The CWC is a professional organization for professional writers. Non-published writers are welcome as associate members.

Ottawa is a hot spot of Canadian crime writing, with perhaps the greatest concentration of active, involved, published crime writers anywhere.

Crime novels, it has been said, show the human psyche under pressure.

On a personal basis, when I decided to become a writer, about the last reason I did it was because I thought I'd meet interesting people and make new friends. But that has turned out to be the very best part.

Because the tribe is its members, the tribe is what its members want it to be—nothing more and nothing less.

I'm going to tell you this. As long as I don't hear another word about this organization or the members of this organization, I won't have another thought about this. And we'll move on.