Mitzi Szereto

Female

Greater London

United Kingdom

Profile Information:

Hometown:: Greater London, England
About Me:: Mitzi Szereto (mitziszereto.com) is an American-British author and anthology editor whose books encompass multiple genres, most recently in true crime with her popular series The Best New True Crime Stories. Her work also spans crime fiction, gothic fiction, horror, cozy mystery, satire, sci-fi/fantasy, literary erotic fiction, and general fiction and nonfiction. Her work has been translated into several languages. A contribution in her anthology Getting Even: Revenge Stories received the Crime Writers’ Association Short Story Dagger “Highly Commended.” She has the added distinction of being the editor of the first anthology of erotic fiction to include a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. Mitzi has appeared internationally on radio and television and at major literature festivals, and has taught creative writing around the world, including universities in the UK. In addition to having produced and presented the London-based web TV channel Mitzi TV, she portrays herself in the pseudo-documentary British film, Lint: The Movie. Her next book, Women Who Murder: An International Collection of Deadly True Crime Tales, will be published in 2024. Follow her on Twitter, Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, Threads, and Bluesky @MitziSzereto. Also on Mastodon and Spoutible.
I Am A:: Writer, Editor
Website:: http://mitziszereto.com
Books And Authors I Like:: "The God of Small Things" - Arundhati Roy
"Lolita" - Vladimar Nabokov
"Sputnik Sweetheart" by Haruki Murakami

Comment Wall:

Load Previous Comments

Craig McDonald

Thank you so much for the invite, Mitzi...

Jan 3, 2008
Donna Moore

Hi Mitzi - thanks for the invite. Nice list of favourite films!

Jan 4, 2008
Declan Burke

Hi Mitzi - Much obliged for the invite, I appreciate it. I see you've taught erotic fiction in the Greek islands ... I've just found my ideal holiday! It wasn't on the south coast of Crete, by any chance? Cheers, Dec

Jan 5, 2008
helen black

Hi.
Just noticed your pen name was Valentine which is the last name of my MC - Lilly Valentine.
Have got to work that in somehow - how could I resisit?
HB x

Jan 18, 2008
Mitzi Szereto

LOL! Well, I got it off Shirley Valentine. Is that even weirder yet??? x

Jan 18, 2008
Neil White

Thanks for the invite. It sounds like your book research has been a lot more interesting than mine!!

Jan 20, 2008
Neil White

I've got three dismembered corpses under my patio. Say no more.

Jan 20, 2008
Neil White

But still ......

Jan 20, 2008
A F Waddell

Hi Miz Mitzi . . . groovy to see you in the neighborhood!

Jan 20, 2008
Neil White

But still sounds more fun as research. Although I do like reading grisly accounts of murders, etc.

Jan 21, 2008
A F Waddell

Either that or you have a clone . . .

Jan 21, 2008
Neil White

Repressed northerner who has so far avoided, out of embarrassment, writing a "vivid" love scene and likely to to remain that way. I'd never be able to go into work again.

Jan 21, 2008
Mary Saums

Hi, Mitzi - Another Shirley Valentine fan! Nice to see you here.

Feb 4, 2008
Mitzi Szereto

LOL, yeah - and that 'Greek' fella and his 'fock'.

Feb 4, 2008
joe miller

Hi Mitzi,
Little Charlie is one of the many affections that I discovered running Blues & Jazz clubs in Atlanta. I've written for years, but started a Romance Suspense story last year which is my first serious project. Any advice for a rookie.

Joe

Feb 29, 2008
joe miller

That sounds like my dance move...LOL

Take care
Joe

Mar 1, 2008
L.J. Sellers

I'm starting to think you might enjoy my novel.

Mar 27, 2008
Mitzi Szereto

Why's that? I tend to shy away from sexy literature LOL!

Mar 28, 2008
Alison Bruce

Hi Mitzi,

I think you may cause a few ripples in the repressed bit of our wonderful country - go girl!

Alison x

May 20, 2008
Mitzi Szereto

LOL! Nah, they love me over here. I am so legitimate I've even been on the BBC's Asian Network twice! And I'm not even Asian! x

May 20, 2008
Jon McGoran as D. H. Dublin

Hey Mitzi,
Thanks for the invite, and for giving me an excuse to spend some time over here on Crimespace.
Jon

May 20, 2008
Earl Merkel

Hi, Mitzi-- many thanks for inviting me over.

--Earl Merkel

May 21, 2008
D K Gaston

Thanks for the invite Mitzi, always glad to make a new friend.

--DK

Aug 10, 2008
carole gill

thanks!
and erotic fairy tales, is that cool or what?
wow.

Aug 10, 2008
Naomi Hirahara

Getting even sounds fascinating!

Aug 10, 2008
carole gill

I'm going to get a copy!
and I'll tell you to reconfirm what I already suspect to be true.
you can spot cool a mile off sometimes!

Aug 10, 2008
carole gill

ooh! I say!
too much fondness for taste makes me too substantial (girth wise)!
but thanks!

Aug 11, 2008
Karen from AustCrime

Hi Mitzi - thanks for the friend invite - you've definitely got some memorable book titles there :)

Aug 11, 2008
Patricia Gulley

Hey, Mitzi, thanks for the invite.

Aug 12, 2008
Rhys Bowen

Thanks for inviting me, Mitzi.
I'm always glad to make contact with fellow Brits, even though I live in darkest California these days!

Aug 12, 2008
Charlotte Williamson

Mitzi,
Thanks for inviting me to be your Crimespace friend. I love London. It is such a fascinating city. And Big! So much to see and do. The flora in the Summertime is awesome. I want to go back one of these days. I love watching the British mystery series on American television. Especially Inspector Lynnly, the 8th Earl of Aston. (His television personna)
Charlotte Williamson

Aug 12, 2008
Thomas O'Callaghan

Hello der! How be da bare? ~ thomas

Aug 12, 2008
Charlotte Williamson

Mitzi,
Yeah, the exchange rate was pretty bad when we were over there.
You bio is very impressive. I can only hope to garner a very small amount of the achievements that you have. I got a start on writing late in life. (It was "okay, I'm retired, bored and what can I do now.") My youth was spent busily rearing a husband and two children. I didn't get career-oriented until my early forties, when I became a Deputy Sheriff (Of course, I was still fit-as-a-fiddle and had energy to burn)
Charlotte

Aug 13, 2008
Charlotte Williamson

I've got a lot to say. I just hope I'm around for another 30 years or so, so I can write about it. It's a good thing most writer's areen't in it to make money. It's just the fun of it. Of course, getting paid for what you write is a bonus. I'm tryingto get your BBC podcast.
Charlotte

Aug 19, 2008
Mitzi Szereto

I know - there's never enough time! Or money! :-(

Aug 19, 2008
Anne Brooke

Thanks for the add, Mitzi - good to meet you here as well.

Axxx

Aug 26, 2008
robert walker

Hello Mitzi, got a "cryptic" message that you and I ought to be linked here, and I'm all for it. I enjoyed touring your site on Crimepreeeee. Just put up a new blog at my site on "Yeah, but is it Publishable?"
Rob Walker

Sep 1, 2008
Austin S. Camacho

Thanks for the add, Mitzi. I admit I'm not familiar with your work but, as it turns out, my wife is! Hmmmm...

Sep 1, 2008
J.R. Lindermuth

Nice meeting you, Mitzi.

Sep 1, 2008
Liam

You've a great name there, Mitzi. Pleasure to add you among the chosen few.

Sep 1, 2008
Wilfred Bereswill

Thanks for the add, Mitzi

Sep 1, 2008
Angela

Thanks to a comment of yours, I realized that I had been commenting to myself as well!

Sep 5, 2008
J. Michael Jenne

Dear Mitzi,

In searching my family origins, I've gone back to 1584 Scrooby England, and 1066, " The Battle Of Hastings." I tried to hit your web site but couldn't connect. If you Email me direct, I have some information that might interest you.

Sincerely,

J. Michael Jenne

jmjenne214@yahoo.com

Sep 6, 2008
JILLIAN ALEXIS

It's very nice to meet you Mitzi. I hope we shall become good friends. Take care...Jillian

Oct 8, 2008
JILLIAN ALEXIS

Hi Mitzi. You had a rough weekend too huh? Just remember that...THIS TOO SHALL PASS. Have a great week...Hugz...Jillian

Oct 15, 2008
Laura L. Cooper

Thanks for the friend invite. Sorry for the late reply. Interesting page, and I especially like the cover of GETTING EVEN.

Dec 24, 2008
Cormac Brown

Thank you for accepting my invite and Happy New Year!

Jan 2, 2009
Miriam Pia

Mitzi,

I know it has been a long time, but thank you. I have just started a writing contract for a man who lives there in London....and you know I am one of the Writers Bureau writers.

Your projects seem impressive to me. Last week, two more outlets for my second novel have emerged but neither is the rather more obvious - many copies mailed out to publishers. I have no idea why not. I don't know if there is any connection with my handedness issue and having difficulty with something that is supposed to be easy or what.

How was your BBC thing?

Thanks so much,
Miriam Pia
Larrison
Okrongli
Smith
author/ess of: An Adventure in Indianapolis

Aug 28, 2009
Copper Smith

Wow!
You've been busy. Thanks for the friendship.

Jun 9, 2010
Henry R Thompson

Sorry, I thought you had it spelled different on your face book page. My mistake, sri.

Oct 13, 2010