NEWS THAT MAY BE OF INTEREST TO MYSTERY FANS
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(posted 13 January, 2012)
- Award winning author, Abigail Keam, will be giving a talk at the all day
- presentation "HONEY OF A DAY."
- Mary Wood Memorial Library
- 1530 S Green St
- Glasgow, KY 42141
- 270 651 2924
- 9 am to 2 pm
- Friday, January 27th, 2012
- Open to the public and free parking.
- Ms. Keam will join other authors and beekeeping experts giving short presentations.
- She will be giving a talk on what beekeeping means to her and also her award winning
- mystery series. "Death By A HoneyBee" and "Death By Drowning" both made the USA Book
- News "Best Books List of 2011" as Finalists.
- Best-selling author Carol Soret Cope's new book, Murder on The High Seas, The True
- Story of The Joe Cool's Tragic Final Voyage
has been picked up by NBC Universal for- an episode on the book for their true-crime series called "Fatal Encounters." The series explores
- the intersection of innocence and evil and tragic consequences for those caught up in the random,
- fatal encounters. Production on the episode took place November 14-18 in locations throughout
- Miami-Dade and on the ocean.
- Carol Soret Cope is the bestselling author of In the Fast Lane: A True Story of Murder in Miami and
- Stranger Danger: How to Keep Your Child Safe. Ms. Cope's latest book, Murder on The High Seas,
- The True Story of The Joe Cool's Tragic Final Voyage
explores the investigation into the mysterious- murders aboard the Joe Cool, a "ghost ship" — a luxury forty-seven-foot sport-fisher which simply
- disappeared on a sunny Saturday in September 2007 on what should have been a quick, one-way trip from
- Miami Beach to Bimini in the Bahamas to drop off two charter passengers. The young charter captain Jake
- Branam, his wife, his brother and a friend were never seen again. Ms. Cope has done an outstanding job of
- detailing the tragic tale as it unfolded in Miami, out at sea, in Miami Federal Court, and ending with a chilling
- face-to-face interview with one of the killers.
- The 13th Love is Murder Conference returns to Chicago next month, February 3-5 at the
- Intercontinental Chicago O'Hare Hotel.
- The Midwest's premier mystery conference includes three days of panel discussions, beginning with
- "Til the Last Perp Walks" — presentations by 13 forensic experts in crime scene investigation,
- computer fraud, money laundering, guns and weapons, poisons, the "blood splatter guy" and more.
- This year's featured authors at the conference are Donald Bain (author of the Muder She Wrote and Coffee,
- Tea or Me? series), Julie James (A Lot Like Love, Something About You), David Morrell (The Naked Edge, The
- Shimmer), and Hank Phillippi Ryan (The Other Woman, Drive Time and the Charlotte McNally series); and
- Local Featured Author Julie Hyzy (the Alex St. James, White House Chef and Manor House series).
- Featured authors are on hand throughout the weekend to chat with conference attendees, sign books and answer questions.
- Other events throughout the weekend: book signings; Pitch-A-Palooza with NYC and Chicago-based agents,
- editors and publishers; Master Writing Classes presented by featured authors; writing tracks presented by the
- Midwest Writers Association; the Lovey Awards; Saturday afternoon tea party; booksellers and exhibitors;
- entertainment by Those Were The Days radio players, the Mystery Shop and Mixed Company Troupe; networking
- with authors and hundreds of fellow mystery readers and fans from the U.S. and overseas; and the annual snowball fight.
- Visit the Love is Murder #13 website for more information and/or to register for
- the conference; or, email registrar Terri Stone.
- Killer Nashville announces their 2012 Guests of Honor:
- New York Times bestselling mystery and thriller author C.J. Box and legendary
- horror and thriller author Peter Straub.
- C.J. Box is the author of thirteen novels, including several standalone thrillers
- and a popular series featuring heroic park ranger Joe Pickett. A Wyoming native
- and avid outdoorsman, Box uses his knowledge of the great outdoors to bring his
- books to life. He has won the Edgar Alan Poe Award for Best Novel, (Blue Heaven,
- 2009) as well as the Anthony Award, the Macavity Award, the Gumshoe Award, the
- Barry Award, and the 2010 Mountains & Plains Independent Booksellers Association
- Award for fiction. He is an internationally published author whose books have won
- awards in Ireland and France and been translated into 25 languages. He has also
- received acclaim for his short stories, which have been featured in America's Best
- Mystery Stories of 2006 and limited-edition printings.
- Peter Straub is the author of more than 17 novels, several poetry and short story
- collections, seven novellas, and a collection of nonfiction essays. Although he is most
- famous for his work in the horror genre, he has also received acclaim for his poems, literary
- novels, and thrillers. One of the century's most honored horror writers, he has received
- numerous literary awards, including the World Fantasy Award and the International Horror
- Guild Award. Straub's first novel, Marriages, was published in 1973, but it was his fifth,
- Ghost Story, that catapulted onto the national bestseller lists and made him a household
- name. Stephen King, with whom Straub collaborated on two fantasy novels, called Ghost Story
- one of the best horror novels of the latter half of the 20th century. Straub's most recent thriller,
- A Dark Matter, was released in February, 2010 and won a Bram Stoker Award for Best Novel.
- Straub and Box will each do a one-hour interview or presentation, along with a book signing
- and a presentation at the Guest of Honor/Awards banquet, joining the ranks of past Killer Nashville
- Guests of Honor Carol Higgins Clark, Michael Connelly, J.A. Jance, Body Farm creator Dr. Bill Bass,
- Jeffery Deaver, Donald Bain, and Robert Dugoni.
- Held annually on the weekend surrounding the fourth Saturday in August, Killer Nashville was created
- in 2006 to bring together forensic experts, writers, and fans of crime and thriller literature. Killer Nashville
- will be held on August 24-26, 2012 at Nashville's five-star Hutton Hotel.
- For more information: www.KillerNashville.com
- LEFT COAST CRIME — Update
- March 29 - April 1, 2012
- Sheraton Grand Hotel, Sacramento, California
- in California's "Gold Country/Wine Country"
- Guests of Honor: John Lescroart & Jacqueline Winspear
- Toastmaster: Harley Jane Kozak
- Fan Guest of Honor: Noemi Levine
- LCC is seeking auction items for the silent and live auctions. Designated Charity: The Sacramento
- Library Adult Literacy Program. Questions? Email: Jean Utley.
- Donation Suggestions include: books, character naming, manuscript critiques, themed baskets, posters,
- vacations, time-share weeks, chocolate. Be creative. Please Note: the auction committee plans to combine
- smaller donations to make larger offerings which draw higher bids.
- TOURS: Winery Limo Tour, Old Sacramento Mystery Tour, Old City Cemetery Tour and more!
- RESERVE AD SPACE NOW: LCC is seeking ads for the program book. Advertising rates lower
- than previous years. It's the perfect opportunity to highlight your books. To facilitate program production,
- please reserve your ad space as early as possible. Ad prices start at $75. Many publishers are not
- advertising this year, so consider taking one out yourself.
- Contact vallerose@comcast.net with any questions.
- DAY PASSES: available Friday and Saturday for $75. Passes for panels only. Breakfasts and Saturday
- night banquet not included in this special rate. Discounted Day passes for full-time students with valid ID will be
- available at the door on Friday and Saturday.
- For specific questions about Left Coast Crime, go to the Contact Page or contact Co-Chair Cindy Sample.
- THE WOLFE PACK
- 2012 NERO AWARDS ANNOUNCED
- The Nero Award is presented each year to an author for the
- best mystery written in the tradition of Rex Stout's Nero Wolfe
- stories. It is presented at the Black Orchid Banquet, traditionally
- held on the first Saturday in December in New York City. The Nero
- Award celebrates literary excellence in the mystery genre.
- This year, the winner is BURY YOUR DEAD by Louise Penny
- published by Minotaur Books, an imprint of St. Martin's.
- The Black Orchid Novella Award is presented jointly by The Wolfe Pack
- and Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine to celebrate the Novella format
- popularized by Rex Stout.
- This year's winner is James Lincoln Warren for "Inner Fire."
- About the Wolfe Pack...
- The Wolfe Pack, founded in 1977, is a forum to discuss, explore, and enjoy
- the 72 Nero Wolfe books and novellas written by Rex Stout. The organization
- promotes fellowship and extends friendship to those who enjoy these great
- literary works of mystery through a series of events, book discussions, and a
- journal devoted to the study of the genius detective, Nero Wolfe, and his intrepid
- assistant, Archie Goodwin. The organization has more than 450 members worldwide.
- To learn more, visit www.nerowolfe.org or send mail to Jane K. Cleland at
- NeroAwardChair@nerowolfe.org
- presentation "HONEY OF A DAY."
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