Friday |
Time |
Pavilion 1 & 2 |
Pavilion 3 |
Pavilion 4 |
Pavilion 5 |
Pavilion 6 |
7:15-8:45 AM |
Meet the New Authors Breakfast — Planned by Mike Befeler; Hosted by Les & Leslie Blatt (Pavilion Center) sponsored by Sisters in Crime
All convention registrants welcome, seating limited. |
9:00-9:45 AM |
Guest of Honor Catriona McPherson interviewed by Kristopher Zgorski (Pavilion 6)
followed by signing in Pavilion 6 |
10:15-11:00 AM |
Lefty Debut Award Nominees
Lucinda Surber (M)
Marco Carocari
Mia P. Manansala
Wanda M. Morris |
How Cozy Is Cozy?
Becky Clark (M)
Jenny Andersen
Colin Conway
Julia Henry/Julie Hennrikus
Kelly Garrett/Emmeline Duncan
|
Keeping Things Fresh: Avoiding Clichés & Tropes
Lance Charnes (M)
Baer Charlton
Jason Pinter
Linda Sands
Alexandra Sokoloff |
Weaving Political & Social Themes into Mysteries
Nina Simon (M)
Alistair Kimble
Terry Shames
Clea Simon |
|
11:30-12:15 PM |
Lefty Best Novel Nominees
Oline Cogdill (M)
Tracy Clark
Matt Coyle
William Kent Krueger |
Multimedia Murder: Escape from the Page
T.E. (Thena) MacArthur (M)
Dale Berry
David Boop
Shaun Harris
CJ Verburg |
Thrillers
Libby Fischer Hellmann (M)
Kris Calvin
Joan Golden
Mike Lawson
David Heska Wanbli Weiden |
Wonder Women: Strong Female Protagonists
Julie Holmes (M)
Tori Eldridge
Margaret Mizushima
Linda L. Richards
Faye Snowden |
|
12:15-1:30 PM |
Lunch Break (on your own) |
1:30-2:15 PM |
Lefty Humorous Nominees
Janet Rudolph (M)
Ellen Byron/Maria DiRico
Jennifer Chow
Cynthia Kuhn
Raquel V. Reyes
Wendall Thomas |
Where To Start: Plot? Character? Setting? Coffee?
Mark Stevens (M)
Jordan Harper
Anne Hillerman
Claire Johnson
Carl Vonderau |
Murder All Over the Map
Kathy McIntosh (M)
Annamaria Alfieri
Dominic Martell
Sujata Massey
Gigi Pandian
|
Scene-Stealing Secondary Characters
Robert Lopresti (M)
Greg Herren
Laurie R. King
Karen Odden
Bonnar Spring |
|
2:45-3:30 PM |
Writing Characters Who Aren’t Like Me
Kristopher Zgorski (M)
John Copenhaver
Craig Robertson
Clea Simon
Matt Witten |
Let's Keep It Short (Fiction): Cozies to Noir
Lisa Q. Mathews (M)
Alicia Gaspar de Alba
Madeleine Harris-Callway
Vera HC Chan
Gay Toltl Kinman |
Crime in Rural Settings
Shannon Baker (M)
Susan Alice Bickford
Claire Booth
Gwen Florio
Travis Richardson
|
Spies: Official & Otherwise
Oline Cogdill (M)
Rhys Bowen
Lance Charnes
Mick Herron
Erica Ruth Neubauer |
|
4:00-4:45 PM |
A Dickens of a Time: Our Best and Worst Moments
Catriona McPherson (M)
Tracy Clark
Leslie Karst
Jess Lourey
Wendall Thomas |
Alternate Paths to Publishing
David Schlosser (M)
Michelle Cox
Terry Odell
Gregory Randall
M. Rebecca Wildsmith |
Small Town Crime
Pam Clark (M)
Leslie Budewitz/Alicia Beckman
John McMahon
Terry Shames
Heather Young |
Writing for the Screen
Rosemary Lord (M)
Steve Brewer
Bill Fitzhugh
Lee Goldberg
Lee Matthew Goldberg
|
|
5:15-6:00 PM |
Toastmaster Kellye Garrett interviewed by David Heska Wanbli Weiden (Pavilion 6)
followed by signing in Pavilion 6 |
6:00-7:30 PM |
Dinner Break (on your own) |
7:30-8:30 PM |
Tony Hillerman Event hosted by Anne Hillerman and James McGrath Morris (Pavilion 6) |