event– 12:30-1:00 p.m. (EST)
2025-12-07 12:30 - 13:00
Debra will be joining 126 other authors for the annual Cozy Mystery Party Holiday Facebook Event. Because of the number of authors involved, it will take place over two weekends – December 5-7 and 12-14. Debra will be featured from 12:30-1:00 p.m. https://www.facebook.com/groups/cozymysteryparty

December 9 – “Candy Cane on the Case”
2025-12-09
Debra’s private eye story, “Candy Cane on the Case, is the lead story in Crimeucopia: The Not So Frail Private Detective Agency anthology.

Left Coast Crime – February 27-29, 2026
2026-02-27 - 2026-02-28
Debra will be appearing on the “Labels: Cozy, Traditional, Suspense, or Thriller?” on Saturday, February 28 at 2:45 p.m.

Dahlonega Literary Festival - March 7, 2026 – Holly Theatre
2026-03-07
https://www.literaryfestival.org/next-lit-festival
The one-day festival features 19 authors appearing on six different panels at the historic Holly Theatre in Dahlonega. Debra will be part of the mystery author panel at 9:00 a.m.

Malice Domestic – April 24-28, 2026
2026-04-24 - 2026-04-28

Noir at the Bar – Elaine’s Literary Salon – June 5, 2026 – 6-9 p.m.
2026-06-05 18:00 - 21:00
Debra will be a featured reader (reading a very special new short story)
Elaine’s Restaurant, 208 Queen Street – Alexandria, Virginia

Short Con – June 6, 2026
2026-06-06 07:30 - 18:00
Debra will be attending the one-day premiere short story conference – 7:30 a.m.- 6 p.m. – Elaine’s Restaurant, 208 Queen Street- Alexandria, Virginia

Sisters in Crime Worldwide – SINC into Great Writing – October 3, 2026
2026-10-03
Debra will be hosting this year’s SinC Virtual Writing Conference. Check back for featured authors.

Bouchercon 2026
2026-10-21 - 2026-10-26
Calgary, Canada – October 21-26, 2026
