Bouchercon 2014 Schedule

Bouchercon is the largest of the crime fiction fan conventions, and this year it is being held in Long Beach, California. I hope you'll plan to attend! Click here for information on registration, accommodations, programming and more.

November 12 
I'm starting that week as the coordinator of Sisters in Crime's SinC into Great Writing workshop, which this year is an all-day forensic science program that is available for $50 for members of the organization.  If you aren't a member, join for $40 and you'll still get a great deal. I posted about the event here and will have more to say about the event this week.

Here are the panels I'll be on:
November 15
On Saturday at 1:30 PM, "Getting it Right: How Authors Make Sure the Details Are Correct."
The moderator is Chris Aldrich and other panelists are Reed Farrel Coleman, Julia Dahl, Roger Hobbs, and Tammy Kaehler.

November 16
On Sunday at 10:00 AM "Do You Write What You Know? A Conversation About Research and Thinking Beyond the Everyday." Our moderator is Janet Rudolph and other panelists are Barry Eisler,  Laurie R. King, and Elaine Viets.

Come to the Military Book Fair!

Today I drove to San Diego to meet with family and friends, and to drop off a donation of books for the upcoming Military Book Fair.  I hope you'll be able to join me for this event, which will be held on the U.S.S. Midway Museum on 

Saturday, November 8th 9:00-5:00 PM

Get full details here:

http://www.militarybookfair.org/event.html

Admission: free with admission to the U.S.S. Midway Museum, which is $10 for San Diegans, and $20 or less for others. See this site for the ticket prices (and buy tickets online and save:) 

http://www.midway.org/hours-tickets

I'll be on a panel at 10:00 AM with J.T. Ellison, T. Jefferson Parker, Charles Todd, Bob Hamer, and Andrew Peterson. Our Panel Master is W. Craig Reed.

Iris Johansen, Catherine Coulter, James Rollins, Dale Brown, Ted Bell, Grant Blackwood, D.P. Lyle, and Andrew Kaplan are among the many other authors who will be there, along with some amazing veterans, Navy Seals and Marines.

You can help veterans, meet some of your favorite authors, and more! Plus, you get to tour the Midway Museum! 

All Kinds of News! 3 Stories and 2 Events

Until April 14, 2014, you can read Caught Red-Handed for free! 
Pocket Books is offering the opportunity to read this ebook, which contains a new short story about Frank Harriman, for free on their XOXO After Dark site for a limited time.  Click here to read more about the book and to read it free.

Apprehended, the next ebook in this series, is now available for $1.99.  Apprehended includes "The Unacknowledged," a new Irene Kelly short story.  Click here to learn more about it!

Another new short story, "Stepping Into the Dead Zone," appears in Games Creatures Play, edited by Charlaine Harris and Toni L.P. Kelner will be available on April 1. This anthology brings the supernatural together with games and sports. I chose Dodgeball. I will be blogging soon about this story. 

I'll be participating in the North Carolina Literary Festival.

First, on Friday, April 4 at 8:00 PM, I'll be one of the storytellers at The Monti. The other storytellers  include R.L. Stine, Davey Wreden, Jami Attenberg, and Karen Fowler.Visit the site to learn more and purchase a ticket ($15).

Then, on Saturday, April 5 at 12:15 PM, at I'll join Cat Warren, Deborah Blum, and Lisa Mayhew for the Forensics Panel at the North Carolina Literary Festival. Visit this site for more information and to see what else is happening at the festival.  This event is free and open to the public. 

Places I'll be, things you can read, good stuff to listen to

Having enjoyed my weekend with the Baker Street Irregulars and Forensic Fest with Orange County Sisters in Crime, I thought I'd let you know some of the places I'll be over the next few months.  More will be added as details are confirmed!

Wednesday, March 19, 2014
Left Coast Crime 2014 Writing Workshop (I'm teaching with Jerrilyn Farmer)
Portola Hotel & Spa
Two Portola Plaza
Monterey, CA 93940

(Please note that space is limited -- register now!)

March 20-23, 2014

Left Coast Crime 2014 -- Calamari Crime

Portola Hotel & Spa
Two Portola Plaza
Monterey, CA 93940

Saturday, March 29, 2014, 8:45 AM to 4:00 PM

OC Sisters in Crime's Ladies of Intrigue 

Huntington Beach Hotel  (near Bella Terra Shopping Center)

7667 Center Avenue

Huntington Beach, CA 92647

April, 2014

North Carolina Literary Festival – more information soon!

June 6-7, 2014

A Scintillation of Scions VII

Hilton Garden Inn, Baltimore/Arundel Mills

7491 New Ridge Rd

Hanover, MD 21076

July 8-12, 2014

ThrillerFest/CraftFest 

Grand Hyatt New York

109 E 42nd Street (at Grand Central Terminal)

New York, NY 10017

November 13-16, 2014

Bouchercon 2014

Hyatt Regency Long Beach

200 S Pine Ave

Long Beach, CA 90802

And if you haven't already ordered my new ebooks, such as Caught Red-Handed, available now, remember that you get four stories for $1.99, including a new story about Frank Harriman in this first book, and a new one about Irene Kelly in Apprehended. (Apprehended will be available March 17, but can be preordered now.)

Finally, I hope you've visited Crime and Science Radio's site and listened to the ten shows we've already posted there.  You can listen to them free a number of ways: from the site, on BlogTalkRadio, from Suspense Magazine's site, or via iTunes (under podcasts, use the search term "Crime and Science Radio Suspense" and the free download options will come appear).  

To name a few of the interviews you'll find there: Marcia Clark on legal matters; Leslie S. Klinger on Sherlock Holmes and Forensic Science; Deborah Blum on The Poisoner's Handbook, Cat Warren on What the Dog Knows: The Science and Wonder of Working Dogs; David Corbett on being a private eye; Katherine Ramsland on The Devil's Dozen, the psychology of serial killers; Jefferson Bass, aka Dr. William Bass and Jon Jefferson, on forensic anthropology; and next weekend, Dean Giamalas, director of the crime lab for the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department.  We also post additional links for further information.

I've loved doing this show with DP Lyle, MD and Suspense Magazine Radio.  I hope you'll give it a try!  

Corona Library Today!

Don't worry, I haven't forgotten about Puddin'head Wilson.  Just tied up with writing the next book and work for Crime & Science Radio.

Today I'll have my last public appearance for the year (and most of the beginning of 2014).  I'll be at the Corona Public Library at 2 PM.

Here's the address:
650 S. Main St, Corona, CA 

I'll be in the High Desert Room.

See you there!

News and so on...

Just returned home from two back-to-back family trips, one the tri-annual reunion of the Moriarty family (yes, fellow Sherlockians, I am aware -- there is also a John Watson in the family tree), the other to visit my husband's family near Buffalo.  I have been working even on the road, but on this day of laundry and washing out a suitcase attacked by a loose tube of toothpaste (yes, we usually put such things in plastic bags, etc.) and sorting through mail, I have looked up and seen that I am again long overdue in posting here.

So some news, with more to come:

I've written a supernatural story for a new collection edited by Charlaine Harris and Toni L.P. Kelner, Games Creatures Play.  The story I wrote is about dodgeball and stolen children -- in the sense of those taken by the fae -- read the haunting W.B. Yeats poem, "The Stolen Child" to see what I mean.  These lines from the poem

Come away, O human child!
To the waters and the wild
With a faery, hand in hand,
For the world's more full of weeping than you can understand.

are quoted in the story, which (mostly) takes place during the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962.

As we get closer to the pub date of April 2014, I'll have more to say, a picture of the cover art, and so on -- but since anthologies can be hard to find if you wait too late to order, I thought I'd give you a heads up now.


I've recently completed a story about Frank Harriman.  When you read it, you'll get to see Frank as a rookie, just before he meets Irene.  As soon as I have word from my publisher, I'll let you know when it will be available.

Other stories are listed on the short story page of my Website.

Events:

I will be speaking at the Orange County Sisters in Crime meeting on July 28th.

On October 19th I'll be at the Forensic Foray sponsored by the Arctic Cliffhangers, the Alaska Chapter of Sisters in Crime.

Next year, in March I'll be at Left Coast Crime 2014.  Jerrilyn Farmer and I will be teaching the Writing Workshop there, which has limited space available -- sign up now.

And in November, I'll be at Bouchercon in Long Beach, California!

Photo credit: Scott Liddell http://www.scottliddell.com

Holy Smoke

I can't believe I haven't posted here since December.  Every time I come to this page thinking it has only been a few weeks since I posted something, I'm reminded that just thinking about doing something does not get it done.  Now in a better ordered world, there would be hardworking author elves, but alas...

So a few notes and a little news:

My newest story, "The Amiable Miss Edith Montague," appears in Mystery Writers of America Presents The Mystery Box, edited by Brad Meltzer.  This anthology is available now in hardcover, paperback, and ebook editions.

I enjoyed seeing Brad, R.L. Stine, James O. Born, and many of the other contributors at The Mysterious Bookshop in New York for the launch of the anthology.  The event was SRO -- here's Brad on a ladder talking to the crowd about the book.  The camera does not capture how gracious he's being.  Brad writes dynamite thrillers, hosts an intriguing television show (History Channel's Decoded), and is an Eisner Award-winning comic book author.  Yeah, yeah, yeah.  He's also one of the most generous people I know in a generous community of writers (my genre rocks) and gives back in so many ways.  For example, through this charity.

The launch took place during Edgars Week, at the end of which Mystery Writers of America gave out the Edgar Awards at a ceremony held at the Grand Hyatt.  This year, I handed a Raven Award to the most deserving Mysterious Galaxy Bookstore, which also celebrated its 20th anniversary this month.  I am so happy that MWA has named Charlaine Harris as its new president!

At the banquet I was seated with Leslie S. Klinger and friends, among them Brian Skupin and Kate Stine of Mystery Scene.

Thinking of Sherlockian friends, I just realized, to my dismay, that this dearth of posts means I have not yet talked about the thrill of being "given a shilling" by the Baker Street Irregulars.  That must have a post of its own!

You may have read in the New York Times that in March I had the honor of officiating at the wedding of Twist Phelan and Jack Chapple.   Twist, who won the Thriller Award for her short story "A Stab in the Heart," has a new story in the July 2013 issue of Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, "Footprints in Water."  You can read an excerpt from it here.

Tim and I also had loads of fun at Left Coast Crime in Colorado Springs, a well-organized conference.  Have you signed up for LCC in Monterey next year?

I also see I missed posting about another adventure which deserves a post of its own, my appearance (is it an appearance on radio?) on The Dinner Party Show in December.  I was on the program with Marcia Clark and hosts Christopher Rice and Eric Shaw Quinn.  It's a cross between a riot and a royal banquet.  A particularly hilarious riot/banquet.  You can listen to our episode online here.

Ways to keep up with me during the long wait between days when I say, "I need to blog" and the days when I actually blog?

Twitter:  @jan_burke

I'm on Facebook, and I now have a fan Page on Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/WriterJanBurke

And I usually tweet every weekday for @crimelabproject

Oh, and yes, I am writing a book and finishing a short story.  The book is a standalone novel, the short story is about Frank Harriman.  More news...well, if not soon, eventually!

This and that

"Almost Midnight" by Grafixar from morguefile.com 

Collected end of the year notes...

I've posted over on the Crime Lab Project's blog, on the topic of forensic science as a local matter and the need to take action at that level.  I hope you'll take the time to read it.

I have some exciting news that I can't quite announce yet, but hope to give you near the start of the New Year.  Sorry for the tease.  Can't help myself.


January is dedicated to writing, although I will be getting out of the house a couple of times for literary events.  I am so honored and pleased to be returning to the Baker Street Irregulars and Friends Weekend in January in New York City.  Several of the events scheduled for this "annual gathering of the oldest Literary Society dedicated to Sherlock Holmes" are open to the public.

On Saturday, January 26, from 11 AM to 4 PM I'll be part of the "Mystery on the Menu Luncheon" at 
the Cerritos Library.  This event sells out quickly, so visit the library's site to purchase a ticket.


As some of you know, we lost our beloved Belgian Shepherd, Britches, at the beginning of November.  He was eighteen, which is very old for his breed, and every one of those years was one we are thankful for.  He was a big sweet, wonderful dog.

Jan with Britches as a pup. Photo by Steven Cvar.

Wylie, our younger dog, was lonely and mopey without him, and we believe that in general dogs are happier when they are in a household with at least one other dog.

Wylie ©2011 by Jan Burke

So we adopted a one-year-old shepherd mix we've named Jolie (you can hear it pronounced here) from the Seal Beach Animal Care Center, a wonderful facility.  She a sweet and happy soul, and we love this new addition to our family.

Jolie ©  2012 by Jan Burke.

 One last thing before I go back to work on my manuscript -- thank you.  Thank you so much for your interest in my work, for buying the books and coming to signings and events, for telling your friends about them.  I deeply appreciate it!  I hope that 2013 brings you all the best.

The Baker Street Irregulars Weekend!

I'm so looking forward to a special set of events to be held in New York City next month, as the Baker Street Irregulars meet to celebrate the 159th Birthday of Sherlock Holmes.  I attended last year (and return) thanks in large part to my friend Leslie S. Klinger, whose amazing New Annotated Sherlock Holmes has provided me with many hours of pleasure and loads of new information about Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes novels and stories.  I will add that these three volumes make a terrific gift for anyone who loves Sherlock Holmes.

I'll be reviewing mine over the next few weeks, happily preparing for this set of events.  Most are open to all Sherlockians.  Some, like the Baker Street Babes charity ball, are already sold out, but check out the BSI Weekend site for the full list of celebrations.

Malice Domestic Will Be Here Soon!

I'm so excited about Malice Domestic!

I'm the Guest of Honor this year, but I'm also excited because Simon Brett, whom I greatly admire, will be given the Lifetime Achievement Award.  Elizabeth Peters, Dana Cameron, Lee Goldberg, and fan Ruth Sickafus are among those who will be honored, and there will be a special remembrance of the late Tony Hillerman.

Malice Domestic will be held in Bethesda, Maryland, April 27-29, 2012.  Click here for more information:
http://www.malicedomestic.org/index.html

Left Coast Crime!

I'm excited about Left Coast Crime, which will be held in Sacramento next week, March 29-April 1, 2012.  I hope to see you there!


The convention attendees have honored Disturbance with a nomination for the Golden Nugget, an award given for best mystery novel set in California -- many thanks!


The registration fee for the full convention ($225) includes a banquet/awards ceremony, reception, and breakfast. This year's program includes a writing workshop on Thursday, available for an additional charge.  Day passes are also available.


To learn more or to register, please visit http://www.leftcoastcrime.org/2012/

To Continue...the Journey to Cedron

Of course I intended that many weeks ago, I would publish more about my Missouri adventures, and tell you what I saw over that rise.

Sigh.  real life intervenes.

Anyway, here's what was just over that rise, viewed though a rain-splattered windsheild:

This is Assumption Catholic Church, in Cedron, Missouri.  This lovely little church, built in 1838, is no longer an active parish.  But the church and its cemetery are being maintained through the efforts of a devoted local group.

Thanks to their efforts, I was able to visit the grave of Lorenz Weingartner, my great-great grandfather.  Part of the excitement of this discovery was the ability to confirm bits and pieces of information about him gathered from my family, and to correct some of our errors.

But most of all, I was grateful to see a place where my ancestors had gathered and sought the comforts of their faith together, a place where some of them probably met their future spouses, where they were wed, where their children were baptized, and where, as with Lorenz Weingartner, they were laid to rest.  I had the chance to think of their courage in leaving their own families Germany, crossing the Atlantic, and then half the U.S..  They settled in western Missouri and started farms there.

The area where my family lived is beautiful.  It's not far from the Missouri River, near the Lewis and Clark Trail.  My thanks again to the Cedron Church preservationists — without them, it is unlikely I would have ever had those peaceful moments in Cedron.

Another adventure begins: part 1

First, a few notes re St. Louis.  Bouchercon was loads of fun. I want to thank the fans and volunteers who made this a great convention. Special thanks to those of you who took the time to come to see me on panels or in the book room signings! It was so good to see so many of my friends and colleagues. These conventions always make me feel deeply grateful for the friendships I've formed with my fellow writers.

Today, after leaving Bouchercon, I began a different kind of adventure.

I decided to set out on a journey that I've been wanting to take for many years now, a journey in search of family history.  

 Over 160 years ago, some of my ancestors left Germany and settled in western Missouri, and I have long wanted to see the area where they lived in the early 19th century, and to try to discover more about them.

I learned the name of what I thought was the town where my great grandfather was born.  I also learned the name of the church where he was probably baptized, and alas, that it was no longer an active parish. Still it was clearly being cared for.  I also found out that there was a cemetery on the church grounds.

I fired up the browser and looked for the church and town, but the town didn't show up on maps.  Turns out it is what is known as an "unincorporated populated place."  The GPS didn't recognize it.  Fortunately, iPhone did.

So I drove from St. Louis to this area, not far from Jefferson City, the state capital.   I turned off the interstate and on to a two-lane highway.   The countryside was beautiful, with rolling hills of farmland, many creeks, and the Missouri River nearby.  

After some time, the directions indicated that I should turn left at a certain lane.  The lane was in fact an unpaved road, with more than its share of loose, fist-size rocks.  I went slowly, but I have the kind of imagination that allowed me to envision getting a flat tire and not being able to call AAA.  Or anyone else.  And worse, of course.  (Were the nearest humans really a family of cannibals? No.)

The lane dipped and curved and dipped and curved again and again.  Soon I was past farms and houses and passing through a forest.  This matched none of the photos I had seen of my destination.   As you can see from the photo above, there was no promise of seeing a church and cemetery near open fields.

I took this photo planning to email my siblings with a message based on one of my favorite Vonnegut quotes, (or, should I say, Bokonon quotes?) "Peculiar travel suggestions are dancing lessons from God."  

It was a lovely day, I was in a beautiful place, and had no fixed schedule.  If it turned out I had come up with a miss when I picked a place that only seemed likely, that was the nature of likely.  I wasn't exactly lost, I just hadn't found what I was looking for.  I would eventually reach another road, and it would take me back to the highway.

But one should always wait to see what's over the next rise before assuming you've missed your opportunity...

Bouchercon Bound

I'm on my way to Bouchercon in St. Louis, and hope to see some of you there!

Here are the panels I'm on:

Thursday, September 15   11:30 A.M. – 12:30 P.M.

A CLEAR CUT CASE OF MURDER-Landmark 5,6,7

But is it?  Forensics panel

Leslie Budewitz (M), Jan Burke, Marcia Clark, Jonathan Hayes, Stefanie Pintoff, Doug Starr

Thursday, September 15  4:00 P.M. – 5:00 P.M.

SISTERS-Landmark 5,6,7

These gals and doing it for themselves.

Robin Agnew (M), Jan Burke, Deborah Crombie, Erin Hart, Hank Phillippi Ryan 

Friday, September 16  2:30 P.M. – 3:30 P.M.

KEEP THE PARTY GOING-Majestic A,B,C

Twist Phelan, four authors-need we say more?

Twist Phelan (M), Jan Burke, Harley Jane Kozak, Bob Ward, Gary Phillips 

I'm leaving Saturday morning for an adventure I'll write more about from the road.

Jungle Red and other adventures

Safari (or Mozilla, or whatever browser works) over to Jungle Red, where Rhys Bowen interviewed me.  I talk about Disturbance, whether or not Irene is my alter ego, writing about "dark subjects," the Book Passage Conference, and Spoilerville.  Please stop by and leave a comment -- if nothing else, help me to reinforce the idea that the actual title of my new book is Disturbance.

I'm back from St. Louis and signed books today at Apostrophe Books.  Next week, I'm traveling to the San Francisco Bay Area.   Here's the schedule through the end of July:

July 21-July 23
Book Passage Mystery Writers Conference
51 Tamal Vista Blvd.
Corte Madera, CA 94925
(Just across the Golden Gate Bridge from San Francisco)


Saturday, July 23, 2 PM
M is for Mystery
86 East 3rd Avenue
San Mateo, CA 94401
(650) 401-8077

Tuesday, July 26, 7-8 PM
Redondo Beach Main Library
303 N. Pacific Coast Hwy
Redondo Beach, CA 90277
310-318-0675
Free event.
Books will be available from Mysterious Galaxy, which will soon open a new store in Redondo Beach!

Apostrophe Books this Saturday!

As you know, I'm heading to St. Louis for an event on Thursday.  But I'll be back in So Cal on Saturday,  July 16th for signing at a lovely bookstore in Long Beach, California — Apostrophe Books!  This store is in Belmont Shore between Park and Roycroft, next door to Starbucks.  (See map below -- click on the address to go to Google Map.)

I'll be there from 2-4 PM, and hope I'll see some of you who recognize parts of Las Piernas as belonging to your home town!

Apostrophe Books
4712 E. 2nd St
Long Beach CA 90803
562-438-7950



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Notes from the road

I'm in Phoenix, AZ tonight, here for the Poisoned Pen's Conference Call at the Arizona Biltmore Resort and Spa. I know, you're looking at one of your weather apps and saying, "Triple-digit heat!" Well it is the desert, and it is summer. But they are prepared for that here. And in addition to beautiful grounds, the buildings were designed by Albert Chase McArthur, a student of Frank Lloyd Wright, and one can clearly see the influence of Wright throughout the hotel.

Add to that the fun of a well-organized conference featuring Laurie R King, Dana Stabenow, Peter Lovesey, Alafair Burke, Jacqueline Winspear, April Smith and many others. (Seriously, take a look at the conference website!)

Tonight I had the pleasure of spending time with a new author whose name may be known to you, Marcia Clark. Her first book, Guilt by Association, is already a national bestseller, and getting all kinds of great buzz, including this blurb from James Ellroy: "You must read this book."

I just started it and find myself in agreement with Mr. Ellroy. I'll add that she's funny and smart as a whip, so if you can, come out to see her in person here at Conference Call or in July at the Book Passage Mystery Conference.

Tomorrow I'll be on the program in conversation with Laurie King. I'll be signing books here. If you want a signed first edition of Disturbance, it's easy to order one from the Poisoned Pen by clicking here:

http://tinyurl.com/62zfuk6

You can also order signed first editions from the other stores on my schedule page — including stores where I've been this past week.

After the conference I fly back to California — hope to see some of you at Mysterious Galaxy!

Almost here!

I'm excited because:

The new Irene Kelly book, Disturbance, will be out on June 21! You can preorder it now from your favorite bookseller. Click here to see where I'll be signing. Add to that an appearance at Book'em in South Pasadena, where I'll be on the afternoon of July 9.

I've been named the Guest of Honor for Malice Domestic XXIV! I love this convention and I'm so flattered to be the GOH. I'll be joined by other honorees Dana Cameron (Toastmistress), Simon Brett (Lifetime Achievement), Lee Goldberg (Poirot Award), and Fan Guest of Honor Ruth Sickafus. I'll hope you'll join us April 24-29 at the Hyatt in Bethesda, MD!

I'll be speaking at some great writing conferences this year, the first of them this coming Sunday -- So Cal MWA and Sisters in Crime's LA Chapter are teaming up for the California Crime Writers Conference.

My Website will soon have a new look! Stay tuned!

The Crime Lab Project Website has been updated and combined with our blog to make it easier to keep current with forensic science news.

I've just finished going over the proofs for "The Imitator," my short story in A Study in Sherlock. I am so looking forward to reading the other stories in this anthology. Laurie King, Neil Gaiman, Laura Lippman, Lee Child, and many others participated.

Schedule for Disturbance Signings as of 5/15/11

June 11-12
California Crime Writers Conference
Los Angeles, CA
Sunday, 9-10:15 AM:
"Bad Guys & Sidekicks—How to write a great supporting cast"
The Hilton Pasadena
168 S. Los Robles Avenue
Pasadena, CA

Tuesday, June 21, 7 PM
Vroman's Bookstore
695 E. Colorado Blvd.
Pasadena, CA 91101
626-449-5320

Wednesday, June 22, 7 PM
Book Carnival
348 S. Tustin Avenue
Orange, CA 92866
714-538-3210

Thursday, June 23, 6:30 PM
Murder by the Book
2342 Bissonnet Street
Houston, TX 77005
713-524-8597
1-888-4-AGATHA

Saturday, June 25
Conference Call—Poisoned Pen Conference
Arizona Biltmore Resort and Spa
2400 E Thunderbird Trail
Phoenix, AZ
Fee is $50, limited to 125 registrants
To register, call 888-560-9919
or send an email to sales@poisonedpen.com
The Biltmore offers a special conference room rate of $89/night plus applicable taxes. To reserve your room (don't delay, the conference bloc could quickly be snapped up): go to www.arizonabiltmore.com and use the code "ppen11" in the group/convention box.
Guests can also call 800.950.0086 to book their reservations anytime (days, nights and weekends) using the same code.

Sunday, June 26, 2 PM
Mysterious Galaxy
7051 Clairemont Mesa Blvd.
San Diego, CA 92111-1040
858-268-4747

Saturday, July 2, 1-3 PM
Mystery Ink
7176 Edinger Avenue
Huntington Beach, CA 92647
714-960-4000

Saturday, July 9, Noon
Mysteries to Die For
2940 Thousand Oaks Blvd.
Thousand Oaks, CA 91362
805-374-0084

Thursday, July 14
St. Louis County Library
1640 S. Lindbergh Blvd.
St. Louis, MO 63131
More details soon!

Saturday, July 16
Apostrophe Books
4712 E. 2nd St.
Long Beach, CA 90803
562-438-7950

July 21-24
Book Passage Mystery Writers Conference
51 Tamal Vista Blvd.
Corte Madera, CA 94925
(Just across the Golden Gate Bridge from San Francisco)
More details will be posted soon about Jan's schedule at the conference, but you should register now if you want to attend this great event!

Book Passage Mystery Writers Conference

One of the best conferences in the U.S. for those who want to write crime fiction is held at one of its best bookstores — the Book Passage, in Corte Madera, California, just across the Golden Gate Bridge from San Francisco. I'm pleased to announce I'll be part of the conference faculty this year.

The conference will be held July 21-24. The faculty also includes John Lescroart, Cara Black, Daniel Silva, Martin Cruz Smith and many other notable writers, as well as editors, agents, and experts.

You can learn more about the conference here, and I'll be posting about it again as we get closer to the time of the event -- but sign up soon, this event has limited space.