The staff of the Mysterious Bookshop in NYC pushed back against store owner Otto Penzler’s criticism of the Mystery Writers of America’s withdrawal of honoring Linda Fairstein as Grand Master. The store account posted on Twitter on Tuesday morning, “Let it be known that the Mysterious Bookshop staff in no way supports the letter that the Mysterious Bookshop’s owner sent to the MWA earlier this week.” Charles Perry, the store’s marketing coordinator, added to PL, “I don’t think there’s much more to say except that we were disappointed to see him use the store as a political platform.” Penzler’s letter […]
