ABOUT
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Dingwall’s second novel, Celtic Curse, also featuring amateur sleuth, Yvonne Suarez, was published in 2013. It is a cold-case mystery set in Scotland and has received excellent industry reviews. Both books won the High Country Book of the Year Awards for Fiction in their respective years published. Dingwall’s third Yvonne Suarez Travel Mystery, Toxic Cruise, is set on a ship cruising the Western Caribbean and was published in the fall of 2016. Her latest endeavor is set closer to home in Washington, DC. and is currently on the back burner as she works on a different novel.
Dingwall is a member of Mystery Writers of America, Sisters in Crime, and Florida Writers Association. In December 2015, Dingwall founded the Florida Gulf Coast chapter of Sisters in Crime. She was elected as their first President and served from 2016-2018. In 2020 she accepted the Presidency again from July to December as the current President was unable to finish her term. She currently serves as their Membership Chairperson. |
Writing Awards• 2011 High Country Book of the Year for Mystery Fiction: Hera's Revenge
• 2013 High Country Book of the Year for Mystery Fiction: Celtic Curse Publishing Awards• North Carolina Historical Society’s Clark Cox Award for Fiction
• Communication Arts Award for Excellence in Cover Design • John Esten Cooke Award for Historical Fiction given by the Military Stars and Bars • Various High Country Writers’ Awards |
Memberships Initiator/Co-founder of the Florida Gulf Coast chapter of Sisters in Crime; President 2016-2018,
Mystery Writers of America Florida Writers Association Florida Authors and Publishers |
Professional Notables• Developer and Presenter of Author's Handbook for Marketing
Moderator/Panelist at Barnes & Noble, Agatha Christie's Birthday, Continued event as Presenter at Fruitville Library. 2019 Moderator/Panelist at Barnes & Noble's Agatha Christie's Birthday Celebration. Continued event as Presenter at Gulf Gate Library. 2018 Panelist at Bouchercon, St. Petersburg, FL "Interesting Day Jobs Lead to Interesting Stories." 2018 Speaker at Sarasota Fiction Writers, "Don't Wing It, Build Strong Scenes." 2017 Moderator/Panelist, Inspire Sarasota, Mysteries to Die For, Selby Library, 2016 Moderator/Panelist, Sisters Sizzle in Sarasota with Barnes & Noble and Gulf Gate Library 2016 Moderator at the Murder Goes South Mystery Panel at High Country Festival of the Book in 2013 Facilitator for dialogue workshop at the May We Write Conference in 2007 2 Panels on Publishing at the Cape Fear Crime Festival in 2006• |