The Pocket Program
Left Coast Crime 2017 • HONOLULU HAVOC
Contents Book Exchange Table: Please use only the Convention Schedule ...... 2 designated table in the Lobby. Alpha Index of Panelists ...... 11 Promotional Materials: Please use swag table for bookmarks, pens, and other promotional Don’t Forget To Vote! Your Lefty Awards materials. Ballot came in your registration packet. The ballot box is at the Registration Table. Voting Shipping Services: Xerox Business Services ends at 1:30 PM Saturday. Four awards will be Center with US Post Office, UPS & FedEx presented at the Banquet Saturday night. options onsite in the Diamond Head Tower. Hours: 6 AM – 10 PM daily. (Note: Xerox adds Book Room: Iolani 5-7, open Thursday 9 AM – fees for shipping; USPS hours differ.) 5:30 PM, Friday & Saturday 9 AM – 6 PM, Sunday 9 AM – 1 PM. Name tags with Leis identify LCC Committee members. Feel free to ask for help. Silent Auction & Hospitality: Iolani 1-4, with snacks, coffee, tea, etc. Hours: Thursday 11 AM – 4 PM, Friday & Saturday 10 AM – [name] 4 PM, Sunday 8:30 – 10:30 AM. Get your LCC …belongs to this Pocket Program. If we have become Quilt raffle tickets in the Hospitality Room! separated, please leave me at the Registration Table.
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Schedule of Panels, Interviews, and Events Panels and Interviews are in the three Tapa rooms and two Honolulu rooms. Other events as indicated. See the Program Book for more details. Latest Info & Changes will be posed on the bulletin board near Registraion. Book signings follow immediately after all panels (except Sunday’s closing panel) and interviews in the Palace Lounge (see map on back cover). Panel moderators* are indicated by an asterisk.
Thursday, March 16
Time Tapa 1 Tapa 2 Tapa 3 Honolulu 1 Honolulu 2 9:00- Author Speed-Dating 11:00 Hosts Les & Leslie Blatt 11:15- Left Coast Crime 101: 11:45 First-timer Panel Primer Lucinda Surber* Gay Coburn Gale Bill Gottfried Toby Gottfried Janet Rudolph Lunch Break (on your own)
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Time Tapa 1 Tapa 2 Tapa 3 Honolulu 1 Honolulu 2 Noon- British Sleuths: Their cup of Writing About Hawaii: Horror & Sci-Fi: You give Independent Authors: 12:45 deadly tea Surf's up. A crime wave? me chicken skin! Going it alone Catriona McPherson* Terry Ambrose* Jacque Ben-Zekry* J.J. Lamb* Rhys Bowen Laurie Hanan Daniel Boucher Gail M Baugniet Susanna Calkins Leslie Karst A K Gunn Lorna Collins Anne Cleeland Katharine M. Nohr John Hegenberger Michael J. Cooper Leo McNeir Mark Troy Jonathan Moore Angie Fox 1:15- Crime in Exotic Places: Amateur Female Sleuths: Wined & Dined To Death: Real-Life Experience: 2:00 Murder on tour Tough & terrific Ooh! Did that taste funny? Authors tell all Barry Lancet* Laurie Fagen* Denise (Deni) Dietz* Brian Thornton* Don Bruns Marla Cooper Catherine Bruns Annie Hogsett Colin Cotterill Sujata Massey Sarah M. Chen James M. Jackson Matt Iden Nancy Cole Silverman Maya Corrigan Terry Odell Gigi Pandian James W. Ziskin Nadine Nettman Robin Templeton 2:30- The Innocence Project: Historical Mysteries: The Traditional Cozy: Marketing Challenges: 3:15 Freeing the wrongly Centuries of secrets Coffee & dunnits Book’s done, what now? convicted Noel Hynd* Cathy Ace* Susan Lynn Kingsbury* Leslie S. Klinger* Rebecca Cantrell Julie Chase Jacque Ben-Zekry Laurie R. King Ann Parker Janet Finsilver Kris Calvin Virginia (Ginny) Hench Susan Spann Tonya Plank Denise Grover Swank Ovidia Yu Diane Vallere Morgan H. MacDonald
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3:45- Lifetime Achievement Honorees Faye & Jonathan Kellerman 4:30 interviewed by Jesse Kellerman • Tapa 1 5:30- Welcome Reception & Opening Ceremony on the Great Lawn (by Duke Kahanamoku Lagoon) 7:00 Light snacks, cash bar, Lefty Award nominees introduced … and more Dinner Break (on your own) 8:00- Charlie Chan Movie Night: The Black Camel (1931, 71 min.) & Charlie Chan in Honolulu (1938, 67 min.) 10:30 with hosts Les Blatt & Rochelle Staab • Tapa 1
Friday, March 17
Time Tapa 1 Tapa 2 Tapa 3 Honolulu 1 Honolulu 2 7:30- Meet the New Authors Breakfast, with Mike Befeler & Rochelle Staab (Emcees) 9:00 LCC registrants welcome, seating limited, program runs 7:45 – 8:45 AM • Tapa 1 9:15- YA & Mid-Grade Novels: Lefty Award Nominees: Criminal Side of Religion: Short Stories: Compact & 10:00 The young and the restless Best Historical Mystery The holy vs. the unholy powerful Leslie Blatt* Bill Gottfried* Susan Spann* Mysti Berry* Kelley Armstrong Rhys Bowen Michael J. Cooper Jane Petersen Burfield Pamela Beason Susanna Calkins Jesse Kellerman Sarah M. Chen Catherine Paul Laurie R. King Sharan Newman Eleanor Cawood Jones Penny Warner Catriona McPherson Kenneth Wishnia Travis Richardson Ann Parker
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Time Tapa 1 Tapa 2 Tapa 3 Honolulu 1 Honolulu 2 10:30- Lefty Award Nominees: Sustaining Life in a Series: Reviewers & Critics: Are Society’s Shame: In Other Languages: Do 11:15 Best Humorous Mystery Shot of penicillin between books authors at their mercy? The underserved public translators get it right? Todd Borg* Anne Cleeland* Jen Forbus* Robert Rosenwald* Ragnar Jonasson* Donna Andrews Mary Feliz Les Blatt Terry Ambrose Jeannette Bauroth Ellen Byron J.J. Lamb Daniel Boucher Merrilee Robson R.E. Donald Heather Haven Melissa F. Olson Dru Ann Love Mark Wheaton Denise Grover Swank Diane Vallere Rochelle Staab Jane Stillwater Ovidia Yu Jeffrey Siger 11:45- Toastmaster Laurie R. King interviewed by Catriona McPherson • Tapa 1 12:30 Lunch Break (on your own)
1:45- Lefty Award Nominees: Thrillers & Killers: Criminal Justice: Private Investigators: Romance & Crime Collide: 2:30 Best Debut Mystery A murderous world The FBI & other Feds Eye to eye with the P.I. Desire, dread & hot sex Lucinda Surber* Kathryn Johnson* Martin Edwards* Allen Eskens* Ellen Byron* Sarah M. Chen William C. Gordon Joel Fox Maia Chance Laura Baumbach Marla Cooper Dennis Keating Kimberley Howe Vinnie Hansen Lizbeth Hartz Alexia Gordon Jonathan Moore Arthur Kerns John Hegenberger A.J. Llewellyn Nadine Nettmann Reavis Z. Wortham David Putnam Susan Lynn Kingsbury Tonya Plank
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Friday continued…
Time Tapa 1 Tapa 2 Tapa 3 Honolulu 1 Honolulu 2 3:00- Lefty Award Nominees: Riveting Suspense: Tales to Drama & Comedy: A funny Professional Lady Sleuths: Specialized Police Work: A 3:45 Best Mystery keep us up at night thing happened… Don’t mess wit dese dames different kind of cop Janet Rudolph* Larry Mild* Heather Haven* Robin Templeton* Gail M Baugniet* Matt Coyle Colin Cotterill Parnell Hall D.V. Berkom Ellen Kirschman Gigi Pandian Harry Hunsicker Jeanette Hubbard Corey Lynn Fayman Doc Macomber Terry Shames Sheldon Siegel Cindy Sample Nancy Cole Silverman Lisa Preston James W. Ziskin Dana Stabenow Brian Thornton Linda Townsdin Patricia Smiley 4:15- Guest of Honor Colin Cotterill interviewed by interviewed by Toastmaster Laurie R. King • Tapa 1 5:00 Dinner Break (on your own)
7:45 Hilton Hawaiian Village Fireworks 8:00- Hibiscus & Homicide: A Mystery Fundraiser 9:15 Original Charlie Chan story by Linda Griffiths-Gish (Cordelia Smythe Mysteries) to benefit Read Aloud America, suggested donation $10 • Special Event in Honolulu 3
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Saturday, March 18
Time Tapa 1 Tapa 2 Tapa 3 Honolulu 1 Honolulu 2 7:30- Continental Breakfast sponsored by Penguin Random House in honor of Jonathan Kellerman 9:00 LCC registrants welcome, seating limited • Tapa 1 9:15- Performing Sleuths: Sinister Criminals: Dark Hawaii's Own Authors: Coauthors: Lovey-dovey or 10:00 Standing ovations (noir) and devastating Creating havoc in paradise strictly business? Corey Lynn Fayman* Kenneth Wishnia* A.J. Llewellyn* R. Franklin James* Stephen W. Buehler Matt Coyle Rebecca Cantrell Waverly Fitzgerald Joseph Clifford Laurie R. King Dawn Casey Patricia Gussin Alexia Gordon Terry Shames Lizbeth Hartz Rosemary Mild D.R. Ransdell Mark Troy Jane Lasswell Hoff D.V. Whytes 10:30- Media Madness: Hawaii Crime Series: Paranormal & Super- Police Procedurals: You Publishers: 11:15 TV, radio & stage History of the Opium Trade natural: Unearthly people have the right to remain silent The changing scene Diana R. Chambers* John Madinger, US Margaret C. Morse* Terry Odell* Barbara Peters* Ellen Byron Treasury Agent (Ret.), Margaret Lucke R.E. Donald Robert Gussin Laurie Fagen Presenter Melissa F. Olson Allen Eskens Mary Jane Haake Lee Goldberg Catherine Paul J.L. Hughes Baird Nuckolls Elena Hartwell Emma Raveling Patricia Smiley Robert Rosenwald
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Time Tapa 1 Tapa 2 Tapa 3 Honolulu 1 Honolulu 2 11:45- The Gorgeous Outdoors: Hawaii Crime Series: Attorneys & Crime: Mouth- Medicine: Take two crimes Golden Age Mysteries: 12:30 Rugged & dangerous Policing in Hawaii from piece to mouthpiece and call me in the morning Are they still pertinent? Frankie Bow* Kamehameha I to today resuscitation Lisa Preston* Maryglenn McCombs* Christine Carbo Eddie Croom, Retired Charles Rosenberg* John Burley Martin Edwards Madeleine Harris-Callway Officer (Presenter) Warren C. Easley A K Gunn Kathryn Johnson Ann Parker William C. Gordon Ellen Kirschman Ragnar Jonasson Dana Stabenow Katharine M. Nohr Bette Golden Lamb Steve Steinbock Jeffrey Siger D.P. Lyle Lunch Break (on your own)
1:30 Lefty Award Ballots deadline — Ballot Box at Registration Table 1:45- Liars Panel: Hawaii Crime Series: Sidekick Pets & Foreign Intrigue: Spies, Millennials into Fantasy: 2:30 Authors’ secret lives The Real Hawaii Five-O Wild Animals counterterrorism… Can we woo them back? Rhys Bowen* David Putnam (Presenter) James M. Jackson* Kimberley Howe* Lourdes Venard* Donna Andrews Sparkle Abbey Todd Borg Diana R. Chambers Lee Goldberg Pamela Beason Noel Hynd Lorna Collins Parnell Hall Denise (Deni) Dietz Barry Lancet Laurie Hanan Catriona McPherson Janet Finsilver Sujata Massey James W. Ziskin Dana Stabenow
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Time Tapa 1 Tapa 2 Tapa 3 Honolulu 1 Honolulu 2 3:00- Favorite Heroes & Villains: Thievery: Arts, relics & Meet Charlie Chan: Cheating Public: Political & Small Town Felonies: 3:45 Why we remember them gems The man & his creator white-collar fraud Big-time crime Penny Warner* Julie Chase* Rochelle Staab* Kris Calvin* Leslie Karst* Mike Befeler Cathy Ace Les Blatt Mysti Berry Maya Corrigan Susanna Calkins Dale Berry Hal Glatzer Robert Downs Nadine Nettmann Colin Cotterill Betty Hechtman Cathy Perkins Cindy Sample Augie Hicks Sybil Johnson Tim Tigner Reavis Z. Wortham 4:15- Guest of Honor Interview: Dana Stabenow 5:00 Interviewed by Danamaniacs Carolyn Bright, Sandy Nolfi, Cathy Obbema, Cathy Rose • Tapa 1 6:30- Silent Auction final bidding in Iolani 5-7 — Cash bars in Palace Lobby 7:30 (Silent auction items may be redeemed after the Lefty Awards Banquet and on Sunday morning) 7:30- Lefty Awards Banquet in Tapa Ballroom — doors open around 7:15 9:30 (Be sure to bring your Banquet Ticket)
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Sunday, March 19
Time Tapa 1 Tapa 2 Tapa 3 Honolulu 1 Honolulu 2 9:00- Creating Characters Novel Plotting: Crazy Crimes: 9:45 Beyond an Author’s Culture Clever twists & turns Screw-ups to die for Joel Fox* Terry Shames* Don Bruns* Frankie Bow Elena Hartwell Donna Andrews Hal Glatzer R. Franklin James Alexia Gordon Jesse Kellerman Margaret Lucke Heather Haven Margaret C. Morse Tim Tigner Jenn McKinlay 10:15- Left Coast Crime 202: Anatomy of Violence: What Police Forensics: Ain’t 11:00- How to get more involved it takes to kill someone science wonderful? Left Coast Crime Standing Harry Hunsicker* D.V. Whytes* Committee Members John Burley Arthur Kerns Matt Coyle Jane Lasswell Hoff Ellen Kirschman Charles Rosenberg David Putnam Mike Spencer 11:30- Guest of Honor Closing Panel in Tapa 1 — Lee Goldberg*, Colin Cotterill, Faye Kellerman, 12:30 Jonathan Kellerman, Laurie R. King, Dana Stabenow (Note: no signings after closing panel.)
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Alphabetical List of Panelists
Sparkle Abbey (Anita Carter) Sidekick Pets & Wild Animals Sat 1:45 PM Tapa 3 Cathy Ace The Traditional Cozy: Coffee & dunnits Thu 2:30 PM Hono 1 Thievery: Arts, relics & gems Sat 3:00 PM Tapa 2 Terry Ambrose Writing About Hawaii Thu Noon Tapa 2 Society’s Shame: The underserved public Fri 10:30 AM Hono 1 Donna Andrews Lefty Award Nominees: Humorous Mystery Fri 10:30 AM Tapa 1 Liars Panel: Authors’ secret lives Sat 1:45 PM Tapa 1 Crazy Crimes: Screw-ups to die for Sun 9:00 AM Tapa 3 Kelley Armstrong YA & Mid-Grade Novels Fri 9:15 AM Tapa 2 Gail M Baugniet Independent Authors Thu Noon Hono 2 Specialized Police Work Fri 3:00 PM Hono 2 Laura Baumbach Romance & Crime Collide Fri 1:45 PM Hono 2 Jeannette Bauroth In Other Languages: Translators… Fri 10:30 AM Hono 2 Pamela Beason YA & Mid-Grade Novels Fri 9:15 AM Tapa 2 Sidekick Pets & Wild Animals Sat 1:45 PM Tapa 3 Mike Befeler Meet the New Authors Breakfast Fri 7:30 AM Tapa 1 Favorite Heroes & Villains Sat 3:00 PM Tapa 1 Jacque Ben-Zekry Horror & Sci-Fi: You give me chicken skin! Thu Noon Hono 1 Marketing Challenges Thu 2:30 PM Hono 2 D.V. Berkom Professional Lady Sleuths Fri 3:00 PM Hono 1 Dale Berry Thievery: Arts, relics & gems Sat 3:00 PM Tapa 2
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Mysti Berry Short Stories: Compact & powerful Fri 9:15 AM Hono 2 Cheating the Public: Political & white-collar Sat 3:00 PM Hono 1 Les Blatt Author Speed Dating Thu 9:00 AM Tapa 3 Charlie Chan Movie Night Thu 8:00 PM Tapa 1 Reviewers & Critics: Authors at their mercy? Fri 10:30 AM Tapa 3 Meet Charlie Chan: The man & his creator Sat 3:00 PM Tapa 3 Leslie Blatt Author Speed Dating Thu 9:00 AM Tapa 3 YA & Mid-Grade Novels Fri 9:15 AM Tapa 2 Todd Borg Lefty Award Nominees: Humorous Mystery Fri 10:30 AM Tapa 1 Foreign Intrigue: Spies, counterterrorism… Sat 1:45 PM Hono 1 Daniel Boucher Horror & Sci-Fi: You give me chicken skin! Thu Noon Hono 1 Reviewers & Critics: Authors at their mercy? Fri 10:30 AM Tapa 3 Frankie Bow The Gorgeous Outdoors Sat 11:45 AM Tapa 1 Characters Beyond an Author’s Culture Sun 9:00 AM Tapa 1 Rhys Bowen British Sleuths: Their cup of deadly tea Thu Noon Tapa 1 Lefty Award Nominees: Historical Mystery Fri 9:15 AM Tapa 3 Liars Panel: Authors’ secret lives Sat 1:45 PM Tapa 1 Catherine Bruns Wined & Dined to Death Thu 1:15 PM Hono 1 Don Bruns Crime in Exotic Places: Murder on tour Thu 1:15 PM Tapa 1 Crazy Crimes: Screw-ups to die for Sun 9:00 AM Tapa 3 Stephen W. Buehler Performing Sleuths: Standing ovations Sat 9:15 AM Tapa 2 Jane Petersen Burfield Short Stories: Compact & powerful Fri 9:15 AM Hono 2 John Burley Medicine: Take two crimes and call me… Sat 11:45 AM Hono 1 Anatomy of Violence: What it takes to kill Sun 10:15 AM Tapa 2 – 12 –
Ellen Byron Lefty Award Nominees: Humorous Mystery Fri 10:30 AM Tapa 1 Romance & Crime Collide Fri 1:45 PM Hono 2 Media Madness: TV, radio & stage Sat 10:30 AM Tapa 1 Susanna Calkins British Sleuths: Their cup of deadly tea Thu Noon Tapa 1 Lefty Award Nominees: Historical Mystery Fri 9:15 AM Tapa 3 Favorite Heroes & Villains Sat 3:00 PM Tapa 1 Kris Calvin Marketing Challenges Thu 2:30 PM Hono 2 Cheating the Public: Political & white-collar Sat 3:00 PM Hono 1 Rebecca Cantrell Historical Mysteries: Centuries of secrets Thu 2:30 PM Tapa 2 Hawaii’s Own Authors: Havoc in paradise Sat 9:15 AM Hono 1 Christine Carbo The Gorgeous Outdoors Sat 11:45 AM Tapa 1 Dawn Casey Hawaii’s Own Authors: Havoc in paradise Sat 9:15 AM Hono 1 Diana R. Chambers Media Madness: TV, radio & stage Sat 10:30 AM Tapa 1 Millennials into Fantasy: Woo them back? Sat 1:45 PM Hono 2 Maia Chance Private Investigators: Eye to eye with the P.I. Fri 1:45 PM Hono 1 Julie Chase The Traditional Cozy: Coffee & dunnits Thu 2:30 PM Hono 1 Thievery: Arts, relics & gems Sat 3:00 PM Tapa 2 Sarah M. Chen Wined & Dined to Death Thu 1:15 PM Hono 1 Short Stories: Compact & powerful Fri 9:15 AM Hono 2 Lefty Award Nominees: Debut Mystery Fri 1:45 PM Tapa 1 Anne Cleeland British Sleuths: Their cup of deadly tea Thu Noon Tapa 1 Sustaining Life in a Series Fri 10:30 AM Tapa 2 Joseph Clifford Performing Sleuths: Standing ovations Sat 9:15 AM Tapa 2
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Lorna Collins Independent Authors Thu Noon Hono 2 Millennials Are into Fantasy Sat 1:45 PM Hono 2 Marla Cooper Amateur Female Sleuths: Tough & terrific Thu 1:15 PM Tapa 2 Lefty Award Nominees: Debut Mystery Fri 1:45 PM Tapa 1 Michael J. Cooper Independent Authors Thu Noon Hono 2 Criminal Side of Religion Fri 9:15 AM Hono 1 Maya Corrigan Wined & Dined to Death Thu 1:15 PM Hono 1 Small Town Felonies: Big-time crime Sat 3:00 PM Hono 2 Colin Cotterill Crime in Exotic Places: Murder on tour Thu 1:15 PM Tapa 1 Riveting Suspense Fri 3:00 PM Tapa 2 Guest of Honor interview Fri 4:15 PM Tapa 1 Favorite Heroes & Villains Sat 3:00 PM Tapa 1 Guests of Honor Closing Panel Sun 11:30 AM Tapa 1 Matt Coyle Lefty Award Nominees: Best Mystery Fri 3:00 PM Tapa 1 Sinister Criminals: Dark (noir) and devastating Sat 9:15 AM Tapa 3 Anatomy of Violence: What it takes to kill Sun 10:15 AM Tapa 2 Eddie Croom Hawaii Crime Series: Policing in Hawaii Sat 11:45 AM Tapa 2 Denise (Deni) Dietz Wined & Dined to Death Thu 1:15 PM Hono 1 Sidekick Pets & Wild Animals Sat 1:45 PM Tapa 3 R.E. Donald In Other Languages: Translators get it right? Fri 10:30 AM Hono 2 Police Procedurals Sat 10:30 AM Hono 1 Robert Downs Cheating the Public: Political & white-collar Sat 3:00 PM Hono 1 Warren C. Easley Attorneys & Crime Sat 11:45 AM Tapa 3
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Martin Edwards Criminal Justice: The FBI & other Feds Fri 1:45 PM Tapa 3 Golden Age Mysteries: Still pertinent? Sat 11:45 AM Hono 2 Allen Eskens Private Investigators: Eye to eye with the P.I. Fri 1:45 PM Hono 1 Police Procedurals Sat 10:30 AM Hono 1 Laurie Fagen Amateur Female Sleuths: Tough & terrific Thu 1:15 PM Tapa 2 Media Madness: TV, radio & stage Sat 10:30 AM Tapa 1 Corey Lynn Fayman Professional Lady Sleuths Fri 3:00 PM Hono 1 Performing Sleuths: Standing ovations Sat 9:15 AM Tapa 2 Mary Feliz Sustaining Life in a Series Fri 10:30 AM Tapa 2 Janet Finsilver The Traditional Cozy: Coffee & dunnits Thu 2:30 PM Hono 1 Sidekick Pets & Wild Animals Sat 1:45 PM Tapa 3 Waverly Fitzgerald How Coauthors Cope Sat 9:15 AM Hono 2 Jen Forbus Reviewers & Critics: Authors at their mercy? Fri 10:30 AM Tapa 3 Angie Fox Independent Authors Thu Noon Hono 2 Joel Fox Criminal Justice: The FBI & other Feds Fri 1:45 PM Tapa 3 Characters Beyond an Author’s Culture Sun 9:00 AM Tapa 1 Gay Coburn Gale Left Coast Crime 101: First-Timer Panel Primer Thu 11:15 AM Hono 1 Hal Glatzer Meet Charlie Chan: The man & his creator Sat 3:00 PM Tapa 3 Characters Beyond an Author’s Culture Sun 9:00 AM Tapa 1 Lee Goldberg Media Madness: TV, radio & stage Sat 10:30 AM Tapa 1 Liars Panel: Authors’ secret lives Sat 1:45 PM Tapa 1 Guests of Honor Closing Panel Sun 11:30 AM Tapa 1
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Alexia Gordon Lefty Award Nominees: Debut Mystery Fri 1:45 PM Tapa 1 Performing Sleuths: Standing ovations Sat 9:15 AM Tapa 2 Crazy Crimes: Screw-ups to die for Sun 9:00 AM Tapa 3 William C. Gordon Thrillers & Killers: A murderous world Fri 1:45 PM Tapa 2 Attorneys & Crime Sat 11:45 AM Tapa 3 Bill Gottfried Left Coast Crime 101: First-Timer Panel Primer Thu 11:15 AM Hono 1 Lefty Award Nominees: Historical Mystery Fri 9:15 AM Tapa 3 Toby Gottfried Left Coast Crime 101: First-Timer Panel Primer Thu 11:15 AM Hono 1 Denise Grover Swank Marketing Challenges Thu 2:30 PM Hono 2 In Other Languages: Translators get it right? Fri 10:30 AM Hono 2 A K Gunn Horror & Sci-Fi: You give me chicken skin! Thu Noon Hono 1 Medicine: Take two crimes and call me… Sat 11:45 AM Hono 1 Patricia Gussin How Coauthors Cope Sat 9:15 AM Hono 2 Robert Gussin Publishers: The changing scene Sat 10:30 AM Hono 2 Mary Jane Haake Publishers: The changing scene Sat 10:30 AM Hono 2 Parnell Hall Drama & Comedy Fri 3:00 PM Tapa 3 Liars Panel: Authors’ secret lives Sat 1:45 PM Tapa 1 Laurie Hanan Writing About Hawaii Thu Noon Tapa 2 Millennials into Fantasy: Woo them back? Sat 1:45 PM Hono 2 Vinnie Hansen Private Investigators: Eye to eye with the P.I. Fri 1:45 PM Hono 1 Madeleine Harris-Callway The Gorgeous Outdoors Sat 11:45 AM Tapa 1 Elena Hartwell Media Madness: TV, radio & stage Sat 10:30 AM Tapa 1 Novel Plotting: Clever twists & turns Sun 9:00 AM Tapa 2
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Lizbeth Hartz Romance & Crime Collide Fri 1:45 PM Hono 2 Hawaii’s Own Authors: Havoc in paradise Sat 9:15 AM Hono 1 Heather Haven Lefty Award Nominees: Humorous Mystery Fri 10:30 AM Tapa 1 Drama & Comedy Fri 3:00 PM Tapa 3 Crazy Crimes: Screw-ups to die for Sun 9:00 AM Tapa 3 Betty Hechtman Thievery: Arts, relics & gems Sat 3:00 PM Tapa 2 John Hegenberger Horror & Sci-Fi: You give me chicken skin! Thu Noon Hono 1 Private Investigators: Eye to eye with the P.I. Fri 1:45 PM Hono 1 Virginia (Ginny) Hench The Innocence Project Thu 2:30 PM Tapa 1 Augie Hicks Favorite Heroes & Villains Sat 3:00 PM Tapa 1 Annie Hogsett Real-Life Experience: Authors tell all Thu 1:15 PM Hono 2 Kimberley Howe Criminal Justice: The FBI & other Feds Fri 1:45 PM Tapa 3 Foreign Intrigue: Spies, counterterrorism… Sat 1:45 PM Hono 1 Jeanette Hubbard Drama & Comedy Fri 3:00 PM Tapa 3 J.L. Hughes Police Procedurals Sat 10:30 AM Hono 1 Harry Hunsicker Riveting Suspense Fri 3:00 PM Tapa 2 Anatomy of Violence: What it takes to kill Sun 10:15 AM Tapa 2 Noel Hynd Historical Mysteries: Centuries of secrets Thu 2:30 PM Tapa 2 Foreign Intrigue: Spies, counterterrorism… Sat 1:45 PM Hono 1 Matthew Iden Crime in Exotic Places: Murder on tour Thu 1:15 PM Tapa 1 James M. Jackson Real-Life Experience: Authors tell all Thu 1:15 PM Hono 2 Sidekick Pets & Wild Animals Sat 1:45 PM Tapa 3 R. Franklin James How Coauthors Cope Sat 9:15 AM Hono 2 Novel Plotting: Clever twists & turns Sun 9:00 AM Tapa 2 – 17 –
Kathryn Johnson Thrillers & Killers: A murderous world Fri 1:45 PM Tapa 2 Golden Age Mysteries: Still pertinent? Sat 11:45 AM Hono 2 Sybil Johnson Thievery: Arts, relics & gems Sat 3:00 PM Tapa 2 Ragnar Jonasson In Other Languages: Translators get it right? Fri 10:30 AM Hono 2 Golden Age Mysteries: Still pertinent? Sat 11:45 AM Hono 2 Eleanor Cawood Jones Short Stories: Compact & powerful Fri 9:15 AM Hono 2 Leslie Karst Writing About Hawaii Thu Noon Tapa 2 Small Town Felonies: Big-time crime Sat 3:00 PM Hono 2 Dennis Keating Thrillers & Killers: A murderous world Fri 1:45 PM Tapa 2 Faye Kellerman Lifetime Achievement Interview Thu 3:45 PM Tapa 1 Guests of Honor Closing Panel Sun 11:30 AM Tapa 1 Jesse Kellerman Lifetime Achievement Interviewer Thu 3:45 PM Tapa 1 Criminal Side of Religion Fri 9:15 AM Hono 1 Characters Beyond an Author’s Culture Sun 9:00 AM Tapa 1 Jonathan Kellerman Lifetime Achievement Interview Thu 3:45 PM Tapa 1 Guests of Honor Closing Panel Sun 11:30 AM Tapa 1 Arthur Kerns Criminal Justice: The FBI & other Feds Fri 1:45 PM Tapa 3 Police Forensics: Ain’t science wonderful? Sun 10:15 AM Tapa 3 Laurie R. King The Innocence Project Thu 2:30 PM Tapa 1 Lefty Award Nominees: Historical Mystery Fri 9:15 AM Tapa 3 Toastmaster Interview Fri 11:45 AM Tapa 1 Colin Cotterill interviewer Fri 4:15 PM Tapa 1 Sinister Criminals: Dark (noir) and devastating Sat 9:15 AM Tapa 3 Guests of Honor Closing Panel Sun 11:30 AM Tapa 1 – 18 –
Susan Lynn Kingsbury Marketing Challenges Thu 2:30 PM Hono 2 Private Investigators: Eye to eye with the P.I. Fri 1:45 PM Hono 1 Ellen Kirschman Specialized Police Work Fri 3:00 PM Hono 2 Medicine: Take two crimes and call me Sat 11:45 AM Hono 1 Anatomy of Violence: What it takes to kill Sun 10:15 AM Tapa 2 Leslie S. Klinger The Innocence Project Thu 2:30 PM Tapa 1 Bette Golden Lamb Medicine: Take two crimes and call me Sat 11:45 AM Hono 1 J.J. Lamb Independent Authors Thu Noon Hono 2 Sustaining Life in a Series Fri 10:30 AM Tapa 2 Barry Lancet Crime in Exotic Places: Murder on tour Thu 1:15 PM Tapa 1 Foreign Intrigue: Spies, counterterrorism… Sat 1:45 PM Hono 1 Jane Lasswell Hoff Hawaii’s Own Authors: Havoc in paradise Sat 9:15 AM Hono 1 Police Forensics: Ain’t science wonderful? Sun 10:15 AM Tapa 3 A.J. Llewellyn Romance & Crime Collide Fri 1:45 PM Hono 2 Hawaii’s Own Authors: Havoc in paradise Sat 9:15 AM Hono 1 Dru Ann Love Reviewers & Critics: Authors at their mercy? Fri 10:30 AM Tapa 3 Margaret Lucke Paranormal & Supernatural Sat 10:30 AM Tapa 3 Novel Plotting: Clever twists & turns Sun 9:00 AM Tapa 2 D.P. Lyle Medicine: Take two crimes and call me… Sat 11:45 AM Hono 1 Morgan Hannah MacDonald Marketing Challenges Thu 2:30 PM Hono 2 Doc Macomber Specialized Police Work Fri 3:00 PM Hono 2 John Madinger Hawaii Crime Series: History of Opium Trade Sat 10:30 AM Tapa 2 Sujata Massey Amateur Female Sleuths: Tough & terrific Thu 1:15 PM Tapa 2 Foreign Intrigue: Spies, counterterrorism… Sat 1:45 PM Hono 1 – 19 –
Maryglenn McCombs Golden Age Mysteries: Still pertinent? Sat 11:45 AM Hono 2 Jenn McKinlay Crazy Crimes: Screw-ups to die for Sun 9:00 AM Tapa 3 Leo McNeir British Sleuths: Their cup of deadly tea Thu Noon Tapa 1 Catriona McPherson British Sleuths: Their cup of deadly tea Thu Noon Tapa 1 Lefty Award Nominees: Historical Mystery Fri 9:15 AM Tapa 3 Toastmaster interviewer Fri 11:45 AM Tapa 1 Liars Panel: Authors’ secret lives Sat 1:45 PM Tapa 1 Larry Mild Riveting Suspense Fri 3:00 PM Tapa 2 Rosemary Mild How Coauthors Cope Sat 9:15 AM Hono 2 Jonathan Moore Horror & Sci-Fi: You give me chicken skin! Thu Noon Hono 1 Thrillers & Killers: A murderous world Fri 1:45 PM Tapa 2 Margaret C. Morse Paranormal & Supernatural Sat 10:30 AM Tapa 3 Characters Beyond an Author’s Culture Sun 9:00 AM Tapa 1 Nadine Nettmann Wined & Dined to Death Thu 1:15 PM Hono 1 Lefty Award Nominees: Debut Mystery Fri 1:45 PM Tapa 1 Small Town Felonies: Big-time crime Sat 3:00 PM Hono 2 Sharan Newman Criminal Side of Religion Fri 9:15 AM Hono 1 Katharine M. Nohr Writing About Hawaii Thu Noon Tapa 2 Attorneys & Crime Sat 11:45 AM Tapa 3 Baird Nuckolls Publishers: The changing scene Sat 10:30 AM Hono 2 Terry Odell Real-Life Experience: Authors tell all Thu 1:15 PM Hono 2 Police Procedurals Sat 10:30 AM Hono 1 Melissa F. Olson Sustaining Life in a Series Fri 10:30 AM Tapa 2 Paranormal & Supernatural Sat 10:30 AM Tapa 3 – 20 –
Gigi Pandian Crime in Exotic Places: Murder on tour Thu 1:15 PM Tapa 1 Lefty Award Nominees: Best Mystery Fri 3:00 PM Tapa 1 Ann Parker Historical Mysteries: Centuries of secrets Thu 2:30 PM Tapa 2 Lefty Award Nominees: Historical Mystery Fri 9:15 AM Tapa 3 The Gorgeous Outdoors Sat 11:45 AM Tapa 1 Catherine Paul YA & Mid-Grade Novels Fri 9:15 AM Tapa 2 Paranormal & Supernatural Sat 10:30 AM Tapa 3 Cathy Perkins Cheating the Public Sat 3:00 PM Hono 1 Barbara Peters Publishers: The changing scene Sat 10:30 AM Hono 2 Tonya Plank The Traditional Cozy: Coffee & dunnits Thu 2:30 PM Hono 1 Romance & Crime Collide Fri 1:45 PM Hono 2 Lisa Preston Specialized Police Work Fri 3:00 PM Hono 2 Medicine: Take two crimes and call me Sat 11:45 AM Hono 1 David Putnam Criminal Justice: The FBI & other Feds Fri 1:45 PM Tapa 3 Hawaii Crime Series: The Real Hawaii Five-0 Sat 1:45 PM Tapa 2 Anatomy of Violence: What it takes to kill Sun 10:15 AM Tapa 2 D.R. Ransdell Performing Sleuths: Standing ovations Sat 9:15 AM Tapa 2 Emma Raveling Paranormal & Supernatural Sat 10:30 AM Tapa 3 Travis Richardson Short Stories: Compact & powerful Fri 9:15 AM Hono 2 Merrilee Robson Society’s Shame: The underserved public Fri 10:30 AM Hono 1 Charles Rosenberg Attorneys & Crime Sat 11:45 AM Tapa 3 Police Forensics: Ain’t science wonderful? Sun 10:15 AM Tapa 3 Robert Rosenwald Society’s Shame: The underserved public Fri 10:30 AM Hono 1 Publishers: The changing scene Sat 10:30 AM Hono 2 – 21 –
Janet Rudolph Left Coast Crime 101: First-Timer Panel Primer Thu 11:15 AM Hono 1 Lefty Award Nominees: Best Mystery Fri 3:00 PM Tapa 1 Cindy Sample Drama & Comedy Fri 3:00 PM Tapa 3 Small Town Felonies: Big-time crime Sat 3:00 PM Hono 2 Terry Shames Lefty Award Nominees: Best Mystery Fri 3:00 PM Tapa 1 Sinister Criminals: Dark (noir) and devastating Sat 9:15 AM Tapa 3 Novel Plotting: Clever twists & turns Sun 9:00 AM Tapa 2 Sheldon Siegel Riveting Suspense Fri 3:00 PM Tapa 2 Jeffrey Siger In Other Languages: Translators get it right? Fri 10:30 AM Hono 2 Attorneys & Crime Sat 11:45 AM Tapa 3 Nancy Cole Silverman Amateur Female Sleuths: Tough & terrific Thu 1:15 PM Tapa 2 Professional Lady Sleuths Fri 3:00 PM Hono 1 Patricia Smiley Specialized Police Work Fri 3:00 PM Hono 2 Police Procedurals Sat 10:30 AM Hono 1 Susan Spann Historical Mysteries: Centuries of secrets Thu 2:30 PM Tapa 2 Criminal Side of Religion Fri 9:15 AM Hono 1 Mike Spencer Police Forensics: Ain’t science wonderful? Sun 10:15 AM Tapa 3 Rochelle Staab Charlie Chan Movie Night Thu 8:00 PM Tapa 1 Meet the New Authors Breakfast Fri 7:30 AM Tapa 1 Sustaining Life in a Series Fri 10:30 AM Tapa 2 Meet Charlie Chan: The man & his creator Sat 3:00 PM Tapa 3 Dana Stabenow Riveting Suspense Fri 3:00 PM Tapa 2 The Gorgeous Outdoors Sat 11:45 AM Tapa 1 Sidekick Pets & Wild Animals Sat 1:45 PM Tapa 3 – 22 –
Dana Stabenow continued Guest of Honor Interview Sat 4:15 PM Tapa 1 Guests of Honor Closing Panel Sun 11:30 AM Tapa 1 Steve Steinbock Golden Age Mysteries: Still pertinent? Sat 11:45 AM Hono 2 Jane Stillwater Reviewers & Critics: Authors at their mercy? Fri 10:30 AM Tapa 3 Lucinda Surber Left Coast Crime 101: First-Timer Panel Primer Thu 11:15 AM Hono 1 Lefty Award Nominees: Debut Mystery Fri 1:45 PM Tapa 1 Robin Templeton Real-Life Experience: Authors tell all Thu 1:15 PM Hono 2 Professional Lady Sleuths Fri 3:00 PM Hono 1 Brian Thornton Real-Life Experience: Authors tell all Thu 1:15 PM Hono 2 Drama & Comedy Fri 3:00 PM Tapa 3 Tim Tigner Cheating the Public: Political & white-collar Sat 3:00 PM Hono 1 Novel Plotting: Clever twists & turns Sun 9:00 AM Tapa 2 Linda Townsdin Professional Lady Sleuths Fri 3:00 PM Hono 1 Mark Troy Writing About Hawaii Thu Noon Tapa 2 Sinister Criminals: Dark (noir) and devastating Sat 9:15 AM Tapa 3 Diane Vallere The Traditional Cozy: Coffee & dunnits Thu 2:30 PM Hono 1 Lefty Award Nominees: Humorous Mystery Fri 10:30 AM Tapa 1 Lourdes Venard Millennials into Fantasy: Woo them back? Sat 1:45 PM Hono 2 Penny Warner YA & Mid-Grade Novels Fri 9:15 AM Tapa 2 Favorite Heroes & Villains Sat 3:00 PM Tapa 1 Mark Wheaton Society’s Shame: The underserved public Fri 10:30 AM Hono 1 D.V. Whytes How Coauthors Cope Sat 9:15 AM Hono 2 Police Forensics: Ain’t science wonderful? Sun 10:15 AM Tapa 3
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Kenneth Wishnia Criminal Side of Religion Fri 9:15 AM Hono 1 Sinister Criminals: Dark (noir) and devastating Sat 9:15 AM Tapa 3 Reavis Z. Wortham Thrillers & Killers: A murderous world Fri 1:45 PM Tapa 2 Small Town Felonies: Big-time crime Sat 3:00 PM Hono 2 Ovidia Yu Historical Mysteries: Centuries of secrets Thu 2:30 PM Tapa 2 Society’s Shame: The underserved public Fri 10:30 AM Hono 1 James W. Ziskin Amateur Female Sleuths: Tough & terrific Thu 1:15 PM Tapa 2 Lefty Award Nominees: Best Mystery Fri 3:00 PM Tapa 1 Millennials into Fantasy: Woo them back? Sat 1:45 PM Hono 2
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