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A warm welcome to our authors attending Left Coast Crime 2014 from Barbara Leavy Sheldon Siegel

Ann Parker Discover Mystery™ Twist Phelan

We also extend congratulations to

Aileen Baron Jeffery Siger and Priscilla Royal for Libby Hellmann their respective Calamari and Bruce Alexander Memorial Historical award nominations.

Ken Kuhlken Priscilla Royal

Jeffrey Siger Jeanne Tammy Kaehler Frederick Matthews Ramsay Welcome to Calamari Crime in Monterey! off the end of the historic wharf), be sure to say “hi” and You’re expecting a salutation from the Squid, but in feel freeIf you to can bend catch our anyears. of us, dashing around the hotel (or from the start! Well, perhaps “in charge” is an exaggera- fact a Hydra with four or five heads has been in charge Squid Row! tion…. A conspiracy was afoot at the close of Left Coast Whatever you do, have fun at Left Coast Crime on Crime 2012 in Sacramento, resulting in command and con- Bill & Toby & Lucinda & Stan, LCC 2014 Co-Chairs trol conferred on Bill and Toby Gottfried, Lucinda Surber, assistance. Bill and Toby chaired Left Coast Crime 2004 in Table of Contents Monterey,and Stan Ulrich, so they along know with the Janet ropes; Rudolph’s Lucinda isable always advice up and for a new challenge; and Stan couldn’t hide fast enough. But really, it has been a blast, and a great pleasure to Schedule 3 - Panels 5 Lifetime Achievement: work together, along with our dedicated corps of volun , 13 teers — and when LCC says “volunteers” we mean that 15 nobodyThe receives Co-Chairs any particularly pay for untold want hours to thank of work. It Burcell is whogenuinely undertook a labor the of most love! challenging job of planning the International Guest of Honor: 17 book together; and Don Longmuir, for organizing the Book Guest of Honor: Cara Black 19 Roompanel programming;(where we’re sure Vallery you’ll Feldman, want to who spend put a thislot of very time). Toastmaster - 21 Fan Guest of Honor: chargeSpecial ofthanks hospitality. go to Noemi Levine, managing the Silent Sue Trowbridge 23 AuctionFor organizingfor our library the Newbeneficiaries, Author Breakfast, and to Pam we Dehnke owe in G is for Guest: 25 particular gratitude to Mike Befeler (who couldn’t attend Ghost of Honor: Collin Wilcox 27 this year) and Donnell Ann Bell (who is). You’ll meet Terry Program Participants: 29 Jacobsen, our Registration Captain, when you check in, Charity 84 appreciation for Cindy Sample’s labors as hotel liaison; About Left Coast Crime 84 and a hearty thanks to her and her crew of volunteers. Our LCC through the years 85 Vallery Feldman and Carol Fairweather, for hunting down Book Awards 87 Ingrid Willis, our Book Bag stuffing manager and her crew; In Memoriam 88 publicity and sponsorships. 2014 Committee 90 advertisers: and Janet Rudolph for organizing national - teers, including Marlyn Beebe, Gay Coburn Gale, Darrell Book Bag Donations 90 We have also been ably assisted by many other volun Who’s Here From Where 91 Book Dealers 95 few,Hoemann, and for Pat that Macholl, we apologize Joe Mallon, — blame Pat Morin, the Squid! Kathryn Hotel floor Plan 97 Rybka, and Elaine Yamaguchi. We’ve probably forgotten a Monterey Mysteries 98 can beEnough challenging about us!to get We’re to, butdelighted then that’s you have part comeof its and Acknowledgements 98 fervently hope you have a grand time. We know Monterey LCC National Committee 98 writers, meet new friends and surprise some old ones. charm. Enjoy the convention, talk to other readers and Don’t forget to vote! Your LCC Awards ballot is newWe trust authors. many of you will finally be able to meet authors included in your registration packet. Please put your bal- you’veThere’s appreciated plenty offor programming years, and you’ll to keep also youdiscover busy some lot in the ballot box at the registration table by 1:30 on Thursday through mid-day on Sunday, but don’t neglect Saturday, March 22nd. the attractions of the Monterey area. The hotel is close to some great places in history, and within a brisk Check the bulletin board by the Registration Table for the latest news, programming changes, announce- trek, whether running or strolling, remember you can get ments, etc. Look for opportunities to network and dine walk of Cannery Row and the Aquarium. If you make that out with other registrants. a souvenir certificate at the registration table for a $25 © Left Coast Crime Conference, Inc. donation to the Monterey Public Library and the Monterey a 501 (c) (3) organization County Free Libraries, the charitable beneficiaries of this year’s convention. Left Coast Crime 2014 Monterey, California 1 Soho Crime Congratulates our Left Coast Crime Award Nominated Authors CARA BLACK

MURDER BELOW MONTPARNASSE Calamari Award Nominee LISA BRACKMANN

HOUR OF THE RAT Calamari Award Nominee TIMOTHY HALLINAN

THE FAME THIEF Lefty Award Nominee

2 Calamari Crime Schedule Wednesday, March 19 Convention Pre-registration: 3:00 – 6:00 PM Pre-convention Writing Workshop with & Jerrilyn Farmer: 9:30 AM – 4:45 PM

Thursday, March 20 Registration: 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM Panels: 11:00 AM – 5:00 PM Sue Grafton Interview 3:45 PM - 4:30 PM Welcome Reception in De Anza Ballroom (Cash Bar in Foyer starting at 5:30 PM)

Friday, March 21 Registration: 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM Meet the New Authors Breakfast in De Anza 1 & 2 Donnell Ann Bell (MC) — 7:15 AM – 8:45 AM Program from 7:30 – 8:30 AM; open to all convention registrants (limited seating)

Panels: 9:00 AM – 6:00 PM Louise Penny Interview 5:15 PM -6 PM De Anza Ballroom Sneak Peek: Friday Night Movie in the De Anza Ballroom 8:00 PM - 10 PM Ann Cleeves introduces “Red Bones” — the first episode of the new BBC production based on her Shetland Island series

Saturday, March 22 Registration: 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM What Is SinC Up? Breakfast hosted by Sisters in Crime in De Anza 1 & 2, 7:15 AM – 8:45 AM Program from 7:30 – 8:30 AM; open to all convention registrants (limited seating)

Panels: 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM, US Guest of Honor Cara Black Interviewed by Debora Crombie • Interview in De Anza Ballroom 4:00 PM – 4:45 PM Final Silent Auction Bidding: 6:30–7:30 PM (cash bar open at 6:30 PM outside the banquet room) Awards Banquet: 7:30–9:30 PM

Sunday, March 23 Panels: 9:00 AM – 12:30 PM 11:30 AM – 12:15 PM Lifetime Achievement Honorees Bill Pronzini & Marcia Muller Interviewed by Bette Golden Lamb & J.J. Lamb • Interview in De Anza Ballroom and then: So long, farewell, auf Wiedersehen, goodbye… 12:30 PM – 1:00 PM Marcia Muller & Bill Pronzini signing in De Anza Foyer

Book Room Hours: Bonsai - Thursday 9 AM -6 PM, Friday 9 AM - 6:30 PM, Saturday 9 AM - 6 PM, Sunday 9 AM - 1 PM Book Room signings immediately after panels in Foyer

Hospitality & Silent Auction: Portola Room: Thursday Noon - 3:30 PM, Friday 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM Saturday 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM, Saturday 6:30-7:30 PM, final bidding for Silent Auction items and Cash Bar Sunday 9:00 - 11:00 AM

Volunteers: We can always use more volunteers. Check in a the volunteer table at registration

Book Shipping: UPS Shipping in the Book Room on Saturday from Noon-4:00 PM and Sunday from 9:00 AM-Noon.

NOTE: We are delighted to announce that HarperCol- Ken Wishnia signing Fifth Servant lins/William Morrow is sponsoring Friday afternoon in the Hospitality Room. Drop by the Portola Room 2:15–3:15 PM between 1:00–4:30 PM to meet these authors and receive Deborah Crombie signing Sound of Broken Glass a signed copy of their books. Charles Todd signing Proof of Guilt

1:00-2:00 PM 3:30–4:30 PM Lou Berney singing Gutshot Straight Robin Burcell signing The Dark Hour Richard Kadrey signing Sandman Slim M.P. Cooley signing Ice Shear John Burley signing Absence of Mercy signing Leaving Everything Most Loved Left Coast Crime 2014 Monterey, California 3 HONORING COLLIN WILCOX

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4 Calamari Crime PANELS, INTERVIEWS AND MORE... Panels, Interviews, and More… Note: Book signings take place in the Foyer immediately following all panels and interviews. Panel assignments are subject to change. See the Pocket Program for the latest printed information. See the map of the Portola Hotel for room locations. Cottonwood and Ironwood rooms are on the 3rd level.

Thursday morning, March 20

10:45 am – 11:30 am Left Coast Crime 101 Janet Rudolph (M), Bill Gottfried, Toby Gottfried, Brad Parks • Panel in De Anza 1 Thursday Chantelle Aimée Osman (M), Jane Petersen Burfield, Susan Lynn Kingsbury, Pat Morin, Travis Richardson • Panel in De Anza 2 The Character-Driven Mystery Diane Ransdell (M), Patricia Driscoll, David Hansard, Darrell James, Carole Price • Panel in De Anza 3 Leap of Faith: Writers Who Took Alternative Paths to Publication Charles Rosenberg (M), Barbara M. Hodges, Claire Johnson, Gigi Pandian, Cindy Sample • Panel in Ironwood

Thursday afternoon, March 20

Noon – 12:45 pm Laughing at Murder: The Humorous Mystery Kendel Lynn (M), Denise (Deni) Dietz, Heather Haven, Joyce Mason, Nancy G. West • Panel in De Anza 1 Jumping Genres: Writers Who Have Switched Patricia Rice (M), Dianne Emley, Yves Fey, C.T. Jorgensen, Sharan Newman • Panel in De Anza 2 Unusual Sleuths: Your Day Job Is What? Ray Daniel (M), Bonnie J. Cardone, Tammy Kaehler, Ilene Schneider, Susan Spann • Panel in De Anza 3 Thrills & Chills: Medical & Psychological Thrillers Ana Manwaring (M), H.S. Clark, June Gillam, Bette Golden Lamb, August McLaughlin • Panel in Cottonwood How To Promote Your Books Linda L. Richards (M), D.J. Adamson, RP Dahlke, Clair Lamb, Maryglenn McComb • Panel in Ironwood

1:15 pm – 2:00 pm The Culture of Murder: Mysteries Set in Different Lands Toby Gottfried (M), Janet Hubbard, Jeanne Matthews, Priscilla Royal, Jeffrey Siger • Panel in De Anza 1 Juggling Characters: Writers with Multiple Mystery Series Lesa Holstine (M), Laura Bradford, Nancy Baker Jacobs, Camille Minichino, Clare O’Donohue • Panel in De Anza 2 Writing the California Detective Chuck Greaves (M), Gar Anthony Haywood, Naomi Hirahara, Karen Keskinen, Kelli Stanley • Panel in De Anza 3 Murder for the Younger Reader Robert Bookout (M), Pnina Ariel, Janie Chodosh, Linda Joy Singleton, • Panel in Cottonwood Now What? Industry Experts on New Publishing Options Stacey Cochran (M), Christine Munroe, Jeffrey Weber, Dave Workman • Panel in Ironwood

Left Coast Crime 2014 Monterey, California 5 PANELS, INTERVIEWS AND MORE... 2:30 pm – 3:15 pm Cozy Noir: Murder on the Edgy Side Andrew MacRae (M), Sandra Balzo, Terry Shames, Susan C. Shea, James W. Ziskin • Panel in De Anza 1 The Life of PI: Real Life Private Investigators Who Pen Mysteries Stephen Buehler (M), Pamela Beason, David Corbett, John Nardizzi, Michael Spencer • Panel in De Anza 2 Bobbies vs. Mounties: A California Cop Mediates Kathy Bennett (M), Brenda Chapman, Ann Cleeves, Deborah Crombie, Louise Penny • Panel in De Anza 3 The Truth and Nothing But: Law & Murder Daco Auffenorde (M), Teresa Burrell, Susan Goldstein, Lynne Raimondo, Robert Rotstein • Panel in Cottonwood Writer’s Craft: These Writers Teach Kris Neri (M), Jerrilyn Farmer, Diana Gould, Georgia Jeffries, Margaret Lucke • Panel in Ironwood

3:45 pm – 4:30 pm “G Is for Guest” Sue Grafton Interviewed by Toastmaster Brad Parks • Interview in De Anza Ballroom

Thursday evening, March 20

6:00 pm ~ 7:30 pm Welcome Reception in De Anza Ballroom (Cash Bar in Foyer starting at 5:30 pm) Brad Parks, Toastmaster — Light snacks, brief remarks, introduction of Calamari Crime Guests of Honor, pre- sentation of by the Independent Mystery Booksellers Association, and introduction of Left Coast Crime Award Nominees

Friday morning, March 21

7:15 am – 8:45 am Meet the New Authors Breakfast in De Anza 1 & 2 Donnell Ann Bell (MC) — Program from 7:30 – 8:30 am; open to all convention registrants (limited seating)

9:00 am – 9:45 am In the Beginning… Reminiscing Jan Burke (M), Sue Grafton, Marcia Muller • Panel in De Anza 3 Mean Streets Aren’t All in L.A. Matt Coyle (M), Baron R. Birtcher, Ken Kuhlken, D.W. Putnam, Mark Troy • Panel in Cottonwood Deadly New Voices: Writers Discuss Their First Sales Lori Rader-Day (M), M.P. Cooley, Sherry Harris, Carlene O’Neil, Holly West • Panel in Ironwood

10:15 am – 11:00 am Manors & Manners: Murder Beyond Downton Abbey Catriona McPherson (M), Rhys Bowen, Carola Dunn, G.M. Malliet, Jacqueline Winspear • Panel in De Anza 1 Murder off Page: Traditional Mystery Camille Minichino (M), Laura Bradford, Kate Carlisle, Parnell Hall, Clare O’Donohue • Panel in De Anza 2 When Setting Matters: Not Just a Pretty Backdrop for Murder Caroline (Charles) Todd (M), Timothy Hallinan, Sara J. Henry, Craig Johnson, • Panel in De Anza 3

6 Calamari Crime PANELS, INTERVIEWS AND MORE... I Left My Book in : From Hammett to… Randal Brandt (M), Mysti Berry, Kathryn Gualtieri, Kirk Russell, Sheldon Siegel • Panel in Cottonwood Don’t Kill the Messenger: Reviewers Discuss Mysteries Ted Hertel (M), Jordan Foster, Terry Jacobsen, Maggie Mason, Katrina Niidas Holm • Panel in Ironwood

11:30 am – 12:15 pm Murder Lite: Why Authors Write Humor into Mysteries (M), , , Helen Smith • Panel in De Anza 1 Forensics: Experts Discuss How To Tell Fact from Fiction George Fong (M), Robin Burcell, Jan Burke, , D.P. (Doug) Lyle • Panel in De Anza 2 Evil Among Us David Corbett (M), Allison Brennan, John Burley, Bruce DeSilva, Alan Russell • Panel in De Anza 3 A Taste for Murder Penny Warner (M), Daryl Wood Gerber aka Avery Aames, , Jenn McKinlay, Nancy J. Parra aka Nancy Coco • Panel in Cottonwood Jagged Edge of Death Terri Nolan (M), Harry Hunsicker, Dick Lochte, Gary Phillips, Kenneth Wishnia • Panel in Ironwood

Lunch Break (on your own)

Friday afternoon, March 21

1:30 pm – 2:15 pm Murder Across the Pond Annamaria Alfieri (M), Laura Andersen, S.K. Rizzolo, Priscilla Royal, Jeri Westerson • Panel in De Anza 1 Haunted by Death: On the Paranormal Side Dianne Emley (M), Juliet Blackwell aka Hailey Lind, Molly MacRae, Kris Neri • Panel in De Anza 2 Where Rubber Meets the Road Jess Lourey (M), Deborah Coonts, Linda Joffe Hull, Catriona McPherson, Johnny Shaw • Panel in De Anza 3 Tough on Crime Robert Downs (M), Philip Donlay, Doc Macomber, Paul D. Marks, D.W. Putnam • Panel in Cottonwood Lights, Camera, Action! Hollywood Mysteries Diana Gould (M), Melodie Johnson Howe, Maxine Nunes, Clive Rosengren, Kathryn Leigh Scott • Panel in Ironwood

2:45 pm – 3:30 pm The Sleuth’s Best Friend Sparkle Abbey (Mary Lee Woods) (M), Sparkle Abbey (Anita Carter), Waverly Curtis, Tracy Weber, Sue Owens Wright • Panel in De Anza 1 A Dark and Stormy Night: The Inspiration Behind our Characters Rochelle Staab (M), Lisa Brackmann, Libby Fischer Hellmann, Sophie Littlefield, SimonW ood • Panel in De Anza 2 Extra! Extra! Journalists Turned Crime Novelists Andrew E. Kaufman (M), Bruce DeSilva, David Freed, Carla Norton, Brad Parks • Panel in De Anza 3 Writing the Native American Protagonist Deborah J Ledford (M), Shannon Baker, Dorothy Black Crow, Craig Johnson, Marilyn Meredith • Panel in Cottonwood Editors & Agents: Trends in Mysteries Twist Phelan (M), Kimberley Cameron, Claire Eddy, Juliet Grames, Marcia Markland • Panel in Ironwood

Left Coast Crime 2014 Monterey, California 7 PANELS, INTERVIEWS AND MORE... 4:00 pm – 4:45 pm Two Heads Are Better Than One (M), Jerrilyn Farmer, Dick Lochte, Charles Todd • Panel in De Anza 1 What’s Cooking North of the Border? Canadian Mystery Writers Jane Petersen Burfield (M), Cathy Ace, Brenda Chapman, Erika Chase, Loraine Fowlow •Panel in De Anza 2 : The Bigger Picture Janet Dawson (M), Cara Black, Aaron Elkins, Craig Johnson, Laurie R. King • Panel in De Anza 3 Lying for a Living: Crime Fiction Collective Marlyn Beebe (M), Peg Brantley, Teresa Burrell, Gayle Carline, Andrew E. Kaufman, L.J. Sellers • Panel in Cottonwood Social Media: Getting the Word out in Today’s Digital Age Jen Forbus (M), Maddee James, August McLaughlin, Chantelle Aimée Osman, Janet Rudolph • Panel in Ironwood

5:15 pm – 6:00 pm International Guest of Honor Louise Penny Interviewed by Andrew Martin, Minotaur Books Publisher • Interview in De Anza Ballroom

Dinner Break (on your own)

Friday evening, March 21

8:00 pm – 10:00 pm Sneak Peek: Friday Night Movie in the De Anza Ballroom Ann Cleeves introduces “Red Bones” — the first episode of the new BBC production based on her Shetland Island series

Saturday morning, March 22

7:15 am – 8:45 am What Is SinC Up? Breakfast hosted by Sisters in Crime in De Anza 1 & 2 Program from 7:30 – 8:30 am; open to all convention registrants (limited seating)

9:00 am – 9:45 am The Heart & Soul of Murder: Mysteries with a Meaning Jacqueline Winspear (M), Ann Cleeves, Deborah Crombie, Louise Penny, Michael Sears • Panel in De Anza 3 Mystery Far Afield Jeffrey Siger (M), Lisa Alber, Aileen Baron, Anne Cleeland, Gigi Pandian • Panel in Cottonwood Screenwriters on Georgia Jeffries (M), Lou Berney, Craig Faustus Buck, Ellen Byron, Rita Lakin • Panel in Ironwood

10:15 am – 11:00 am When Bad Things Happen to Good Detectives Sue Trowbridge (M), Cara Black, Janet Dawson, Libby Fischer Hellmann, William Kent Krueger • Panel in De Anza 1 Legal Thrillers: NOT Your Father’s Perry Mason Ken Isaacson (M), Joel Goldman, Jeremiah Healy, Charles Rosenberg, Sheldon Siegel • Panel in De Anza 2 Murder in Another Era: Historical Mysteries Patti Ruocco (M), Annamaria Alfieri, Laurie R. King, David Morrell, Caroline (Charles) Todd• Panel in De Anza 3

8 Calamari Crime PANELS, INTERVIEWS AND MORE... Smile : What Makes Villains Memorable John Billheimer (M), Darrell James, J.J. Lamb, Con Lehane, Simon Wood • Panel in Cottonwood When Murder Gets in the Way of a Good Romance Sandra Balzo (M), Susan M. Boyer, Rebecca Grace, Jess Lourey, Cindy Sample • Panel in Ironwood

11:30 am – 12:15 pm How To Rae James (M), Kate Carlisle, Erika Chase, Mary Jane Maffini aka Victoria Abbott, Jenn McKinlay • Panel in De Anza 1 X-Factor: Responsibilities & Issues for Women Writing Women Kelli Stanley (M), Lisa Brackmann, Robin Burcell, Marcia Clark, Sara J. Henry • Panel in De Anza 2 Short Story Saturday Twist Phelan (M), Jan Burke, Harry Hunsicker, G.M. Malliet, Bill Pronzini • Panel in De Anza 3 Mystery Aficionados: The Books We Love & Why Ingrid Willis (M), Les Blatt, Deborah Lacy, Barbara Fass Leavy, Donus Roberts • Panel in Cottonwood Pulp Fiction & Beyond: Very Untraditional Mysteries Juliet Blackwell (M), Dale Berry, Chris F. Holm, Richard Kadrey, Gary Phillips • Panel in Ironwood

Lunch Break (on your own)

Don’t Forget To Vote! Your LCC Awards Ballot must be deposited in the ballot box at the Registration Table by 1:30 pm on Saturday.

Saturday afternoon, March 22

1:30 pm – 2:15 pm Sex, Death & Taxes … and a Lot of Champagne Allison Brennan (M), Diana Chambers, Deborah Coonts, Catherine Coulter, Harley Jane Kozak • Panel in De Anza 1 Behind the Badge: What Readers and Writers Need To Know Ellen Kirschman (M), Marcia Clark, Connie Dial, George Fong, Arthur Kerns • Panel in De Anza 2 Thrillers: What’s New (and What’s Not) Keith Raffel (M), Timothy Hallinan, Sophie Littlefield, David Morrell, Michael Sears •Panel in De Anza 3 Closer to Death: The Older Sleuth Sandra Brannan (M), Cathy Ace, Gayle Carline, Maria Hudgins, Rita Lakin • Panel in Cottonwood You Have the Right To Remain Silent: Police Procedurals Donnell Ann Bell (M), Bill Cameron, Kirk Russell, L.J. Sellers, C.L. Swinney • Panel in Ironwood

2:45 pm – 3:30 pm Been There, Wrote That: A Game Show Gar Anthony Haywood (M), Donna Andrews, Rhys Bowen, Lee Goldberg, Parnell Hall • Panel in De Anza 1 Amateur Sleuth Saturday Naomi Hirahara (M), Christine Goff, Helen Smith, Rochelle Staab, Diane Vallere • Panel in De Anza 2 Mystery’s Class Clowns: Chandler’s Successors Alan Russell (M), Lou Berney, Chuck Greaves, Brad Parks, Johnny Shaw • Panel in De Anza 3 Long Ago & Far Away: Historical Murder Around the World Ann Parker (M), Sharan Newman, Frederick J. Ramsay, John Maddox Roberts, Priscilla Royal • Panel in Cottonwood

Left Coast Crime 2014 Monterey, California 9 PANELS, INTERVIEWS AND MORE... Book Selling & Publishing: Chaos of Swimming Upstream Deborah Harter Williams (M), Jordan Foster, Juliet Grames, , Barbara Peters • Panel in Ironwood

4:00 pm – 4:45 pm US Guest of Honor Cara Black Interviewed by Debora Crombie • Interview in De Anza Ballroom

Saturday evening, March 22

6:30 pm – 7:30 pm Silent Auction Final Bidding and Cash Bar in De Anza Foyer and Portola Room

7:30 pm ~ 9:30 pm Awards Banquet in De Anza Ballroom (banquet ticket required) Brad Parks, Toastmaster — Presentation of Left Coast Crime Awards

Sunday morning to midday, March 23

9:00 am – 9:45 am Name That Squid! Form a Team and Join the Game Lucinda Surber (M), Bill Gottfried, Toby Gottfried, Janet Rudolph • Panel in De Anza 1 Traditional Mysteries: We Like It That Way Jim Jackson (M), Susan Boyer, Michele Drier, Christopher Lord, Kendel Lynn • Panel in De Anza 2 Good Things In Small Presses: Joel Fox (M), Kathleen Asay, Lorna Collins, Madeline (M.M.) Gornell, Reba White Williams • Panel in De Anza 3 Going It Alone: Authors Discuss Pros & Cons of Self-Publishing Laurie Stevens (M), Michael Cooper, Vinnie Hansen, Sherry Joyce, William E. Wallace • Panel in Cottonwood

10:15 am – 11:00 am How To Get More Involved in Left Coast Crime Conventions Lucinda Surber (M), Bill Gottfried, Toby Gottfried, Janet Rudolph, Stan Ulrich • Panel in De Anza 1 Voices in Our Heads: Our Protagonists & What They Do Peg Brantley (M), Donnell Ann Bell, Warren C. Easely, Cathy Perkins, Terry Shames • Panel in De Anza 2 Day on the Beach: Murder at the Seashore Victoria Heckman (M), Larry K. Collins, Christine Finlayson, James Preston, Mara Purl • Panel in De Anza 3 Turning Up the Heat on the Amateur Sleuth Cora J Ramos (M), Jill Amadio, Marta Chausée, Margaret Dumas, Denise (Shalanna) Weeks • Panel in Cottonwood Agent-Author Relationships Kimberly Cameron (M), Matt Coyle, D.P. (Doug) Lyle, Terri Nolan, Susan C. Shea • Panel in Ironwood

11:30 am – 12:15 pm Lifetime Achievement Honorees Bill Pronzini & Marcia Muller Interviewed by Bette Golden Lamb & J.J. Lamb • Interview in De Anza Ballroom and then: So long, farewell, auf Wiedersehen, goodbye…

12:30 pm – 1:00 pm Marcia Muller & Bill Pronzini signing in De Anza Foyer

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In a corner of the Civil War, a demonic battle is stirring.

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When there’s red, close your eyes and try again.

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Patients are dying and Skye must stop it from happening again.

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Murder, embezzlement, betrayal, and silence…

Kill Zone by James L. Hatch eBook ISBN: 9781615725281 Print ISBN: 9781615725298

A prehistoric bacterium falls into the hands of bio-terrorists.

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A computer geek must stop a serial killer before his girlfriend dies.

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12 Calamari Crime HONOREE APPRECIATION Lifetime Achievement: Marcia Muller

If you could create a mystery writer you’d was under the stairs. Cases were compelling, mon- want one every bit as intrigued by Sharon McCone ey scarce. After a while, as most people do, Sharon as you are. Even more so. You’d want her to be began to find the luster of poverty was fading. So Sharon’s best friend . . . and worst enemy. You’d she took charge of the situation. She focused on want her to worry that bigger cases, more dangerous Sharon is in danger. Or ones. She started her own firm, worse, that she’s not in hired assistants, hired more danger. You’d send her to a specialized employees, and gun range so Sharon could in the process showed us how handle herself in a dark al- detective agencies work. Then ley. You’d want her to take she moved her business to a flying lessons so Sharon pier on San Francisco Bay. If could pilot a small plane. you enjoy reading a female pri- And crash. (Luckily for vate eye as role model, you’re your created author, there not likely to do better than are no crashing lessons.) Sharon McCone. You’d want her to wake I’ve focused on Sharon, but, up thinking about Sharon, Marcia Muller has written spend all morning creat- series featuring art detective ing problems for her, do Joanna Stark and Mexican the necessary-to-life stuff Museum curator Elena Oli- like grocery shopping and veras. She’s created a terrific walking to the post office trio of -series books set in in the afternoon, but when California’s eerie lost coast, dinner’s over, you’d expect collaborated with her husband, no less than that she whip Bill Pronzini, on mysteries and to her office to spend her westerns. Plus, she and Bill evening back with Sharon. have edited a number of anthologies, which have You would have created Marcia Muller. given you the chance to read some of your other fa- Marcia has said that Sharon is similar to her, vorite writers and discover new ones. And she has except better. Maybe. Here’s the way things work. written a lot of short stories. A lot! Marcia tries something, like those flying lessons. If you had created her you’d’ve done your- She masters it – she always does. I can’t think of self proud. But really, you couldn’t have asked for anything she’s tried and given up on – and in the more than she’s given you. And continues to give process learns what to do and what can happen if you. Because the best news is that although you are things go wrong. Then it’s watch out, Sharon! Just honoring her with a Lifetime Achievement award, the way we readers like it. she’s got a lot of lifetime ahead to reward you with One constant in Marcia’s life is that she has new books. always written. She’s had part-time jobs, no jobs, Susan Dunlap lived in a friend’s basement, all so she could write. Writing has always come first. Sharon McCone, too, has always worked at her profession. But she is quite unusual in how her life has evolved. More to the point, how she has made it evolve. She started out as an investigator at All Souls Legal Cooperative, where her office Left Coast Crime 2014 Monterey, California 13 MEET ATTENDING AUTHORS LORI RADER-DAY, LYNNE RAIMONDO, ROBERT ROTSTEIN, TERRY SHAMES, AND JAMES ZISKIN!

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14 Calamari Crime HONOREE APPRECIATION Lifetime Achievement: Bill Pronzini

In the early 1970s, when my advertising and volved for close to two years. Add in all the an- PR co-workers were doing the three-martini Mad thologies, non-fiction books, collaborations with Men lunch thing, I was spending equal time brows- Marcia, short stories, and, well, you get the idea. ing in a huge used bookstore in San Francisco’s These are definitely not grind-them-out Tenderloin. One noontime I found a copy of The books and stories; they are the works of a con- Jade Figurine, written by summate professional that Jack Foxx. have garnered prestigious It was a good read, awards such as, in addition but I was more captivated to the MWA Grand Master, by the back cover picture the Private Eye Writers of of the writer, sitting on America “Shamus” and “Life- a waterside rock in Ma- time Achievement” honors, jorca. Like, here’s this guy, a “Macavity” from Mystery obviously younger than Readers International, France’s struggling-writer me, pos- “Grand Prix de la Litterature ing for an author’s portrait Policière,” and six Edgar nomi- in Majorca, for crying out nations. loud. Any bio of Bill, long or A few years later, short, must include recognition after I’d published my for his acclaimed “Nameless first two PI novels, I Detective” books, the world’s joined Mystery Writers of longest running PI series – 42 America, was told there to date, with another upcoming was a Northern California later this year. The most recent, Chapter, and went to my Nemesis, came out this past first meeting. The head of July; late last year also saw the chapter, who invited me to say a few words, was publication of The Spook Lights Affair by Muller Bill Pronzini, who not only looked like, but was and Pronzini, the second Carpenter and Quincannon Jack Foxx; he was also another writer I’d read, Alex mystery, set in the late 1890s (a third is due out this Saxon. coming December). Bill was, and is, a nice guy. But best of all, Personal favorites are Bill’s stand-alones, he’d read my books ... even before I joined MWA. particularly, and in no particular order, The Crimes He is a prolific reader and has read at least of Jordan Wise, Blue Lonesome, and A Wasteland of one book by virtually every mystery writer, going Strangers. back as far as mystery writing goes. He has book- It would be remiss to not mention Bill’s shelves and bookshelves filled with crime novels, forays into Westerns, Science Fiction, and a trio of many of them first editions, and then there his ex- laugh-provoking books that poke fun at the clichés, tensive collection of pulp fiction magazines. malaprops, and other language-character-plot mis- What brings him to Left Coast Crime this adventures in mystery and western writing. year as a Guest of Honor, along with wife Marcia In short, and to paraphrase an MWA com- Muller, is his writing. Significantly, Marcia and ment in announcing Bill’s Grand Master, he is a Bill are only the second married couple to be named passionate author and reader of crime fiction, along individually as Grand Masters by Mystery Writers with being an ardent proponent of the genre. of America. Most of all, I’m proud to say he’s my friend Bill is a prodigious writer – if you were to read one Pronzini novel per week, you’d be in- J. J. Lamb

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16 LeftCoastCrimeProgram 3_14.indd 1 Calamari Crime 2/13/14 4:16 PM HONOREE APPRECIATION International Guest of Honor: Louise Penny

In 2005, an editor at St. Martin’s Minotaur more in 2008, when Louise, Rhys Bowen, and I were Books, Ben Servier, asked me if I would read an ARC put together on a panel titled Three Goddesses. (Louise of a debut novel by a Canadian author named Louise and Rhys would certainly qualify for this, elegant as Penny. Ben said it was just my cup of tea, and I thought they are!) In walked this tall, stunning woman with the it sounded interesting – who, after all, set mysteries in a most marvelous voice and a lovely Canadian accent. We tiny village in ? – I started talking, on the panel and said yes. off, and have been talking pretty The galley arrived much non-stop ever since. a week or two later, bound We’ve reprised our in plain off-white paper Three Goddesses panel twice with only the author’s name now and had terrific fun doing and the title, Still Life, on it. But the most memorable time the front. I picked it up, I’ve spent with Louise was a thumbed through it, read the couple of years ago when we first few pages, and didn’t both happened to be in put it down again until I’d in the autumn. I was in Notting finished it. Hill and Louise was staying in I was enchanted. Chelsea. We met at the French This is what I wrote to Ben, café Le Pain Quotidien in Not- and I’m pleased to say it ting Hill for a long, writerly, became the top quote on the gossipy lunch with fellow writer jacket back: “Louise Pen- and friend Ann Cleeves. ny’s Still Life is a gem of a And then Louise and debut novel—with percep- I walked across Hyde Park tively realized characters, together on this golden after- a setting to die for, and the noon, talking about reading and enormously appealing Chief writing and life and the plots of Inspector Gamache. I can’t our books-in-progress. It was wait for the next install- one of those days that even as it ment.” Other luminaries unfolds you know you will trea- who gave Still Life equally enthusiastic praise were Anne sure as a touchstone, and when you know you’ve found a Perry, Reginald Hill, Julia Spencer-Fleming, and Peter true friend in your life. Lovesey. Now we look forward to any chance to get to- And now, here we are, nine years and nine books gether and have a good catch-up. And I remain Louise’s later. I wish I could have won an award for prescience. staunchest fan. She continues to write with grace, wit, If I went on to list the awards and reviews garnered for compassion, and intelligence, and she surpasses herself Still Life and Louise’s subsequent novels, it would take with every new novel. I have all of her books—many up this entire program. Louise’s career has been me- signed—and can’t wait to see what she has in store for teoric, sensational; her novels have only grown richer us next. and more accomplished. Readers everywhere know And yes, I still have that reader’s copy of Still and love Chief Inspector Gamache, and wish that the Life with its plain paper cover. It’s not going anywhere. magical village of Three Pines really existed. Still Life has been adapted for Canadian television, and Louise’s Deborah Crombie latest book, the brilliant (in all ways) How the Light Gets In, is short-listed for the Edgar Award for Best Novel, the highest compliment one’s peers can give a mystery writer. But as much as I admire Louise’s writing, I have also been doubly blessed to come to know her as a friend. I didn’t meet her until in Balti-

Left Coast Crime 2014 Monterey, California 17 HONOREE APPRECIATION Louise Penny bibliography Armand Gamache, Chief Inspector of the Sûreté du Québec, in the village of Three Pines, in southern Quebec, Canada: “DYING FOR A DAIQUIRI” Still Life (2005) 2006 New Blood Dagger by Cindy Sample 2006 Arthur Ellis Award for Best First Novel 2014 LEFTY AWARD FINALIST 2007 Anthony Award for Best First Novel 2007 Barry Award for Best First Novel 2007 Dilys Award Dead Cold (2006) “If you are looking for a APA: A Fatal Grace (2007) terrific story with plenty 2007 for Best Novel of action, love, laughter The Cruelest Month (2007) and suspense, this is one 2008 Agatha Award for Best Novel The Murder Stone (2008) you don’t want to miss.” APA: A Rule Against Murder (2009) –Romance Junkies The Brutal Telling (2009) 2009 Agatha Award for Best Novel “Sample’s sleuth is an 2010 Anthony Award for Best Mystery endearing character Bury Your Dead (2010) readers will adore.” 2010 Agatha Award for Best Novel 2010 Dilys Award –RT Book Reviews 2011 Anthony Award for Best Mystery 2011 Arthur Ellis Award for Best Novel 2010 Macavity Award for Best Novel [email protected] 2011 http://www.cindysamplebooks.com A Trick of the Light (2011) 2012 Anthony Award for Best Mystery The Beautiful Mystery (2012) 2012 Agatha Award for Best Novel 2013 Anthony Award for Best Mystery 2013 Macavity Award for Best Mystery How the Light Gets In (2013) Finalist 2014 Edgar Award for Best Novel Finalist 2014 Left Coast Crime Calamari Award The Long Way Home (due August 26, 2014)

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18 Calamari Crime HONOREE APPRECIATION US Guest of Honor: Cara Black Interview with Juliet Grames editor at SOHO Q. You told me when we first started working on Murder prison. He didn’t last long, since the young Commandant told in Pigalle that the inspiration had come from a real-life me prisoners don’t like pedophiles. case. Can you tell us a little bit more about the real case? Q. One of your characters, Monsieur Lavigne, a con- A. Yes, it came from a case that had stymied the flics noisseur of the Pigalle area’s history and culture, has an (French slang for police) for a time. They were quite open impressive collection of art done by great quartier art- about it. By chance, while I ists. Who are some of those great was having lunch with a retired visual artists? What about musical Brigade Criminelle officer, a composers? What brought them friend of his joined us. This friend together in this area of ? headed what we’d term Crime A. Pigalle has long been a night- Investigations against Juveniles life area. Moulin Rouge, le Chat division. He was quite a striking Noir, and nearby Follies Bergere, all guy, very nice, and he looked like still going strong, are in the 9th ar- he’d walked out of a medieval rondissement. Theater thrived there tapestry. I can only describe it as and still does in the 13 theaters with a 14th-century face and tonsure- performances every night. Maybe like hairstyle. Anyway, he gave there’s an artistic sensibility fostered me his card. Not one to pass up by those who lived there: artists like any opportunity, I called and he Degas, Toulouse-Lautrec, Vuillard, invited me to visit him and tour writers such as Emile Zola, George his branch. Sand. Composers and musicians, I had no intention of writing including Liszt, Chopin, and Berlioz, about crimes against children, but who visited each other often, found it’s a good rule to visit a police- inspiration in congregating in salons man who invites you to their and ateliers fermenting a literary, office to get the feel and see how artistic, and musical scene. they really work. Unknown to me Monsieur Lavigne lives in what’s at the time, his unit had cooper- still called la Nouvelle Athenes, an ated with a filmmaker who’d upscale area where the wealthy fol- just made a hit movie about their lowed Greek designs in architecture Juvenile division. So he was and promoted “new thinking” based quite open. His office, on the Seine, and the whole floor of the on Hellenism and Greek ideals and thought. I’m not sure if unit’s suite was lighter and airier than most police branches that’s still around. I’ve seen. His second in command, a youngish female Com- Q. In this book, detective Aimée Leduc is pregnant. It’s mandant, gave me a tour and showed me where their psycho- a big change for her character! What inspired you to lead logically trained investigators talk to child victims in colorful Aimee down that street? rooms with toys. A. It’s never easy for Aimée. She’s always attracted to bad Another woman explained her work with investigating boys but I felt it was time for her to grow up. Well, a little. My and suppressing the trafficking of young children. I confess it Parisian friend Anne-Françoise that I’ve known for years – struck me how hard this job would be to do and not get emo- first as a singleton who I’d go out dancing with – now has two tionally involved. How could one leave it behind at the end girls, 3 and 7. Anne’s a career woman, too, but I’ve watched of the day, especially if you had young children the age of the (and sometimes helped on visits) since their births how she victims in your case? The unit’s professionalism, compassion, raises her girls and works full time. Paris, by the way, has an and down-to-earthness really struck me. amazing affordable childcare system for working parents and Out of curiosity I asked the young Commandant if there subsidies for childcare. Of course, it’s not easy and Anne relies were any specific crimes they’d dealt with in June 1998 when a lot on her partner these days and a wonderful shared nanny. I was setting my next book – it could be background material But when I visit I can do the fun stuff and take them to the or an issue my character would be aware of. Yes, exactly, she circus or read a story. I don’t have diaper duty any more, but said. In June 1998 there was a notorious case and she showed volunteer for after school pickup and boulangerie stops on the me the file – that of a serial rapist preying on young girls home way home. I’ve learned a lot from watching her. alone after school. All the girls lived in the same arrondisse- Q. Aimée is wrestling with lots of questions about ment and attended schools near each other. The flics hadn’t put motherhood: for example, will she be a good mother, even the attacks together and the frustrated parents of the quartier though she doesn’t have a good relationship with her own went vigilante. Unfortunately, it was the wrong guy. The flics mother? How can she balance her baby with her career? did find the serial rapist; he was tried, convicted, and sent to Cara, you are a mother yourself – did you channel any of

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20 Calamari Crime HONOREE APPRECIATION Toastmaster: Brad Parks

cepting an award, on the street, in the shower. You If you’ve ever experienced Brad Parks in simply never know—and we’re probably all better person, you know he’s a born entertainer. The off not know about that last one. But once you expe- world is his stage and he isn’t afraid to put on a rience it, you never forget it. show. The crime fiction community is fortunate In all seriousness, though (am I allowed to because Brad’s brought his be serious when talking about show to us. Brad Parks?), Brad is a talented Brad tells me that author with great respect for we’re growing up together his readers. He’s always work- in the book world. And ing to be a better writer and to he’s right. His first novel, craft the stories people enjoy Faces Of The Gone, came reading. For him the greatest out shortly after I started reward is an audience that’s blogging. As I’ve advanced been thoroughly entertained, in my blogging and review- preferably by his work. (See, ing work, he’s grown as a it’s difficult to be serious when writer and storyteller. He Brad is the topic of conversa- was on the very first panel tion.) Through his characters, I ever moderated, sitting Brad reminds us that people’s next to me writing notes actions count more than race, to me about what I should gender, creed or socioeconomic be doing; it was just like status. And while his weighty school. I’ve quietly – and themes make great crime plots, sometimes not so quietly – they also jump up and down celebrated as his work was waving wildly, warning us not acknowledged with awards to ignore them. Through it all, such as the Nero, the Sha- there’s his humor. Sitting down mus and the Lefty. to spend time with Carter Ross is what the joy of Simultaneously we’ve watched Carter Ross reading is all about. grow too, albeit at a much slower pace. Like his I am a true fan of the writer and the man. I sarcastic, Coke Zero-drinking, pleated slacks-wear- feel honored to call Brad Parks a friend and to be ing protagonist, Brad started his writing career in growing up in the crime fiction community with the newsroom. His years covering sports and then him. He’s one of a kind (thank goodness)! as an investigative reporter show through in his Jen Forbus stories. And while he likes to say it took him awhile to learn he could “make stuff up,” he’s been quite Brad Parks bibliography proficient as a storyteller from the beginning. I think Carter Ross, an investigative reporter for the Eagle-Exam- it goes back to his childhood when he pretended he iner, in Newark, : was playing football with the Browns. A great imagination is key. Faces of the Gone (2009) Unlike his protagonist, Brad’s also proficient 2010 Nero Award 2010 Shamus Award for Best First Novel at song writing. Or rather re-writing. He’s publicly Eyes of the Innocent (2011) serenaded the likes of Brad Meltzer and Laura The Girl Next Door (2012) Lippman. If you’re unfamiliar with this talent of 2013 Lefty Award Brad’s I highly recommend searching his name on The Good Cop (2013) YouTube! One never knows when Brad might break Finalist 2014 Lefty Award out into song – at a conference, at a book event, ac- The Player (2014)

Left Coast Crime 2014 Monterey, California 21 22 Calamari Crime HONOREE APPRECIATION Fan Guest of Honor: Sue Trowbridge

Most mystery people know Sue Trowbridge as a snippet reviews commonly published today. Many writers gifted and prolific mystery website specialist, E-book designer still quote Sue’s reviews in their publicity materials and have and publisher. If you live in California, you may hang with her spoken to me of how fair and well written her pieces were. at Janet Rudolph’s book-club and know inside facts such as Sue naturally began attending mystery conventions around her given name (Susanne) and her birthplace (Sweden) – and the age of 21 – once again, the youngest girl in the room – but that she still speaks Swedish as undoubtedly, one of the most sought fluently as English. after. Her first visit to Left Coast But it’s quite possible Crime was in 2004, and I believe she that within the mystery commu- still is regularly carded in the conven- nity, I’ve known Sue the longest. tion bar. My claim on her comes because The Sun shut down its we’ve been friends since college, regular mystery column in 2000. when she started her life as “the While Sue could have continued youngest girl in the room.” in the editorial department, she left I’ve always called her after being recruited by the famous this because Sue was admitted to historian, Taylor Branch, to help with Johns Hopkins University at the his research for his King-era trilogy tender age of sixteen. She was a of histories of the civil rights move- major in the Writing Seminars ment. Sue leapfrogged from this to department, and there were many another serious job at a mental health afternoons that I sat across from nonprofit, where she convinced the her at a seminar table marvel- founder to let her design its first ing at her polished and beautiful informational website. At the time, writing. However, the place we most companies didn’t have any became fast friends was in the information on the web, so she truly Gatehouse, a chilly old stone car- was a pioneer. Sue relied on both her riage house sunk into a depres- writing and editing skills, and her sion on the edge of the campus. confidence with computer code, to This crumbling cottage was the help the organization. longtime home of the Hopkins Up through the mid-1990s, News-Letter. Although Sue was a year behind me academical- Sue and I still lived near each other in . Sue was ly (and three years younger, in terms of age) she was already the first person to read my debut novel, and I only felt brave co-editor of the arts section. We hit it off immediately and enough to send it to agents after she’d given me a thumbs- spent many late nights with cold pizza pasting up articles we’d up. As soon as The Salaryman’s Wife sold, she told me she’d written about bands (by her) and boys (by me) and occasion- design a website for me promoting this book and the others ally both in one article. Like me, Sue wore her hair “big” those she insisted I would write. I thought it was a great idea and days and loved new wave music. However, she took the music loved the results. Sue had found a way for writers and read- thing a step farther and broke into the graduate student bas- ers to instantly connect both ways – and for writers to share tion that was our college radio station and became a popular additional content and even a bit of their personal life, if they deejay. She also managed a work-study job at the Computer felt comfortable. Center, a fearful place for most writing majors. In the com- Within a few years Sue had dozens of author clients. puter lab, Sue learned to navigate the Internet when nobody I was thrilled for her success but missed her very much when even called it that. She also mastered computer coding. In the she left to move to California. In the Bay Area, late ‘80s, it felt impossible to consider that fields like writing she built a vibrant life among mystery folk – especially Janet and the Internet would ever meld. But these abilities, fused Rudolph’s Mystery Readers International and its hardworking together, would become Sue’s secret power-tool. book club. As usual, one gig wasn’t enough to keep Sue busy. After graduation, Sue went to the place I’d joined She also became a print, E-book and music publisher with the a year earlier: the city’s daily newspaper, the Baltimore Sun. assistance of her husband, Joe Mallon. She cares for a darling We started up a book club with other young women friends, rescue dog and is an active volunteer with Meals on Wheels. including fellow Sun employee . While Sue And she still reads all her writers’ novels – as well as other worked in the editorial department, she also began writing books, too! book reviews. She specialized in mystery, a genre that opened These days, Sue may not always be the youngest girl for her like Aladdin’s Cave. She read hundreds of books in the room. But she’ll always be the leader who brings us to and wrote long reviews without spoilers – not the paragraph platforms and places that we would never have imagined. Left Coast Crime 2014 Monterey, California 23 PUTNAM AND BERKLEY SALUTE #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR SUE GRAFTON

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24 Calamari Crime HONOREE APPRECIATION G is for Guest: Sue Grafton

Every once in a while, readers of crime fic- without being guided, who dreamed of lives of self- tion are graced with books from a writer who makes reliance, of enjoying more independence than most them sit up and say, “Oh, yes!” of their grandmothers had experienced. Our female We realize we are engrossed in works that heroes were not quite so thick on the ground when speak to us differently. Our minds are engaged, our Kinsey Millhone first appeared. hearts moved. It’s a way That this series continues we readers have of falling in to be so well-loved more than love, and there is no limit on thirty years later, when a strong how many times we may do female protagonist is hardly a so. As with other kinds of novelty, speaks to the skill and love, some are more endur- integrity Sue brings to her work. ing than others. Kinsey is so human. She’s an Sue Grafton had us engaging and keen observer, at “A.” brave and smart and funny. And again at B, She started out forthright, and C, D, E…yes, at all those continues to be true to herself. letters, most recently at W. In W is for Wasted, for example, Over the last twenty years she tells us she has “a keen I’ve often asked mystery appreciation of bad language. readers, “What books are I’m occasionally rebuked for your favorites?” No other my salty tongue, but who gives author’s works have been a shit?” Kinsey’s not afraid of mentioned as often as those plain speaking. Also not afraid of Sue Grafton. to look upon death or cause it My uncle Bud used if necessary. She tries to do the to tell me, “They put women right thing. in stories to cause all the trouble.” At one time, that You don’t have to talk to Sue for long before seemed to be the case. They not only caused it, they realizing that she’s also true to herself, and devoted made it worse. On television, I would see them run to her art. The excellence of her body of work led in high heels and fall, spraining an ankle. The male Mystery Writers of America to name her a Grand- heroes had to pick them up. If women carried guns, master. She knows and loves this genre, and the they didn’t know how to use them, and had really genre is richer for her contributions to it.Sue Graf- crappy aim. They cried and screamed and used ton has also been the soul of generosity to other what few true wiles there are in feminine wiles. In writers. There are a goodly number of writers here general, they couldn’t find their way out of a paper who have benefited from her advice. I’m one of bag. If a woman other than a doomed villainess had them. abilities, she was clearly an imaginary being. I think of times when we’ve made each Sue Grafton is in that group of women who other laugh until we could hardly breathe. I think changed that, who were among the first to create of sentences she’s written that run through my mind strong female protagonists. Characters who worked like lyrics to a favorite song. I think Left Coast as professional private detectives. Writers who Crime has chosen well in honoring Sue Grafton. placed them in danger and gave those characters the Jan Burke intelligence, skills, nerve, and firepower to get the job done. Male cooperation optional. This was inspiring to other women, especial- ly for those who wanted to walk through the world

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Sue Grafton bibliography z New this Spring from Perseverance Press z Kinsey Millhone, a private eye in fictional Santa Te- resa, California: Madness in Miniature The Miniature Series A Is for Alibi (1982) Margaret Grace B Is for Burglar (1985) “Delightful Gerry Porter takes us on 1986 Anthony Award for Best Mystery a great ride through small-town 1986 Shamus Award for Best Novel California, weathering an earthquake C Is for Corpse (1986) and solving a murder along the way.” 1987 Anthony Award for Best Mystery —Diana Orgain D Is for Deadbeat (1987) E Is for Evidence (1988) ISBN 978-1-56474-543-9 • 246 pages • $15.95 • trade paperback F Is for Fugitive (1989) G Is for Gumshoe (1990) The Color of Light A Maggie McGowen Mystery 1991 Anthony Award for Best Mystery Wendy Hornsby 1991 Shamus Award for Best Novel H Is for Homicide (1991) “A finely cut diamond of a mystery. Maggie investigates…a crime that I Is for Innocent (1992) shattered the lives of her childhood J Is for Judgment (1993) friends. Exquisitely researched, with K Is for Killer (1994) authentic multi-ethnic characters.” 1995 Shamus Award for Best Novel —Naomi Hirahara L Is for Lawless (1995) ISBN 978-1-56474-542-2 • 272 pages • $15.95 • trade paperback M Is for Malice (1997) N Is for Noose (1998) Order from your local bookseller or from Perseverance Press z John Daniel and Company O Is for Outlaw (1999) (800) 662-8351 • www.danielpublishing.com/perseverance P Is for Peril (2001) Q Is for Quarry (2002) R Is for Ricochet (2004) S Is for Silence (2005) SOME SECRETS ARE T Is for Trespass (2007) BEST LEFT BURIED U Is for Undertow (2009) V Is for Vengeance (2011) [review] Tip of a Bone Kinsey and Me: Stories (2013) [SS] W Is for Wasted (2013) • Pacifi c North- west mystery Finalist 2014 Left Coast Crime Squid Award • by Christine Finlayson • available in paperback and ebook

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26 Calamari Crime HONOREE APPRECIATION Ghost of Honor: Collin Wilcox

I can assure you that Collin would have loved this honor. He had a quirky sense of humor and a skewed view of life that were both amus- ing and profound. Col- lin began his mystery-writing career with two novels featuring a San Francisco reporter, Stephen Drake, who was possessed of extrasensory perception – The Black Door (1967) and The Third Figure (1968). While this attribute was extremely useful in solving crimes, readers apparently found it less than believable. In 1969, Wilcox abandoned Drake in favor of San Francisco police lieu- tenant Frank Hastings (first case,The Lonely Hunter), and after that his cleanly written procedurals brought him a loyal and enthusiastic audience. The Hastings novels combine straightforward procedure with interesting personal details of the life of the hero. Hastings is a former football player, former PR man and husband of a rich woman, and former alcoholic. Now he is a dedicated cop with a solid relationship with a nice woman and a growing relationship with her two sons. He becomes deeply involved with his cases, is not afraid to engage in hand-to-hand conflict with the villains, and is not above a little philosophical commen- tary upon a society that he views with a fairly jaundiced eye. Hastings works several cases at once – two of them major – and Collin’s portrayal of the unique people and places of San Francisco characterizes the city, making it a living force with which his hero must contend as he goes about his investigations. It was a pleasure to have been a friend of our Ghost of Honor. Marcia Muller

Left Coast Crime 2014 Monterey, California 27 HONOREE APPRECIATION A SAN FRANCISCO READING LIST with our Ghost of Honor, Collin Wilcox, and Lifetime Achievement Honorees, Marcia Muller and Bill Pronzini — Covering 45+ years with San Francisco homicide detective Frank Hastings, the Nameless Detective, and Private Eye Sharon McCone, starting in 1969 with the first Frank Hastings novel, and continuing today, as we look forward to the further adventures of Sharon McCone and Nameless (not so “nameless” anymore).

1 Hastings#1 The Lonely Hunter (1969) 47 Nameless#20 Quarry (1991) 2 Hastings#2 The Disappearance (1970) 48 Hastings#18 Dead Center (1992) 3 Hastings#3 Dead Aim (1971) 49 McCone#13 Pennies on a Dead Woman’s Eyes (1992) 4 Nameless#1 The Snatch (1971) 50 Nameless#21 Epitaphs (1992) 5 Nameless#2 The Vanished (1973) 51 McCone#14 Wolf in the Shadows (1993) 6 Hastings#4 Hiding Place (1973) 52 Hastings#19 Switchback (1993) 7 Nameless#3 Undercurrent (1973) 53 Nameless#22 Demons (1993) 8 Hastings#5 Long Way Down (1974) 54 Nameless#23 Kinsmen (1993) 9 Hastings#6 Aftershock (1975) 55 McCone#15 Till the Butchers Cut Him Down (1994) 10 Hastings#7 Doctor, Lawyer… (1976) 56 McCone#17 The McCone Files [SS] (1995) 11 Nameless#4 Blowback (1977) 57 Nameless#24 Hardcase (1995) 12 McCone#1 Edwin of the Iron Shoes (1977) 58 McCone#16 A Wild and Lonely Place (1995) 13 Hastings#8 The Watcher (1978) 59 Hastings#20 Calculated Risk (1995) 14 H#9 & N#5 Twospot (1978) 60 Nameless#25 Spadework [SS] (1996) 15 Hastings#10 Power Plays (1979) 61 McCone#18 The Broken Promise Land (1996) 16 Nameless#6 Labyrinth (1980) 62 Nameless#26 Sentinels (1996) 17 Hastings#11 Mankiller (1980) 63 McCone#19 Both Ends of the Night (1997) 18 Nameless#7 Hoodwink (1981) 64 Nameless#27 Illusions (1997) 19 Hastings#12 Stalking Horse (1982) 65 Nameless#28 Boobytrap (1998) 20 Nameless#8 Scattershot (1982) 66 McCone#20 While Other People Sleep (1998) 21 McCone#2 Ask the Cards a Question (1982) 67 McCone#21 A Walk Through the Fire (1999) 22 Nameless#9 Dragonfire (1982) 68 McCone#22 Listen to the Silence (2000) 23 McCone#3 The Cheshire Cat’s Eye (1983) 69 Nameless#29 Crazybone (2000) 24 Nameless#10 Bindlestiff (1983) 70 Nameless#30 Bleeders (2001) 25 Nameless#11 Casefile [SS] (1983) 71 McCone#23 Dead Midnight (2002) 26 Nameless#12 Quicksilver (1984) 72 Nameless#31 Spook (2003) 27 McCone#4 Games To Keep the Dark Away (1984) 73 Nameless#32 Scenarios [SS] (2003) 28 Nameless#13 Nightshades (1984) 74 McCone#24 The Dangerous Hour (2004) 29 McCone#5 Leave a Message for Willie (1984) 75 Nameless#33 Nightcrawlers (2005) 30 N#14 & M#6 Double (1984) 76 Nameless#34 Mourners (2006) 31 Hastings#13 Victims (1985) 77 McCone#25 Vanishing Point (2006) 32 Nameless#15 Bones (1985) 78 McCone#26 The Ever-Running Man (2007) 33 McCone#7 There’s Nothing To Be Afraid Of (1985) 79 Nameless#35 Savages (2007) 34 Nameless#16 Deadfall (1986) 80 Nameless#36 Fever (2008) 35 Hastings#14 Night Games (1986) 81 McCone#27 Burn Out (2008) 36 McCone#8 Eye of the Storm (1988) 82 Nameless#37 Schemers (2009) 37 Hastings#15 The Pariah (1988) 83 McCone#28 Locked In (2009) 38 Nameless#17 Shackles (1988) 84 Nameless#38 Betrayers (2010) 39 McCone#9 There’s Something in a Sunday (1989) 85 McCone#29 Coming Back (2010) 40 McCone#10 The Shape of Dread (1989) 86 Nameless#39 Camouflage (2011) 41 Hastings#16 A Death Before Dying (1990) 87 McCone#30 City of Whispers (2011) 42 Nameless#18 Jackpot (1990) 88 Nameless#40 Hellbox (2012) 43 McCone#11 Trophies and Dead Things (1990) 89 McCone#31 Looking for Yesterday (2012) 44 Nameless#19 Breakdown (1991) 90 Nameless#41 Femme (2012) 45 Hastings#17 Hire a Hangman (1991) 91 Nameless#42 Nemesis (2013) 46 McCone#12 Where Echoes Live (1991) 92 McCone#32 The Night Searchers (2014)

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Sparkle Abbey is lots of clues with twists and turns…”(examiner.com). the pseudonym of 2014 sees the publication of the next two books in the mystery authors Mary series. Something of a food-fan herself, Cathy’s also an Lee Woods and Anita avid gardener— her husband and green-pawed chocolate Carter. They write the Labradors help around her rural acreage outside Vancou- popular pet mystery ver, BC. www.http://cathyace.com/ series, which features set in the wacky world of Lisa Alber’s pampered pets, pre- Kilmoon, A County Clare cious pedigrees, and secrets. The first book in the series Mystery, just debutlaunched novel, on Desperate Housedogs, an and Barnes & Noble March 18th (!). She Nook #1 bestseller, was followed by Get Fluffy, Kitty, might be a little dazed and Kitty, Bang, Bang, and Yip/Tuck. Fifty Shades of Grey- confused, but she’s always hound is up next. www.SparkleAbbey.com eager to meet fellow read-

That shadowy figure known as Victoria Abbott is a col- aners Elizabeth and writers. George A Pushcart Foun- laboration between the always dation writing grant basedPrize on Kilmoonnominee, and Lisa a Waldenreceived very funny and creative artist, photographer and short story write a short story for Two of the Deadliest: New Tales author, Victoria Maffini and ofFellowship. Lust, Greed, In andaddition, Murder Ms. from George Outstanding invited her Women to her mother, Mary Jane Maf- of Mystery (HarperCollins), an anthology edited by fini, award-winning author of three mystery series and book publishing before exchanging the corporate lad- two dozen short stories. Their derMs. George.for storytelling Lisa worked in international finance and book collector series blends contemporary mystery, www.lisaalber.com Facebook, humor and also mines the classics of the Golden Age of Detection. The Christie Curse (March 2013) and The Sayers Swindle (December 2013) will be followed by the Annamaria Alfieri is the third installment: The Wolfe Widow (September 2014). author of Blood Tango; set They’re happy to announce they haven’t killed each against the most dramatic other yet. www.victoria-abbott.com period of Argentine history, it imagines the murder of an www.killercharacters.com, www.mysteryloverskitchen.com www.cozychicksblog.com chosen as one of ten must- readEvita thrillers Perón lookalike. by The Chris It was- Cathy Ace’s Cait Morgan tian Science Monitor. Mysteries feature her middle- Invisible Country, Kirkus Re- aged, plus-sized, Welsh- views Of her- Canadian foodie criminology ten an antiwar mystery that professor sleuth. The Corpse compares said, with “Alfieri the has notable writ with the Silver Tongue is City of Silver was named “…in the finest tradition of Deadly …” (Library novelsPleasures of CharlesMagazine Todd.”, and Herthe Washington Post said, “As Journal). The Corpse with bothone of history the best and first mystery, novels City of the of Silveryear by glitters.” the Golden Nose has “…

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Left Coast Crime 2014 Monterey, California 29 PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS Jill Amadio is the author of a Pnina Ariel, an Israeli writer new mystery series. Her de- and English teacher, grew up but book, Digging Too Deep: in Jerusalem. She now resides A Tosca Trevant Mystery, is in a small, close-knit commu- set in Orange County and St. nity north-west of Jerusalem, Ives, Cornwall, Amadio’s which provides the perfect childhood home. She has setting for her children’s co-authored and ghostwritten books. Her first two books, several books including A Mo- The Coins of the Hidden ment in Crime and My Vaga- Village and Broadband Bandit are mysteries. The third, bond Lover: Rudy Vallee. She It All Adds Up, is not strictly a mystery, but focuses on wrote the bestselling biography, Gunther Rall: Luftwaffe mysterious behaviors and happenings, as seen from the Ace and NATO General. Amadio worked for the Sunday POV of a learning disabled boy. Her fourth mystery, Dispatch, London; Bangkok Post, Thailand, and several Breaking Point, will be published in the second half U.S. newspapers and magazines. She lives in Dana Point of 2014. All four books are written in Hebrew. This is where Tosca, her fictional amateur sleuth, cusses in Cor- Pnina’s first time at LCC, but not her first visit to Cali- nish and brews tongue-curling mead. fornia. She spent her junior high years in Santa Barbara. www.jillamadio.com Kathleen L. Asay is the author of Flint House, an Laura Andersen has one unconventional mystery set husband, four children, and in Sacramento, published by a degree in English that she Bridle Path Press in 2013 and puts to use by reading every- available in print and ebook. thing she can lay her hands An author and editor near on. Books, shoes, and travel Sacramento, she is also a long are her downfalls, which she time member of Sisters in justifies because all three Crime and a past president of ‘take you places.’ She loves Capitol Crimes, the Sacramento chapter. She has stories the ocean (but not sand), forests (but not camping), good in and edited both of the chapters’ anthologies by its food (but not cooking), and shopping (there is no down- members. Capitol Crimes, The Best of Capitol Crimes side.) After thirty years west of the Rocky Mountains, Mystery, was published in 2013. she now lives in Massachusetts. She is the author of The www.kathleenlasay.com Boleyn King and The Boleyn Deceit, with The Boleyn Daco Auffennorde - Born at Reckoning coming July 2014. the Naval hospital in Bethes- lauraandersenbooks.com da, Maryland and raised in Wernher von Braun’s Rocket City of Huntsville, Alabama, Donna Andrews was born in Daco holds a B.A. and M.A.S. Yorktown, Virginia and now from The University of Ala- lives in Reston, Virginia. In bama in Huntsville and a J.D. 2013, Minotaur published the from Samford University’s 15th and 16th in books in her Cumberland School of Law. Meg Langslow series: The When not practicing law, she’s encouraging her children Hen of the Baskervilles (July) to become rocket scientists and writing novels. Daco’s and Duck the Halls (October). debut novel, The Libra Affair, an international spy 2014 will bring The Good, the thriller with romantic elements, released in April, 2013, Bad, and the Emus (July) and and was an Amazon #1 Best seller of Suspense, Roman- The Nightingale Before Christmas (October). She has tic Suspense, and Romance in September, 2013. Daco is also written four books in the Turing Hopper series from a member of the International Thriller Writers, Romance Berkeley Prime Crime. In her free time . . . .um, what Writers of America, Author’s Guild, and the Alabama www.authordaco.com/, AuthorDaco https://twitter. free time? www.donnaandrews.com State Bar. com, www.facebook.com/Daco.Author

30 Calamari Crime PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS Pamela Beason is the author Shannon Baker writes the of two mystery series: the Nora Abbott Mystery Series. Neema signing gorilla se- A fast-paced mix of murder, ries from WildWing Press environmental issues and (The Only Witness, The Only Indians published by Midnight Ink. Tainted Moun- Clue) and the Summer Westin tain, the first in the series is wilderness mystery series set in Flagstaff, AZ. Broken from Berkley Prime Crime Trust, due March 2014, takes (Endangered, Bear Bait, Un- place in Boulder, CO. A lover dercurrents). When Pam’s not of western landscapes, Baker writing, she works as a private can often be found backpack- investigator or explores the wilderness on foot, in her ing, skiing, kayaking, cycling, or just playing lizard in kayak, on snowshoes, or in her scuba gear. Pam blogs the desert. Tainted Mountain is a finalist in the New about her adventures in the wild and the insanity of her Mexico- Book Awards. Baker is on the board of life as a writer and investigator on her website at Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers and a member of SinC www.pamelabeason.com and MWA. www.Shannon-Baker.com Donnell Ann Bell grew up in the Southwest and today Sandra Balzo is an award- calls home. Real- winning author of crime fic- izing that homebodies love tion, including nine books in suspense too, she leaves the two different mystery series. international thrillers to world The Wisconsin-based Maggy travelers, and concentrates on Thorsen Coffeehouse Mys- suspense that might happen teries (Murder on the Orient in her neck of the woods – Espresso, Dec. 2013) and Main writing Suspense Too Close Street Murders (Hit and Run, To Home. The author of The May 2014), set in the High Past Came Hunting, Deadly Country of . Balzo’s books have garnered Recall and her newest release Betrayed, her debut and starred reviews from Kirkus and Booklist, while being sophomore releases have been e-book best sellers, nomi- recommended to readers of Janet Evanovich, Charlaine nated for 2014 EPICon’s Best Thriller/Suspense, 2012 Harris, and . A Wisconsin native, Sandy and Greater Booksellers Best for best first book, best her fiancé, fellow crime-writer Jeremiah Healy, now split romantic suspense and the 2012 The Daphne du Maurier their time between South Florida and North Carolina. Award for Excellence in Mystery/Suspense.

www.SandraBalzo.com www.donnellannbell.com Aileen G. Baron taught Kathy Bennett served twen- archaeology at California ty-one years as a police officer State University, Fullerton, with the LAPD. Assignments and conducted extensive ar- included patrol, Firearms chaeological fieldwork in the Instructor, ‘War Room’ crime Middle East. She is currently analyst, Field Training Of- the president of the Orange ficer, and undercover assign- County chapter of Sisters in ments. Kathy was named Crime. Her mysteries in the Officer of the Year in 1997. Lily Sampson series feature Kathy’s debut novel, A Dozen Deadly Roses, became a an American archaeologist working in the Middle East bestselling E-book. Her second novel, A Deadly Blessing during World War II, include A Fly Has A Hundred Eyes, was also a best-seller, and chosen by Barnes and Noble The Torch Of Tangier and The Scorpion’s Bite. The Gold as a Best Book of 2012. It’s the first book in the Maddie Of Thrace is a contemporary mystery, the first of a series Divine series. Kathy’s latest Maddie book, A Deadly Jus- about the intrigue and deceit in the antiquities trade, and tice, reached the Top 25 of police procedurals at Amazon features archaeologist Tamar Saticoy. and Barnes and Noble. www.KathyBennett.com www.aileengbaron.com

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Lou Berney is the author of John Billheimer, two novels, Gutshot Straight (2010), named one of the best a native debut crime novels of the HeWest holds Virginian, an engineering lives in year by Booklist, and Whip- Portola Valley, California. lash River (2012), which was is the author of the “funny, nominated for the Edgar and Ph. D. from Stanford and . He’s writ- Allison mystery series, ten feature screenplays and sometimes touching,” Owen created TV pilots for, among others, Warner Brothers, Para- new series featuring a Midwestwhich exploresbaseball writervarious with mount, Focus Features, ABC, ascams gambling and scandalsproblem inbegan Appalachia’s in 2012 withcoal fields.Field Of A and Fox. www.louberney.com Schemes A Player To Be Maimed Later is the second book in the series. He, a hasnovel also dealing written with Baseball baseball And and The steroids. Blame Dale W. Berry is an author, Game graphic novelist, and radio air leagues. www.johnbillheimer.com personality living in San Fran- , a non-fiction look at scapegoating in the major cisco. He is the writer/artist Baron R. Birtcher’s first of the historical supernatural two hardboiled mystery series Tales of the novels, Roadhouse Blues Moonlight Cutter, which has and Ruby Tuesday were Los best been described as “Sword Angeles Times and IMBA Noir”. With five books pub- Best-Sellers. His third, Angels lished and a sixth in prepara- Fall, was nominated for tion, the series has garnered the 2009 Left Coast Crime much critical praise and been approached for TV and award (the “Lefty”) for Best film development in Hollywood. Learn more by visiting Law Enforcement/ Police Myriad Publications. www.myriadpubs.com Procedural novel of the year. His latest, (and first stand-alone),Rain Dogs, has received a starred-review in Publisher’s Weekly, and Mysti Berry has a Bachelor was a finalist for both the Silver Falchion and Claymore of Arts in linguistics from Awards. Baron has had the privilege of serving as a judge for the , as well as the Shamus and Santa Cruz, and a Master of Claymore Awards. He currently resides in Kona, Hawaii Finethe University Arts in writing of California, from the and Portland, Oregon with his wife, Christina. www.BaronRBirtcher.com She has published short sto- University of San Francisco. ries, won awards for short Dr. Dorothy Black Crow - My three lifetimes: 1) Dr. Super-Dotty: Oberlin, Yale,: a third-generation Californian,fiction, and novels, a mad and fan screen of all U. PhD. Three kids plays, and has finished her first crime novel. She is - plus career at IIT and Univer- band, writer and illustrator Dale Berry. sity of Michigan. Loved it, but things noir. She lives in San Francisco with her hus www.mysti.us 2) Married Selo Black Crow, Lakota sundance leader, lived on Pine Ridge Reserva- tion and raised a sacred herd of buffalo. Taught Native American Lit and Writing Lakota History at Oglala Lakota College. SD Humani-

32 Calamari Crime PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS ties Speakers Bureau, Lakolyake Award. 3) Moved to Oregon, discovered my Molalla roots and Sisiwiss (Sacred Breath) Northwest Coast tradition; honored with Nooksack name. I write to honor my native elders and traditional way of life in creative nonfiction, poetry, and mystery novels. Excerpts from The Handless Maiden and The Black Cradleboard have been published in Fic- tion International, Calyx, Tlaa, and a Many Mountains Moving anthology, Law & Disorder. [email protected], dorothyblackcrow.com

Juliet Blackwell is bestselling author of the Witchcraft Mystery series, featuring a powerful witch with a vintage clothes store in San Francisco’s Haight-Ashbury. She also writes the Haunted Home Renovation Mystery series, about a failed anthropologist who reluctantly takes over her father’s high-end construction company…and finds ghosts behind the walls. As Hailey Lind, Blackwell wrote the Agatha-nominated Art Lover’s Mystery series, in which an ex-art forger attempts to go straight as a faux finisher. A former anthropologist and social worker, Juliet has worked in Mexico, Spain, Cuba, Italy, the Phil- ippines, and France. www.julietblackwell.net

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Les Blatt is the host of the THE LABEL Classic Mysteries blog and podcast (http://www.clas- sicmysteries.net). On the THAT STAINS podcast, he has been pre- senting an audio review of a classic mystery each week FOREVER for nearly seven years, and the blog features additional conversations about some of the great traditional mysteries, Yesterday’s Echo from the Golden Age down to by today. He spent most of his working life as a TV network news producer, writer and editor, and he hopes that this Matt Coyle will not be held against him. www.classicmysteries.net www.mattcoylebooks.com

Left Coast Crime 2014 Monterey, California 33 Welcome to the shadow side of sparkling Santa Barbara... Where the sunniest places harbor the darkest of secrets.

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34 Calamari Crime PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS Rhys Bowen is the New York Laura Bradford While Times bestselling author of spending a rainy afternoon two series: at a friend’s house more The Molly Murphy novels set than thirty years ago, Laura in early 1900s Bradford fell in love with and the lighter Royal Spy- writing over a stack of blank ness novels, featuring Lady paper, a box of crayons, and Georgie, 35th in line to the a freshly sharpened number throne but penniless in the two pencil. Today, Laura is 1930s. Rhys’s books have won many awards, including the best-selling author of the Agathas, Anthonys and Macavitys. She has also won the Amish Mysteries (Berkley Prime Crime). The third book Bruce Alexander Historical Mystery award at Left Coast in the series, Shunned And Dangerous, was just released and was a former Left Coast Crime guest of honor. Rhys this month. Laura also writes the Southern Sewing Circle was born and educated in Britain but now divides her Mysteries under her pen name, Elizabeth Lynn Casey. time between California and Arizona. She lives in New York with her family. www.rhysbowen.com/ www.laurabradford.com www.elizabethlynncasey.com Susan M. Boyer is the author Randal S. Brandt is a of the Liz Talbot mystery librarian at the University of series. Her debut novel, California, Berkeley’s Ban- Lowcountry Boil is a USA croft Library, where he has Today Best seller, an Agatha the dual roles of cataloger of Award winner for Best First rare books and curator of the Novel, a Macavity nominee newly established California for Best First Novel, a 2012 Collection. Daphne du Maurier Award In his spare time he maintains for Excellence in Mystery/ the websites Golden Gate Suspense recipient, and a Mysteries, a bibliography of 2012 RWA Golden Heart® crime fiction set in the San Francisco Bay Area, and A finalist. Lowcountry Bombshell, the second Liz Talbot David Dodge Companion, the official website of thriller/ Mystery, was released September 3, 2013. Lowcountry travel writer David Dodge (1910-1974). He is also at Boneyard is due out in September 2014. Susan lives with work on a biography of Dodge. her husband and an inordinate number of houseplants in bancroft.berkeley.edu/sfmystery/ /www.david-dodge.com/ Greenville, SC. susanmboyerbooks.com Lisa Brackmann’s debut Sandra Brannan novel Rock Paper Tiger, set Lose a on the fringes of the Chinese night of sleep. Noah’s Rainy art world, made several “Best Day, Best Suspense of 2013 of 2010” lists, including List by Suspense Magazine Amazon’s Top 100 books and and Widow’s Might, winner of Top 10 Mystery/Thrillers. ABA Indie NextList August Her second novel, Getaway, a 2011 are the newest releases thriller in Mexico, was chosen in Sandra Brannan’s heart- as an ALA Summer Reading pounding mystery series. Pick and was a finalist for Protagonist Liv Bergen, the spirit of the hard working SCIBA’s T. Jefferson Parker Award. Lisa’s new book, people of the mountain states, has fans raving about Liv Hour Of The Rat, features the return of Rock Paper Tiger as the love child of Sue Grafton’s Kinsey Milhone and heroine Ellie McEnroe on another wild adventure in to- Lee Child’s Jack Reacher. ABA Indie NextPick Notable day’s China. Lisa is a California native and a former film September 2010 In The Belly Of Jonah and Lot’s Return industry professional who used to play in a rock band To Sodom 2011. Library Journal: “Good and scary.”

and just bought a bass ukulele. www.sandrabrannan.com, @SandraBrannan, #SandraBrannanAuthor www.lisabrackmann.com, www.facebook.com/lisabrackman nauthor, twitter.com/otherlisa

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Peg Brantley a Colorado Stephen Buehler’s, Not My native, is a member of Rocky Day, was published in the Mountain Fiction Writers, anthology, Last Exit To Mur- Colorado Authors’ League, der, in 2013. He’s had several and Sisters In Crime. She stories published online, in- loves being on panels at con- cluding one in Akashic Books ferences such as Left Coast online publication, Mondays Crime, and presenting work- are Murder. He recently shops to new writers. She completed a P.I. novel, Detec- has published three novels to tive Rules, and is currently date and has contributed to working on a novella for the three anthologies. Peg and her Stark Raving Group. During husband make their home southeast of , sharing the day, Stephen is a Script/Story consultant for his own it with the occasional pair of mallard ducks and their company, ReWriteDr. He’s also an amateur magician babies, snapping turtles, peacocks, assorted other birds, who grew up in Flourtown, a suburb of but foxes and deer named Cedric. You can learn more about has called home for many years. Peg at www.pegbrantley.com, or www.facebook.com/peg- www.stephenbuehler.com, www.rewritedr.com brantleyauthorpage Robin Burcell, an FBI-trained Allison Brennan is the New forensic artist, has worked as York Times and USA Today a police officer, detective, hos- bestselling author of 22 books tage negotiator and criminal and numerous short stories. investigator for nearly three Her most recent thriller, No- decades. The Kill Order is torious, launches a new series her latest international thriller about investigative crime re- about an FBI forensic artist. porter Max Revere. Cold Snap Face of a Killer was the first is the most recent book in her in the series and received a Lucy Kincaid series, followed starred review from Library by Dead Heat this June. For more information and links Journal. It was followed by The Bone Chamber, The to social media and her blog, visit Dark Hour, and The Black List. More information can be www.allisonbrennan.com found on her website at: www.robinburcell.com/ Craig Faustus Buck is a Jane Burfield journalist, TV writer-produc- born, er, screenwriter, short-story has spent recent years learning how to think like a matronly writer, nonfiction book author criminal. She honed her skills and novelist. He co-authored with motherhood, being a two #1 NYT nonfiction best Brownie leader, and collect- sellers (one pop-psychology ing various weapons which the other pop-gynecology), she had to explain to Canada wrote an Oscar-nominated Customs. She began writing short film, and co-wrote the short stories thirteen years original miniseries V: The ago, and was gobsmacked Final Battle. His agent is to win Canada’s Boney Pete currently shopping his first noir novel,Go Down Hard, Award with her first effort. Last year, the Mesdames of Mayhem published Thirteen, which won First Runner Up for the Claymore Award at and Jane was delighted to create rough justice in one of Killer Nashville. His indie feature film,Smuggling for the anthology’s short stories. Jane is a fan of all things Gandhi, is slated to go into production in June. His first criminous, short stories, theatre, bridge, travel, more novella, Psycho Logic is due out from Stark Raving Pub- bridge, even more travel and her three amazing daugh- lishing in Spring, 2014. He lives in Los Angeles. ters, two rescue dogs, and felonious feline. www.janeburfield.com/, Triskeidekaphobia, in Thirteen: An Anthology of Crime Stories

36 Calamari Crime PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS Jan Burke’s fourteen Laura Caldwell is the author books have been on nation- of 14 novels and one work al bestseller lists, published of non-fiction (Long Way internationally, and optioned Home: A Young Man Lost for film. Her newly released in the System and the Two ebooks feature new short sto- Women Who Found Him). A ries about Irene Kelly, Frank former civil trial attorney, she Harriman, Tyler Hawthorne, is now a scholar in residence and other characters you›ve at Loyola University met in her books. She won School of Law and director the Edgar for Best Novel and of Life After Innocence (an has also won the Agatha, the organization devoted to assisting innocent people jailed Macavity and other awards. She cohosts “Crime and for crimes they did not commit). Her first book, Burning Science Radio” with Dr. D.P. Lyle and is the founder of the Map, was voted as one of the best books the year by the Crime Lab Project. Barnesand Noble.com. Booklist later declared “Caldwell www.janburke.com ,janburke.blogspot.com is one of the most talented and inventive…writers Caught Red-Handed, Apprehended, Disturbance around.” Her first Izzy McNeil trilogy in 2009 received critical acclaim and nominations for industry awards. John Burley grew up in www.lauracaldwell.com Maryland near the Chesa- peake Bay. He worked as a Bill Cameron is the author of paramedic and firefighter -be the Skin Kadash mysteries: fore attending medical school County Line, Day One, Chas- in Chicago and completing an ing Smoke, and Lost Dog. His emergency medicine residen- short stories have appeared in cy program at University of Portland Noir, First Thrills, Maryland Medical Center and and West Coast Crime Wave. Shock Trauma in Baltimore. His work has been nominated His debut novel, The Ab- for multiple awards, including sence Of Mercy, received the the 2011 CWA Short Story National Black Ribbon Award in recognition of a novel- Dagger. In 2012, County Line ist who brings a fresh voice to suspense writing. John received the Spotted Owl for Best Northwest Mystery. currently serves as an emergency medicine physician in Bill lives in Oregon, where he’s at work on a young Northern California, where he is also hard at work on his adult mystery. www.bill-cameron.com next novel. www.john-burley.com Kimberley Cameron grew Teresa Burrell has dedicated up loving books–going to her life to helping children the library was the highlight and their families, as a school- of her week during her early teacher for twelve years and years. She was the co-founder then as a lawyer. She focused of Knightsbridge Publish- her solo practice in juvenile ing Company with offices in court where she worked New York and Los Angeles. primarily with abused minors. In 1993 she became partners She also received several with Dorris Halsey of The Re- awards from the ece Halsey Agency, founded Volunteer Lawyer Program for her countless hours in 1957. She opened Reece Halsey North in 1995 and of pro bono work with children and families. Burrell Reece Halsey Paris in 2006, and in 2009 the agency be- writes legal suspense mysteries incorporating many of came Kimberley Cameron & Associates. She resides and her experiences. Her “Advocate Series” consists of five works from Tiburon, California and Paris, France, with books starting with The Advocate to the most recent, The many visits to New York. She LOVES the mystery genre and has been successful in starting the careers of many Advocate’s Ex Parte. www.teresaburrell.com, www.facebook.com/theadvocateseries debut authors. www.kimberleycameron.com

Left Coast Crime 2014 Monterey, California 37 PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS Bonnie Cardone is the Nannette Rundle Carroll is author of the Cinnamon an author and management Greene Adventure Myster- consultant. Her non-fiction ies: The Bride Wore Black, book, The Communication Murder Dives the Bahamas Problem will also be pub- and Murder Dives the Carib- lished in Vietnamese in 2014. bean, which are available in Nannette has spoken about her Amazon’s . The book at the New York Public series’ female protagonist, Library’s Science, Industry a scuba diving professional and Business Library. She has delivered web- photographer, also appears in inars related to her book from the American Manage- short stories in an anthology, ment Association’s Manhattan studio. She is a certified Last Exit to Murder, and an e-zine, KingsRiverLife.com. expert on Communispond’s faculty. A faculty member Bonnie edited a scuba magazine for 22 years and Sisters of the American Management Association, Nannette in Crime’s national newsletter for nine. She currently leads seminars on management and communication. She writes a monthly column on marine life for California served on the board of California Writers Club and is a Diving News. www.bonniejcardone.com member of Sisters in Crime. Talked to Death is her debut novel. [email protected], www.communicate2go.com Gayle Carline began life as a software engineer until she Diana Chambers chewed her way out of the was born cubicle to become a story- with a book in one hand and a teller. In addition to writing passport in the other. An Asian a humor column for her local importing business led to Hol- Orange County newspaper, lywood, later script writing she is the author of the fun led to fiction–and more travel. and entertaining Peri Min- She writes romantic intrigues neopa Mysteries, featuring a set in far corners of the world, housecleaner-turned-detective including Stinger, the first of living in the OC. In her spare time, Gayle likes to hang her Nick Daley novels. Her out with friends and laugh over a glass of wine… and latest work, The Star of , is about a 1940s actress, maybe plot a little murder. her maharaja and an ancient ruby that goes missing www.gaylecarline.com, http://gaylecarline.blogspot.com/ during the turmoil of India’s Independence. Diana loves Freezer Burn, Hit or Missus, The Hot Mess spicy foods and her bag is always packed. Please con- nect at www.facebook.com/DianaChambersAuthor, Kate Carlisle, a New York www.twitter.com/DianaRChambers, Times bestselling author, is www.dianarchambers.com a native Californian who worked in television produc- Brenda Chapman began tion for many years before her writing career with the turning to writing. A lifelong Jennifer Bannon mysteries fascination with the art and for young adults. In 2010 she craft of bookbinding led released her first adult mys- Kate to write the Bibliophile tery, In Winter’s Grip. She Mysteries, featuring protago- currently has two adult series nist Brooklyn Wainwright, in the works: the Anna Sweet whose bookbinding and rare mysteries for adult literacy book restoration skills invariably uncover old secrets, and the Stonechild and Rou- treachery and murder. The latest two are A Cookbook leau mysteries – Cold Mourn- Conspiracy and The Book Stops Here. Kate also writes ing, the first in this series was released the Fixer-Upper Mysteries featuring small-town girl in March 2014. Brenda lives in Ottawa where she also Shannon Hammer, a building contractor specializing works as a senior communications advisor. in Victorian home restoration. A High-End Finish will www.brendachapman.ca, http://brendachapman.blogspot.ca/ debut in November 2014. www.katecarlisle.com Cold Mourning, My Sister’s Keeper, Second Chances

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Erika Chase, in a parallel life Janie Chodosh is the author AKA Linda Wiken, is a for- of the young adult novel, mer mystery bookstore owner. Death Spiral, A Faith Flores The third book in the Ashton Science Mystery. She lives in Corners Book Club myster- Santa Fe, with ies, Cover Story, came out last her daughter, stepson, and August. The fourth, Book Fair husband where she works part and Foul is due later this year. time as a high school English Her short stories have ap- teacher. When not writing peared in the Ladies’ Killing she can be found in various Circle anthologies, and in magazines. She’s been short- outdoor pursuits such as rock climbing, gardening, and listed for an Arthur Ellis Award from Crime Writers of bird watching. www.janiechodosh.com Canada, and for an Agatha for Best First Novel. www.erikachase.com H. S. Clark is the author of Secret Thoughts a Medical Thriller. He’s a physician and anesthesiologist on the front lines of current advances in medical technology. His Marta Chausée is a prize‐ thrillers are about the interface winning Southern California of ethics and medicine, and author from a cross‐cul‐ the human struggle for health tural background. Her debut and wellness. The technology novel, Murder’s Last Resort, in his writing is 99% cutting was a winner in the 2012 edge fact mixed with a 1% glimpse into the future. He Dark Oak Mystery contest. lives near Seattle with his wife and two children. When She enjoys killing people in he’s not writing, he enjoys hiking, biking, and kayaking. her murder mysteries and You can follow the author, see the trailer, and read his also writes other fiction, blog: hsclarkmystery.com, Twitter: @hsclarkmystery non‐fiction, creative nonfiction, and poetry. She once slept in the luggage rack of a train compartment from Marcia Clark is a former Gibraltar to Madrid, but currently lives in a treehouse Los Angeles deputy dis- in an enchanted college town near Los Angeles, with trict attorney who was the her flying luck dragon, Falcor. lead prosecutor on the O. J.

martachausee.blogspot.com twitter: @martachausee Simpson murder case. She co- wrote a bestselling nonfiction book about the trial, Without Sarah M. Chen has worked a Doubt, and is a frequent a variety of part-time jobs, commentator on legal issues usually two or three at the in high-profile trials for CNN/ same time, ranging from HLN, MSNBC, NBC, and script reader to bartender and ABC. Marcia has published is now an indie bookseller as two short stories and three well as an assistant to a pri- novels, which feature Los An- vate investigator. She has had geles Special Trials prosecutor Rachel Knight: Guilt by several mystery short stories Association, Guilt by Degrees, and Killer Ambition. TNT published in various antholo- has optioned her novels for a one hour drama series. gies and online magazines and Marcia co-wrote the pilot and is attached as an Execu- is currently working on her tive Producer. She recently appeared in a cameo on the first YA novel. Most recent publication is a short story season finale of the hit ABC Family show, Pretty Little “White Devil” in the anthology Death And The Detec- Liars. She’s currently at work on her fourth novel, The tive. www.sarahmchen.com Competition. .marciaclarkbooks.com/

Left Coast Crime 2014 Monterey, California 39 PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS Anne Cleeland holds a degree in English from UCLA as well as a degree in law from Pepperdine University, and is a member of the California State Bar. She writes a contemporary mystery series set in New Scotland Yard as well as a historical fiction series set in the Regency period. A member of Mystery Larry Collins and his wife, Lorna, helped build the Writers of America and the Universal Studios theme park. Their memoir, 31 Historical Novel Society, she lives in California and has Months in Japan: The Building of a Theme Park, was four children. www.annecleeland.com published in 2005. They have since written two myster- Murder in Thrall, Murder in Retribution ies: Murder… They Wrote and Murder in Paradise, and Tainted Angel, Daughter of the God-King are currently working on more in this series. They just Ann Cleeves writes two series completed The Memory Keeper, an historical novel set of traditional crime novel. The in San Juan Capistrano between 1820 and 1890. Larry’s Vera Stanhope books are set book of short stories, Lakeview Park, was published in her home county of Nor- in 2011. Lorna co-wrote Snowflake Secrets, Seasons of thumberland and have been Love, An Aspen Grove Christmas, The Art of Love, and adapted by ITV under the title Directions of Love, 2011 EPIC eBook Award winner. VERA, starring double Oscar Her fantasy/mystery/romance, Ghost Writer, was pub- nominee . Si- lished in 2012. In addition, Lorna is a professional edi- lent Voices is now available tor. www.lornalarry.com from Minotaur and the show can be seen on PBS. The Shetland quartet is now a M. P Cooley grew up in series! The fifth novelDead Water is published in the upstate New York, living in spring in the US. These books have been adapted by the both Auburn and Albany. She BBC under the series title “Shetland.” attended Barnard College www.anncleeves.com twitter: @anncleeves and worked in publishing for over a decade, specializing in Stacey Cochran is the best- business books. She currently selling author of CLAWS, The Loneliest, and The Colorado lives in Campbell, Califor- Sequence. In 1998 he was se- nia. Ice Shear is her first lected as a finalist for the Dell novel, and will be released by Magazines Award for under- William Morrow in July 2014. mpcooley.com graduate fiction writing, and he made his first professional short story sale three years later. In 2004, he was selected as a finalist in the St. Martin’s Press/PWA Best First Private Eye Novel Contest, and he began teaching at North Carolina State University in 2006. An excerpt from his current novel-in-progress Portrait of an American Love Story was selected as a finalist for the James Hurst Prize for Fiction by PEN/Faulkner Finalist Ron Rash in November 2011. Stacey was born in the Carolinas where his family traces its roots to the 1700s. He lives in Ra- leigh with his wife Susan, son Sam, and daughter Harper Jane. www.staceycochran.com/

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Left Coast Crime 2014 Monterey, California 41 PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS Deborah Coonts: My mother Matt Coyle grew up in a large tells me I was born a very Irish and Portuguese fam- long time ago, but I’m not ily in Southern California. so sure–my mother can’t be He knew he wanted to be trusted. This I do know: I a crime writer at the age of was raised in on bar- twelve when his father gave beque, Mexican food and beer. him The Simple Art Of Mur- I currently reside in Las Ve- der by . gas, where my friends assure Yesterday’s Echo is Matt’s first me I cannot get into too much novel. He drew from his days trouble. Silly people. I am the in the restaurant business and author of Wanna Get Lucky? his extended family’s law enforcement background in (a double RITA™ Finalist), Lucky Stiff, So Damn Luck, creating Yesterday›s Echo. Matt lives in San Diego with Lucky Bastard and four digital novellas, Lucky In Love, his Yellow Labrador, Angus and is currently working on Lucky Bang and Lucky Now And Then, Parts One and the second book in the Rick Cahill crime series. Two. I can usually be found at the bar, but also at www.mattcoylebooks.com/ www.deborahcoonts.com David Corbett is the author of Deborah Crombie is the New four novels: The Devil’s Red- York Times Bestselling author head, Done for a Dime (a New of 15 novels featuring Scot- York Times Notable Book), land Yard Detective Superin- Blood of Paradise (nominated tendent Duncan Kincaid and for numerous awards, includ- Inspector Gemma James. The ing the Edgar), and Do They 16th Kincaid/James novel, To Know I’m Running? (Spine- Dwell in Darkness, will be re- tingler Award, Best Novel leased by William Morrow in — Rising Star Category). His 2014. Crombie lives in Texas short fiction has appeared in with her husband, two German Shepherd Dogs, and two Best American Mystery Sto- cats. She travels to frequently. ries and is collected in the ebook story collection Killing www.deborahcrombie.com Yourself to Survive. His non-fiction has appeared in the New York Times, Narrative, Writer’s Digest and other Waverly Curtis is the venues. His textbook on characterization is The Art of pen name of writ- Character. www.davidcorbett.com ing team Waverly Fitzgerald and Curt Catherine Coulter has writ- Colbert, authors of ten more than 72 books, 66 three humorous mys- of them hitting The New York tery novels – Dial C Times bestseller list. Her For Chihuahua, Chi- wildly popular FBI suspense huahua Confidential thriller series got its start with and The Big Chihua- The Cove in 1996. The 18th hua. Waverly has also book in the series, Power written four histori- Play, will be out in July. Coul- cal romances set in ter’s new series – A Brit in the Victorian London FBI – made its debut last fall under the name of with the first book The Final Nancy Fitzgerald and Cut, an action-packed thriller starring James Bondesque a non-fiction book:Slow Time: Recovering the Natural character Nicholas Drummond. The 2nd book in the Brit Rhythms of Life. She teaches writing classes for adults at series, The Lost Key, will be out in September. Richard Hugo House, in Seattle, and lives in an apart- www.catherinecoulter.com, ment in the heart of Seattle with her daughter, Shaw, and www.facebook.com/CatherineCoulterBooks Shaw’s Chihuahua, Pepe. www.thepepenovels.com

42 Calamari Crime PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS R. P. Dahlke: Indie Author Her suspense novel, What You Wish For, was published of five published myster- in 2012. Death Rides the Zephyr, a historical mystery ies on Amazon: The Dead set aboard a train, is her latest. Short stories include Red Mystery Series and a Macavity winner “Voice Mail,” and Shamus nominee sailing Mystery Series, and “Slayer Statute.” She recently retired and now writes boxed set of women mystery full time. www.janetdawson.com. Blogs:Got It Write, writers “Murderous Begin- janetdawson.com/blog/, Get it Write, getitwriteblog.wordpress. nings”- All on Amazon. I’m com/ also a promoter of mystery/ suspense/thriller writers with All Mystery Newsletter. I Bruce DeSilva’s crime fic- got tired of having my book tion has won the Edgar and promotions stuck between vampires and werewolves. and been Now I promote All Mystery Newsletter in a twice week- listed as a finalist for the ly colorful, linked newsletter. This is a multi-platform Shamus, Anthony, and Barry promotion: Newsletter, tweets, RT’s, Facebook (2 pages Awards. His novels have been and multiple groups), Google+ and Pinterest posts. published in ten foreign lan- allmysteryenewsletter.com/author-information-form/ guages, his short stories have Jump Start Your Book Promotions - On Kindle appeared in Akashic Press’s noir anthologies, and he has reviewed books for The New York Times Sunday Book Ray Daniel writes first- Review and the . Previously, he was a person, wisecracking, journalist for forty years, most recently as writing coach -based crime fiction world-wide for the AP, editing stories that won nearly about Tucker, a hacker whose every major journalism prize including the Pulitzer. He inquiring nose, smart mouth, and his wife, Patricia Smith, live in New Jersey. and inability to use a gun get brucedesilva.com/, brucedesilva.wordpress.com/ him into, but rarely out of, Providence Rag, Cliff Walk, and Rogue Island trouble. Daniel’s short story Driving Miss Rachel was cho- sen as a 2013 distinguished short story by Otto Penzler, Terminated (August, 2014) is Ray Daniel’s first novel Retired Captain Connie Dial and the first book of The Tucker Mysteries. Born in is a veteran cop who rose Boston, Ray graduated with honors from the University through the ranks from patrol of Massachusetts with a degree in Computer Engineer- officer to commanding officer ing and a Minor in English. www.raydanielmystery.com, of the LAPD’s Hollywood www.facebook.com/raydanielmystery,Twitter @raydanielmystry Division. She understands not Give Me A Dollar in the anthology Stone Cold. only the business of running a high-profile police station but the intricacies of crime fighting and criminal investi- Janet Dawson has written gations. Dead Wrong in 2013 ten novels about Oakland, is her second book in the Josie Corsino mystery series. California private investigator The first book in this unique collection wasFallen An- Jeri Howard. The first, gels (2012), and the next installment, Unnatural Murder, Kindred Crimes, won the St. will be available in September 2014. Her bio and all her Martin’s Press/Private Eye books are available on www.conniedial.com Writers of America contest for Best Private Eye Novel, and was nominated for several best first awards. Her most recent Jeri Howard novel, Bit Player, was a finalist for the Golden Nugget Award.

Left Coast Crime 2014 Monterey, California 43 PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS Denise [Deni] Dietz, Senior Michele Drier was born Editor for Five Star Myster- in Santa Cruz and is a fifth ies. Deni is the author of the generation Californian. She’s bestselling Diet Club Myster- lived and worked all over ies. Also, Footprints in the the state, calling both South- Butter, co-starring Hitchcock ern and Northern California the Dog, and a dozen other home. During her career in novels. As Mary Ellen Den- journalism–as a reporter and nis, Deni penned Heaven’s editor at daily newspapers– Thunder, with an emphasis she won awards for produc- on Colorado’s silent film ing investigative series. She industry, and The Landlord’s Black-eyed Daughter, a writes the Amy Hobbes Newspaper mysteries and the paranormal history-mystery-romance. Deni’s Annie and six-book Kandesky Vampire Chronicles paranormal the Grateful Dead is the first story in The Sound and the romance series. The second mystery, Labeled for Death, Furry. Grateful Dead is a “pop culture cat,” and 100% of was published in July 2013, and she’s just published her the anthology’s profits will be donated to charity. eighth book, SNAP: Happily Ever After? www.miche- www.denisedietz.com ledrier.com,http://www.facebook.com/AuthorMicheleDrier Edited for Death, Labeled for Death, SNAP: The World Un- folds Philip Donlay learned to fly at age seventeen and was first Patricia Driscoll was born in published at eighteen. In the Westport, Conn. She worked aviation world, success came for many years as a probation quickly and he’s been flying officer for the San Francisco jets since he was twenty years Probation Department. She old. Whether flying a Saudi retired in 2003 and looked sheik, nighttime freight, or forward to re-kindling her executives of a Fortune 500 passion for painting and company, Donlay has logged drawing. Instead, she wrote a over six million miles while mystery. Shedding Light On spanning the globe to 40 countries on five continents. Murder, a traditional mystery Donlay is the author of four novels, Category Five, Code set in Cape Cod, was released January, 2012 by Five Black, Zero Separation, and Deadly Echoes. He divides Star/Gale Cengage. Patricia recently completed her first his time between , and the Pacific North- draft of her sequel to Shedding Light on Murder. west. www.philipdonlay.com, philipdonlay.blogspot.com www.Patriciadriscoll.com Carola Dunn was born and Robert Downs aspired to grew up in England. Though be a writer before he real- ized how difficult the writing - process was. Fortunately, he’d ouslyshe left as several most of decades her books ago, already fallen in love with the areshe setstill in lives England. there Theyvicari craft, otherwise Casey might include 21 Daisy Dalrymple never have seen print. Origi- Mysteries (1920s) and 3 nally from West Virginia, he Cornish Mysteries (around has lived in Virginia, Mas- 1970), and 32 Regencies. Af- sachusetts, and now resides ter 20 years in California, she now resides in Eugene, in New Mexico. Despite his literary side, numbers are very much a part of his world, to the point that he has a www.CarolaDunn.weebly.com Blogs on The Blood-Red Pencil business administration degree from West Virginia Uni- andOregon, Murderous with herMusings. sort Heirsof Border of the collie,Body, ValleyTrillian. of the versity as well as an MBA from Columbia College. For Shadow more about Casey, visit: www.RobertDowns.net Falling Immortality

44 Calamari Crime PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS Warren C. Easley, a for- Dianne Emley is a Los mer R&D and international Angeles Times bestselling business executive, lives and author and has received criti- writes in Oregon. He is the cal acclaim for her Detective author of the Cal Claxton Nan Vining thrillers (in- Mystery Series published by cluding Love Kills) and Iris Poisoned Pen Press. The first Thorne mysteries (including book in the series, Matters of Pushover). Her standalone Doubt, appeared in Septem- paranormal mystery, The ber, 2013. The second book, Night Visitor, will be out in Dead Float, will publish in September 2014. Her short July, 2014. To read Easley’s fiction has been published in anthologies includingLiter - blogs on writing and life in the Northwest, visit ary Pasadena. Her books have been translated into six www.warreneasley.com, languages. A Los Angeles native, she lives in California www.facebook.com/WarrenCEasley with her husband. When not writing, she cooks and frets. www.dianneemley.com Claire Eddy is a senior edi- tor at Tor/Forge Books and Jack Erickson is the author has been with the company of mysteries and international for 28 years, editing a variety thrillers. His latest thriller, of genres, including science Thirteen Days in Milan, is the fiction, fantasy, historicals, first in a series set in Milan thrillers and mysteries. On the featuring the anti-terrorism mystery side, she works with capo and his deputy at the Carole Nelson Douglas, Sharan Milan Questura. Erickson is Newman, and Bruce DeSilva. She’s spent the better part a former Senate speechwriter, of her adult life working with authors to make their sto- Washington DC based freelance writer, and senior editor ries and dreams be the best they can be, becoming that at a national trade organization. He wrote and published “third eye” and nudge to accomplish this feat. several books with his company, RedBrick Press, about the early days of the craft brewing movement. His Star Former anthropology profes- Spangled `Beer: A History Of American Microbreweries sor Aaron Elkins is generally And Brewpubs was named best self-published book in

regarded as the originator of 1987. www.jackerickson.com travel blog: A Year and a Day Perfect Crime the forensic mystery genre. His books have garnered an Jerrilyn Farmer Edgar, an Agatha, and a Nero is the #1 Wolfe Award, have been made Los Angeles Times Bestsell- into a major ABC television ing writer of the Madeline series, and have been pub- Bean mystery series (Wil- lished in more than a dozen liam Morrow) and a winner languages. His main con- of the Macavity and multiple tinuing series features forensic anthropologist-detective Lefty Awards. Ms. Farmer’s Gideon Oliver, “the Skeleton Detective.” Besides his latest book, co-written with own writing, he has collaborated with his wife Charlotte Joan Rivers, is Murder at the on seven additional mysteries. He currently serves as the Academy Awards. Since 1998, forensic anthropologist for the Olympic Peninsula Cold Jerrilyn has been teaching mystery writing at UCLA Case Task Force in Washington State. aaronelkins.com Extension’s Writers Program as well as holding private A Cruise to Die For (With Charlotte Elkins), A Dangerous masters classes for advanced writers. Over the past few Talent (with Charlotte Elkins), Dying on the Vine years, many of her students have been published or have just signed contracts with Kensington, HarperCollins, Rare Bird, Berkeley Prime Crime, Down & Out Books, and more. home.earthlink.net/~jerrilyn/

Left Coast Crime 2014 Monterey, California 45 PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS Christine Finlayson borrowed Jen Forbus has been blog- from her “past lives” as a wait- ging at Jen’s Book Thoughts ress, environmental educator, for over six years and is now a and water scientist when creat- full-time freelancer in vari- ing her first mystery novel, ous publishing-related areas; Tip of a Bone. This Northwest among them: website work at tale takes place on the stormy xuni.com, social media with Oregon coast, where hidden Criminal Element, book re- bones and family secrets just viewing/interviewing at Shelf won’t stay buried. Christine Awareness and Crimespree works as a writer/editor and is completing her second Magazine, and blog tour work at TLC Book Tours. In a book, a novel of suspense. She started filching mystery previous life she taught high school English and orga- novels from her mom’s bookshelves at age ten. nized adult professional development at the National www.christinefinlayson.com, www.windingwatermysteries.com Association of College Stores. Besides her obsession with books and audiobooks, she loves animals, crafting, Kendel Flaum Lynn is a walking and warm weather. Why the stork dropped her Southern California native who in northeast is still a mystery! now parks her flip-flops in Dal- www.jensbookthoughts.com las, Texas. Kendel loves both sides of mystery publishing. Jordan Foster is the manag- Writing as Kendel Lynn, her ing editor of BookTrib.com debut novel, Board Stiff, fea- and a freelance writer living in tures Elliott Lisbon, a mostly Portland, Oregon.She earned amateur sleuth who has a slight her MFA in Fiction Writing aversion to all things germy from Columbia University and is only four thousand hours away from getting her PI and (hopefully) puts it to good license. Kendel is the managing editor of Henery Press. . use writing for Publishers She’s got a coop full of award-winners and nominees in Weekly about the vast quan- the Hen House, and just loves finding a gem in the slush tity of books she reads. While pile. www.kendellynn.com, www.henerypress.com Jordan’s reading diet is largely crime fiction – she was Other People’s Baggage, Board Stiff, Whack Job raised, often literally, in Portland’s only mystery book- store – she’s perfectly content to read novels (and nonfic- George Fong spent 27 years tion) that lack murders because good writing transcends as a Special Agent with the genre labels. FBI, working white collar, www.publishersweekly.com/pw/article_authors/82.html gangs, drugs and sex traffick- Loraine Fowlow - As a ing, kidnappings, serial kill- professor of architecture ers, and other violent crimes with a structural engineering and is a certified undercover background, her fictional in- agent. He also was a lead at terest lies in the criminal use the FBI’s International Law Enforcement Academy in Bu- of collapsing buildings. Her dapest, Hungary. In 2002, Mr. first novel, Undercut, in the Fong became the Supervisory Special Agent for Violent Untraceable series of archi- Crimes in Sacramento. In 2007, he was promoted to tectural mysteries, focuses Unit Chief, overseeing the FBI’s Violent Gang Program on deadly structural failures, in Washington DC and later as an Assistant Inspector be- solved by the unlikely pair- fore retiring. Currently, he is ESPN’s Director of Global ing of a cantankerous philosophy professor and a Security. He is a faculty member at the Book Passage female architect with a penchant for forensic archi- Mystery Writers Conference and is represented by the tecture. Fowlow’s professional design book, Wine

Kimberley Cameron Literary Agency. By Design, Wiley, has been translated into Chinese. www.georgefong.com evds.ucalgary.ca/profiles/loraine-fowlow

46 Calamari Crime Left Coast Crime 2014 Monterey, California 47 PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS Joel Fox’s modern day FBI DARYL WOOD GERBER aka Agent Zane Rigby mystery AVERY AAMES. As Daryl, she series springs from strange writes the nationally bestsell- historical events involving U. ing Cookbook Nook Mystery S. presidents. Rigby has to un- series. As Avery, she pens ravel a long forgotten puzzle the Agatha Award-winning, in order to solve a present day nationally bestselling Cheese murder. Fox says he got his Shop Mystery series. Daryl’s love of history growing up in short stories have been nomi- the Boston area. For three de- nated for the Agatha, Anthony, cades, Fox has been involved and other awards. Fun tid- in California politics, served on numerous state commis- bit: as an actress, Daryl has appeared in “Murder, She sions, and worked on many ballot issue campaigns. He Wrote” and more. Visit Daryl aka Avery at www.daryl- is an adjunct professor of Public Policy at Pepperdine woodgerber.com, www.mysteryloverskitchen.com, Facebook. University. In 2008, he completed the Los Angeles FBI www.averyaames.com, killercharacters.com Final Sentence, Citizens Academy program gaining a deeper understand- Days Of Wine And Roquefort, Inherit The Word ing of the FBI and its mission. www.joelfox.com Lincoln’s Hand and FDR’s Treasure June Gillam’s poetry and stories have appeared in David Freed is a screenwriter Wild Edges from Manzanita and former Pulitzer Prize- Press, Metal Scratches, winning reporter for the Los and America’s Intercultural Angeles Times, as well as an Magazine (AIM). She teaches instrument-rated pilot who has creative writing and literature worked extensively within the courses for San Joaquin Delta U.S. intelligence community. College and serves as Secretary for the Gold Country His first two Cordell Logan Writers, an affiliate of the Placer County Arts Council. mystery-thrillers, Flat Spin At www.junegillam.com, she offers an online writers and Fangs Out, debuted to support group, modeled after her Ph.D. Cooperative rave reviews. The New York Inquiry, described in Creating Juicy Tales. Her novel Journal of Books called Freed “a master of mordant House of Cuts is a suspense thriller featuring redheaded one-liners for which Raymond Chandler’s leading man, reporter Hillary Broome; House of Dads, #2 in the Philip Marlowe, would have given his eye teeth.” His series, will be released soon. www.junegillam.com, third book in the Logan series, Voodoo Ridge, will be [email protected] released in April. David-Freed.com Christine Goff is the award- M. J. Georgia lives in winning author of the northern California. She is a bestselling “Birdwatcher’s published author and film noir Mystery” series. A former buff. Mertianna developed Colorado journalist and a passion for old black-and- Willa Literary and Colorado white movies from the 40’s Authors’ League Fiction and 50’s depicting hard-boiled gumshoes and shady dames. RMFW’s 2002 Writer of Her mysteries often contain theAward Year. finalist, The Birdwatcher’s Goff was humor. The quirky characters Mysteries focus on make her laugh quietly to herself as she writes. Further adventures of Jake and Sissy of the Waters and Bridges A Rant of Ravens, Death of a Songbird, Agency Mysteries will be available soon. Read her blog Aenvironmental Nest in the Ashes, themes Death with Takes a bird a Gander watching and bent. Death to learn about her Urban Fantasy Synemancer series TitlesShoots include: a Birdie . Her most recent work (currently with based in the San Francisco Bay Area – featuring magic, strange happenings, and dangerous characters. [email protected] www.mertianna.com her agent) is an International thriller set in Israel. 48 Calamari Crime PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS Lee Goldberg is a two-time Madeline (M.M.) Gornell Edgar & Shamus Award has five published mystery nominee who has written novels–PSWA award winners and/or produced scores of Uncle Si’s Secret and Lies highly successful TV series, of Convenience, Death of a including Diagnosis Murder, Perfect Man, and Reticence of Spenser: For Hire, Baywatch, Ravens (a finalist for the Eric SeaQuest, Hunter, Nero Hoffer 2011 fiction Prize and Wolfe, Martial Law, Miss- the Montaigne Medal for most ing, and The Glades. thought provoking book). Her He’s also the author of over latest, Counsel of Ravens is thirty novels and non-fiction books, including The Walk, her first sequel, a continuation of Hubert Champion’s King City, Watch Me Die, and the Diagnosis Murder and Mojave . She continues to be inspired by historic Monk mystery series. His latest novel is The Chase, the Route 66, and expects to release Rhodes in 2014. sequel to the international #1 bestseller The Heist, which www.mmgornell.com, www.mmgornell.wordpress.com, he wrote with Janet Evanovich. www.leegoldberg.com [email protected], www.facebook.com/madeline. gornell, twitter.com/mmgornell Toby and Bill Joel Goldman is the author of Gottfried: the Edgar and Shamus nomi- Fan Guests nated Lou Mason thrillers of Honor at featuring a trial lawyer; the the 2006 LCC Jack Davis thrillers featuring held in Bristol, a former FBI Special Agent; England. They and the Alex Stone thrillers continue to attend yearly featuring public defender, Bouchercons, Alex Stone. He lives with LCC Events, and CrimeFest in England since its incep- his wife and two dogs in tion. Toby and Bill were program chairs of the 1997 Leawood, KS. Bouchercon in Monterey, Co-Chairs of LCC 2004 also www.joelgoldman.com, www.joelgoldman.com/blog, in Monterey, Ca and 2009 at the Marriott Waikoloa www.facebook.com/JoelGoldmanAuthor, twitter.com/JoelGold- in Hawaii as well as Co-Co chairs of the 2014 LCC man1 Stone Cold (2012), Chasing the Dead (2013) in Monterey. In 2008 they were recipients of the Don Sandstrom Lifetime Achievement Fandom Awards. They have a personal Mystery Book collection of 17000+ Susan Goldstein is the books, some of which they have read. author of Hollywood For- Diana Gould ever, a mystery novel about a has written messy Beverly Hills divorce pilots, movies, episodes and gone awry in more ways than mini-series for network and one. She knows how that can cable. She was writer-produc- er of Dynasty, executive story happen having been a divorce consultant on Knots Land- attorney for three decades. ing, created and produced Adulterers, thieves, sex ad- Berrengers. Her script for dicts, compulsive gamblers the TV-Movie, I Love You-- and even a mass murderer Good-bye won the Population have crossed her path in the divorce process. You might Institute Award. She served on say endings are her specialty. Publishers Weekly wrote, the Board of Directors of the Writers Guild of America, “.... Goldstein supplies one surprise after another as the and founded and chaired its Women’s Committee. She action builds to a suitable Hollywood ending.” Susan is has taught fiction, screen and playwriting in the MFA currently working on I’ve Got A Secret. A native New program at Goddard, and coaches writers privately. Yorker, Susan lives in the Hollywood Hills where life is Coldwater is her first novel. www.dianagould.net, always interesting. www.susangoldsteinbooks.com www/dianagould.net/blog

Left Coast Crime 2014 Monterey, California 49 PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS Rebecca Grace is the pen Kathryn Gualtieri has a name for Becky Martinez, lifelong interest in California an award-winning former history. She divides her time broadcast journalist who between Carmel and Capitola. writes mystery, romance and A former book reviewer and romantic suspense. Her latest features writer for the Car- suspense novel, Dead Man’s mel Pine Cone, she serves on Rules is the first of a three Carmel’s Historic Resources book series set in a small Board. Kathryn’s historical New Mexico town. It will mystery series is set in 1920s be released in May. She has Carmel-by-the-Sea and features Nora Finnegan, a news also just signed a contract for reporter for the Carmel Pine Cone. Murder in the Pines, publication of her first mystery, Blues at 11. She is one Murder Takes the Stage, and The Laundryman’s Daugh- of the co-authors of Ten Steps to Creating Memorable ter, are available at the local independent bookstores on Characters, a workbook for writers and regularly teaches the Monterey Peninsula. Kathryn can be reached at writing workshops and online classes. [email protected] Juliet Grames is Associate Parnell Hall Publisher at Soho Press, and is the author of acquires and edits the Soho the Puzzle Lady crossword Crime international crime fic- puzzle mysteries, the Stanley tion list. Hastings private eye novels, www.sohopress.com Trav- and the Steve Winslow court- el the Globe with Soho Crime! room dramas. His books have sohopress.com/soho-crime/ been nominated for Edgar, Shamus, and Lefty awards. His latest Puzzle Lady is NYPD Puzzle. His latest Chuck Greaves spent 25 Stanley Hastings is Stakeout. years as an L.A. trial lawyer Parnell is an actor, singer/ before turning his talents to songwriter, screenwriter, past president of the Private fiction. He is the Shamus, Eye Writers of America, and former PI. His music videos Rocky, and can be seen on YouTube, including Murder is the Last nominated author of the Resort, his banquet performance from last year’s Left legal mysteries Hush Money, Coast Crime. Green-Eyed Lady, and the Timothy Hallinan is the forthcoming The Last Heir, all Edgar and Macavity nomi- from St. Martin’s Minotaur. nated author of sixteen Writing as C. Joseph Greaves, published novels including his is also the author of the two current series: the Poke true-crime novel Hard Twisted, from Bloomsbury. Rafferty Bangkok thrillers www.chuckgreaves.com (most recently The Fear Art- ist), and the Junior Bender mysteries (most recently, The Fame Thief), which have been bought for film. In 2011 Hal- linan edited a story anthology by twenty writers, Shaken: Stories For Japan, to benefit the 2011 Japan Relief Fund. He recently edited Making Story: 21 Writers On How They Plot. He lives in Santa Monica and Bangkok, and is lucky enough to be married to Munyin Choy. The Fame Thief, Little Elvises, The Fear Artist

50 Calamari Crime WANT ROMANCE & HUMOR WITH YOUR MYSTERIES?

Fit To Be Dead Dang Near Dead

If you’ve tried to start over, get in shape or loved the wrong man, you’ll appreciate Aggie.

“I love these books!” _Dr. Rollo Newsom, an editor of Lone Star Sleuths.

As the anti-aging Aggie vacations at a columnist, Aggie struggles dude ranch and to stay fit. But when she advises readers how stumbles into murder, to stay young, even in shaping up yields to summer. Until staying alive. “Home On the Range” means murder. 2013 LEFTY AWARD FINALIST

Left Coast Crime 2014 Monterey, California 51 David Hansard, after time Sherry Harris started in Texas, Wyoming and New bargain hunting in second York, now lives and writes in grade at her best friend’s yard Colorado Springs. One Min- sale. She honed her bartering ute Gone, an urban thriller, skills as she moved around is available on Amazon. The the country while her hus- second in the series, Blue- band served in the Air Force. Eyed Boy, will be released in Sherry uses her love of garage 2014. He previously served on sales, her life as a military the board of MWA-SW. spouse, and her time living in davidhansardblog.wordpress.com Massachusetts as inspiration for the Sarah Winston Garage Sale series. Tagged for Vinnie Hansen left rural Death, first in the series, will be out in December 2014. South Dakota the day after Wickedcozyauthors.com, Sherryharrisauthor.com graduating from high school. She completed her BA at Heather Haven has written the University of California, award winning short stories, Irvine, and her MA in the novels, comedy acts, televi- creative writing program at sion treatments, ad copy, San Francisco State Univer- commercials, and off-off sity. The author of many pub- Broadway plays. She is the lished short stories and the acclaimed author of the multi- Carol Sabala Mystery Series, award winning humorous Al- Vinnie was a 2013 finalist for varez Family Murder Mystery the Claymore Award and will soon join misterio press. series, Murder is a Family Look for her latest mystery: Art, Wine & Bullets. For Business, A Wedding to Die For, and Death Runs in the more information, visit www.vinniehansen.com Family, recent winner of the Global Gold Best Mys- tery 2013. The author of the Persephone Cole Vintage Marietta Harris, who was the Mysteries, The Dagger Before Me and Iced Diamonds, minister of music for an Oak- as well as stand-alone mystery noir, Death of a Clown, land choir, and knows what based upon her mother’s memories performing in the happens behind the scenes, Ringling Brothers’ Circus, circa 1942. is looking for an agent/pub- lisher for her new mystery, Gar Anthony Haywood is the Sha- The Gospel Choir Murder. mus and Anthony award-winning Her first book, The Other Side author of twelve crime novels and of Alzheimer’s, a Caregiver’s numerous short stories. His short Story, shared the story of Angie, an Afro-American fiction has been included in theBest woman, who unexpectedly became a caregiver. American Mystery Stories antholo- [email protected], www.mariettaharris.com gies and Booklist has called him “a writer who has always belonged in the upper echelon of American crime fiction.” Haywood has written for network television and both the New York and Los Angeles Times. His JAM most recent novel is the standalone Assume Nothing, and A full-service editorial team he is presently working on the seventh installment of his Developmental Editing Aaron Gunner P.I. series. Manuscript Critique Assume Nothing , Cemetery Road Consultation Line Editing jameditorial.com

52 Calamari Crime Jeremiah Healy is the creator Sara J. Henry writes sus- of the John Francis Cuddy pense novels set in the Ad- private-investigator series and irondacks, where she began the author (under the pseud- her writing career at a small onym “Terry Devane”) of the newspaper. Learning to Swim Mairead O’Clare legal thrill- (2011) won the Anthony and ers. Of his eighteen novels Agatha awards for best first and three collections of short novel and the Mary Higgins stories, fifteen have either Clark Award and was a Target won or been nominated for Emerging Author pick. A Cold the Shamus Award. Healy’s and Lonely Place (2013) was first novel, Blunt Darts, was a Reader’s Digest Select Books choice and a Target se- published in 1984 and introduced Cuddy, the Boston- lection. Sara was an editor at Rodale Books and Women’s based private eye who has become his best-known char- Sports & Fitness, and has written for Prevention, Bicy- acter. He is currently at work on the fourteenth Cuddy cling, and other magazines. She’s from Oak Ridge, Ten- novel and the first nine of the series are now available in nessee, and lives on a dirt road in southern Vermont. both e- and audio-book. www.SaraJHenry.com

Victoria Heckman’s first Ted Hertel, Jr.: Wisconsin at- Hawai’i mystery series fea- torney; current National Board tures officer Katrina Ogden, Member and Executive Vice- K.O., of the Honolulu Police President Mystery Writers of Department. Her second American, co-chair Boucher- series, Coconut Man myster- con ’99. Published critical and ies of Ancient Hawai’i, begins with Kapu-Sacred. Her third biographical essays on Linda series starts with Burn Out, a Barnes, Ellery Queen, and mystery starring animal com- Lawrence Treat. Contributor: municator Elizabeth Murphy Mystery Muses. Short fiction and is set on California’s Central Coast. Her stand-alone includes: My Bonnie Lies (An- mystery, Pearl Harbor Blues has just been released. thony, Macavity nominations; She is currently finishingWet Work, number two in the received Robert L. Fish Edgar Award); It’s Crackers to Elizabeth Murphy animal communicator series. She is Slip a Rozzer the Dropsey in Snide (Anthony nominee, Vice-President of the Central Coast Chapter of Sisters in honorable mention Sternig Short Fiction Competition); Crime. www.victoriaheckman.com, [email protected], The Town at the End of the Road; The Name of the Facebook! E versions available! Smashwords, www.writers- exchange.com/Victoria-Heckman.html Dame; A Knack for Death.. Reviewer: Deadly Plea- sures. Married to Maggie Ley-Hertel.

Chicagoan Libby Fischer Naomi Hirahara is the Edgar Hellmann is the award- Award-winning author of the winning author of ten “Com- Mas Arai mysteries, featur- pulsively Readable Thrill- ing a gardener and Hiroshima ers.” They include the Ellie survivor. Her new Officer El- Foreman series, which Libby lie Rush bicycle cop myster- describes as a cross between ies makes its debut in April “Desperate Housewives” and 2014 with Murder On Bam- “24,” the hard-boiled Geor- boo Lane. Her fifth Mas Arai gia Davis PI series, and two novel, Strawberry Yellow, set standalones, Set The Night On in Watsonville, CA, was nominated for a T. Jefferson Fire, and A Bitter Veil. Her tenth and newest release is Parker Mystery Award. She also has written a middle- Havana Lost, a historical thriller set largely in Cuba. She grade novel and noir short stories. For more information, also has written nearly twenty short stories and novel- see her website, www.naomihirahara.com, Facebook author las. libbyhellmann.com,/www.facebook.com/authorLibbyFische page, www.facebook.NaomiHiraharaBooks. rHellmann,http://twitter.com/libbyhellmann

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Barbara M. Hodges is the Melodie Johnson Howe is author or co-author of nine the author of City of Mirrors, works of fiction. Her latest A Diana Poole Thriller. She work of mystery/suspense is has also written the Edgar One Last Sin, co-authored nominated The Mother Shad- with Randolph Tower.She is a ow, and Beauty Dies; a collec- member of the Central Coast tion of short fiction,Shooting Chapter of Sisters-In-Crime, Hollywood: the Diana Poole as well as Public Service Writ- Stories; and a play, The Lady er’s Association. Barbara lives of the House. After a career on the central coast of Cali- in movies and television, she quit acting to write crimes fornia with her husband Jeff, two basset hounds, Hamlet novels. She lives in Santa Barbara with her husband and and Heidi, as well as with a sassy feline, Wallace.When two dogs. www.melodiejohnsonhowe.com/ she is not writing she enjoys designing and creating jewelry masterpieces. Barbara is a big NASCAR fan and Janet Hubbard combined loves getting away to see the races in person. barbaramhodges.com, barbarahodges.wordpress.com what she loves – wine, food, France – in her series, Ven- geance in the Vineyards, Chris F. Holm’s award-win- which debuted last year. Pub- ning short fiction has appeared lished by Poisoned Pen Press, in such publications as Ellery the second in the series, BOR- Queen’s Mystery Magazine, DEAUX: The Bitter Finish, Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery will be launched in San Fran- Magazine, and The Best cisco immediately after the American Mystery Stories Left Coast Crime conference. 2011. His Collector novels – She runs an editorial busi- the Stoker-long listed Dead ness in Vermont, and has written over twenty non-fiction Harvest, the Silver-Falchion- books for teens. She is the mother of two children. nominated The Wrong Good- www.janethubbard.com, Champagne: The Farewell (2012) bye, and this year’s The Big Reap – recast the battle be- and Bordeaux: The Bitter Finish (2024) tween heaven and hell as Golden Era crime pulp. Chris lives on the coast of Maine with his wife, crime-fiction reviewer Katrina Niidas Holm. Maria Hudgins is the author

www.chrisfholm.com, Twitter, @chrisfholm of five Dotsy Lamb Travel Mysteries and two Lacy Glass Katrina Niidas Holm is a Archaeology Mysteries. Two voracious and opinionated of her short stories appear in a mystery reader. She’s also an new Sisters in Crime anthol- unabashed fan of Portland, ogy, Virginia is for Mysteries Maine (aka The REAL Port- An incurable traveler, she has land) and the wife of fabu- written stories set in England, lously talented writer Chris F. Switzerland, Italy, Greece, Holm. When she’s not busy , Scotland, and Tur- writing reviews and other as- key. As a former oceanography teacher from Tidewater sorted content for Crimespree Virginia, she has her eye on the Monterey Aquarium as a Magazine, she’s likely either possible setting for a new mystery. reviewing mysteries for The Facebook: Fans of Maria Hudgins, www.mariahudgins.com Season E-Zine and The Maine Suspect, writing blog posts for Criminal Element, or pretending to do Actual Work at her day job as a paralegal. You can find her on Twitter as @niidasholm

54 Calamari Crime PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS Linda Joffe Hull is the author James M Jackson authors of The Big Bang and Eternally the Seamus McCree myster- 21, the first title in the Mrs. ies, Bad Policy (March 2013) Frugalicious mystery series. and Cabin Fever (coming She is a native of St. Louis, March 2014). Bad Policy won Missouri and a graduate of the Evan Marshall Fiction UCLA. She lives in Denver, Makeover Contest whose Colorado with her husband criteria were the freshness and and children. A longtime commerciality of the story and member and board member of quality of the writing. Known Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers, Linda currently serves as James Montgomery Jack- on the national board of Mystery Writers of America as son on his tax return and to his mother whenever she was a Director at Large. Her next mystery, Black Thursday, really mad at him, he splits his time between the Upper will be released in fall 2014. Please visit her at Peninsula of Michigan woods and Georgia’s low coun- www.lindajoffehull.com try. Jim has also published an acclaimed book on con- tract bridge, One Trick At A Time: How to start winning at bridge. jamesmjackson.com, Facebook (http://on.fb.me/17NSLhC), Twitter (@JMJAuthor, Harry Hunsicker is the writerswhokill.blogspot.com/ former executive vice presi- dent of the Mystery Writers Nancy Baker Jacobs is the of America and the author of author of 12 crime novels four novels, crime thrillers and one crime novella, all of set in Texas. His fiction has which have been re-issued as been nominated for a Shamus e-books for Amazon’s Kindle Award by the Private Eye and Barnes & Noble’s Nook. Writers of America and a Her most recent books are Thriller Award by the Inter- Ricochet, her suspense novel national Thriller Writers. His chosen as a finalist for the story “West of Nowhere” was selected to appear in The Mystery Writers of America’s Best American Mystery Stories 2011, edited by Otto Pen- annual zler and . Hunsicker’s fourth novel, The Award, the arson-related mystery-thriller, Point, Contractors, was published in February 2014. her Hollywood mystery, Star Struck and its sequel, Star www.harryhunsicker.com Search. In addition, she is the award-winning author of six other suspense novels and the Devon MacDonald Ken Isaacson has practiced private eye series. Check out her website at law for thirty-five years, hav- NancyBakerJacobs.com ing graduated from MIT and Columbia Law School. He began his legal career on Wall Teresa L. (Terry) Jacobsen Street, and today he is general writes the monthly Mystery counsel to an international column for Library Journal transportation company. Law- (LJ). She’s held this coveted yers write for a living, and position for three years now many think it’s all fiction. Ken and remains an unabashed decided to abandon all pre- mystery fan. A retired librar- tenses and write stuff he could ian, she holds a lifetime admit was completely made up, so now he writes crime membership in the American fiction. His first novel, Silent Counsel, won critical ac- Library Association, and is a claim, and upon its 2007 release spent an entire month fledgling member of Sisters in Crime. on Amazon’s list of bestselling legal thrillers behind only ’s To Kill A Mockingbird, and John Grisham’s The Appeal. www.KenIsaacson.com

Left Coast Crime 2014 Monterey, California 55 PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS Darrell James is the author Georgia Jeffries, a writer/ of the Award Winning Del producer of Emmy-winning Shannon series of mystery/ drama, has earned two Writers thrillers which include: Guild Awards, three Golden Nazareth Child, winner of the Globe nominations and the 2012 Left Coast Crime Eureka Humanitas Prize. Ms. Jeffries Award for Best First Novel; scripted the HBO docudrama, Sonora Crossing, Finalist for The Good Soldier, now in the 2013 LCC Rocky Award; development as a mini-series and Purgatory Key, a current and adapted the New York finalist for the LCC Squid Times Notable Book, Your Blues Ain’t Like Mine, for Award for Best Novel set in the U.S. In addition his Showtime. A TV series show runner on China Beach short stories have appeared in numerous mystery maga- and Cagney & Lacey, she also created pilots for ABC, zines and book anthologies, and have garnered a number CBS, NBC, and Showtime. A former journalist with of awards. His latest appears in the Lee Child anthology, American Film, she contributes to The Huffington Post, Vengeance, with Lee Child, , Dennis Los Angeles Book Review, Written By and just completed Lehane, Alafair Burke, and other award a novel. winning and best selling authors. www.darrelljames.com Claire M. Johnson’s first novel, Beat Until Stiff, was Maddee James is the owner nominated for the 2003 of xuni.com which specializes Agatha Award for Best First in website design and devel- Novel and was a Booksense opment, particularly for mys- pick. Her second book in this tery and thriller writers. She series, Roux Morgue, received has been doing design, man- a starred review from Publish- agement, and maintenance of ers Weekly. Ms. Johnson’s author websites for more than most recent book, Pen and Prejudice, is a mash-up of the 15 years. You can check out Jane Austen classic, Pride and Prejudice, but instead of her site and list of clients and designs at www.xuni.com willfully misunderstanding each other at balls and dinner parties, our witty heroine and arrogant suitor trade barbs Rae James, writing as R. and bon mots at mystery writing conferences. Franklin James, grew up in [email protected], the San Francisco Bay Area. www.rouxmorgue.com, clairemjohnson.blogspot.com/ Her love of writing began in childhood when she wrote Craig Johnson is the New rambling tales of pirates and York Times bestselling author damsels in distress. As a UC of the Walt Lomgmire novels, Berkeley grad, she cultivated which are the basis for Long- a different type of writing – mire, the hit A&E-TV drama. legislation and public policy. The Cold Dish won Le Prix After a career of political and public advocacy she went du Polar Noir, Death With- back to her first love, writing, and in 2013 her debut out Company, the Wyoming novel, The Fallen Angels Book Club was published by Historical Association’s Book Camel Press, Seattle, WA. This is the first book in a six- of the Year, and Another Man’s Moccasins, the winner of book series. Her second book, Sticks & Stones, will be both the Western Writers of America’s Spur Award and released May 2014. James is married with two sons and the Mountains and Plains Book of the Year. The Dark resides in northern California. RFranklinJames.com Horse was a Publisher’s Weekly Best Book of the Year and Hell Is Empty was selected by Library Journal as the Best Mystery of the Year. Johnson lives in Ucross, Wyoming, population twenty-five. www.craigallenjohnson.com

56 Calamari Crime PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS C. T. Jorgensen is a multi- Tammy Kaehler’s career published author whose in marketing and techni- latest book, Missing, is a taut cal writing landed her in the suspense thriller which came world of automobile racing, out last October and has been which inspired her with its a local best seller. Jorgensen’s blend of drama, competition, previous novels, published and welcoming people. Her under the name, Christine T debut, Dead Man’s Switch, Jorgensen, included the best was praised by mystery fans selling humorous amateur as well as racing insiders, sleuth Stella the Stargazer and she takes readers back behind the wheel in Braking series and the stand alone Calling For A Funeral. The Points, the second Kate Reilly Racing Mystery. Tammy second book in the Stella series, You Bet Your Life, was works as a technical writer in the Los Angeles area, a finalist for the Colorado Book Award, fiction category. where she lives with her husband and many cars. Jorgensen is a member and former officer in MWA and www.tammykaehler.com, twofortheroadblog.blogspot.com is secretary of the Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers. Andrew E. Kaufman is a broadcast journalist-turned- Author Sherry Joyce, former author, living in Southern Vice President California, along with his of Human Resources, spent Labrador Retrievers, two many years as editor-in-chief horses, and a very bossy of several high-tech company Jack Russell Terrier. Andrew newsletters. Allied, A.S.I.D. began his writing career as and N.K.B.A. affiliated, Sherry an Emmy-nominated writer/ owns SJ Designs Interiors with producer, working at the CBS articles featured in Gentry, affiliate in San Diego, and then in Los Angeles. He then Builder Architect, California decided that writing about reality wasn’t nearly as fun Home & Design, National Kitchen And Bath, and a uni- as making it up and decided to become an author. His versity textbook. A graduate of Bryant Stratton College, recent release is Darkness & Shadows. The Lion, The , Wisconsin, she completed her design educa- Lamb, The Hunted, his previous book, spent more than tion from Canada College, Redwood City, California. A a hundred days on Amazon’s Top 100. His first novel, member of Capitol Crimes/Sacramento Sisters In Crime, While The Savage Sleeps, made the Top 100 as well. Northern California Publishers and Authors and Ro- www.andrewekaufman.com, mance Writers of America, her new romantic suspense www.andrewekaufman.blogspot.com novel is The Dordogne Deception. www.sherryjoyce.com Arthur Kerns retired from the FBI, after 24 years as a Richard Kadrey is a freelance writer living in San Fran- Supervisory Special Agent, cisco. He is the author of dozens of stories, plus ten nov- then became a consultant els, including Sandman Slim, Kill the Dead, Aloha from with the Department of State Hell, Devil Said Bang, Kill City Blues, Metrophage and and the Intelligence Com- Butcher Bird. His Wired magazine cover story, Carbon munity, traveling to over 65 Copy, was made into one of the worst movies of 2001. countries. His award-winning He has been immortalized as an action figure. “Kadray short stories have appeared in [sic]: The Invincible Wizard” was a villain in an episode a number of anthologies. His of the Blackstar animated TV series. Kadrey created and espionage thriller The Riviera wrote the Vertigo comics mini-series ACCELERATE, Contract was released in March 2013 and the sequel The which was illustrated by the Pander Brothers. African Contract is due for publication spring 2014. He www.richardkadrey.com has completed a mystery based on the unsolved 1929 murder of an FBI agent in Phoenix. He reviews books for the Washington Independent Review of Books. www.arthurkerns.com

Left Coast Crime 2014 Monterey, California 57 58 Calamari Crime PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS Karen Keskinen is the au- Ellen Kirschman has been thor of Blood Orange, debut a police psychologist for novel in the Jaymie Zarlin thirty years and is the happy mystery series. Her second recipient of the California book, Black Current, will be Psychological Association’s released by Minotaur/Thomas 2014 Award for Distinguished Dunne in June, 2014. Santa Contribution to Psychology. Barbara-based with a twisting Burying Ben: A Dot Meyerhoff plot, Blood Orange explores Mystery is her first novel. Her fault lines between privileged other books are I Love a Cop: and poor, and exposes deep veins of corruption. Black What Police Families Need Current exhumes buried secrets and dissects the desire to Know, I Love a Fire Fighter: What the Family Needs for revenge. In these stories, Santa Barbara itself is a to Know, and Counseling Cops: What Clinicians Need character. Keskinen was born and raised in Salinas. Her to Know written with Mark Kamena and Joel Fay. She is family farmed and shipped lettuce and strawberries, a member of the Mystery Writers of America, Sisters in taught school, and kept hotels in Monterey County for a Crime and The Public Safety Writers Association. century. She now calls both Salinas and Santa Barbara www.ellenkirschman.com home. karenkeskinen.com Laurie R. King is the NYT Harley Jane Kozak’s Dating bestselling author of 22 nov- Dead Men won the Agatha, els, from Edgar-winning A Anthony, and Macavity Grave Talent and the beloved awards, and was followed by Dating is Murder, Dead Ex, The Beekeeper’s Apprentice, and A Date You Can’t Refuse. in which Miss Mary Russell Her short prose has appeared encounters Sherlock Holmes, in Ms. Magazine, The Sun, to 2013’s Twenties thriller, The Santa Monica Review The Bones of Paris. Laurie and the anthologies Mystery has a background of theol- Muses, This is Chick Lit, A ogy, house- (re)building, reading aloud to children, and Hell of a Woman, Butcher wondering why things in the garden are dying. She has Knives and Body Counts, The Rich and the Dead, and no hobbies, although she has been known to knit. She Crimes by Moonlight. She’s an International Thriller has lived in the Monterey Bay area most of her life, Award nominee and her latest novel is the paranormal Keeper Of The Moon. A sometimes actress, Harley lives which may explain it all. www.laurierking.com, http://www. with her kids and dogs in southern California. laurierking.com/blogs The Bones of Paris (2013), Garment of Shadows (2012), Crime & Thriller Writing (with Michelle William Kent Krueger Spring) (2012) writes the New York Times Susan Kingsbury enjoys bestselling Cork O’Connor writing both fiction and mystery series, set in the north nonfiction. Her current woods of Minnesota. His work has received a number works-in-progress include a of awards, including the Min- collection of short stories not nesota Book Award, Loft- yet published, a private eye McKnight Fiction Award, novel, the first in a series, with Anthony Award, Barry Award, the working title, On A Beach Dilys Award, Booksellers Somewhere and a nonfiction Choice Award, and Friends of American Writers Prize. book; From A Woman’s Point His 2013 novel Ordinary Grace found a place on many Of View, My Husband’s Love best-of-the-year lists. He does all his work in a couple of Sailing. “Waiting Is Murder,” Susan’s mystery short of wonderfully funky Saint Paul coffee shops. Stop by sometime and he might stand you to a cup of Joe. story, is included in the anthology, Little Sisters Volume 1. www.williamkentkrueger.com Tamarack County, Ordinary Grace, Trickster’s Point

Left Coast Crime 2014 Monterey, California 59 PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS Ken Kuhlken’s novels have Rita Lakin spent twenty-five been honored as a Private years in Television as a writer Eye Writers of America Best of series, movies, miniseries, First novel, finalist for PEN’s and producer/show runner on Ernest Hemingway Award for her own created shows. She Best First Fiction Book, final- now writes comedy mystery ist for the Shamus Best Novel, novels about Gladdy Gold and and a San Diego Book Awards her group of madcap seniors Best Mystery. His latest in the who become private eyes. She Tom Hickey California Crime won Left Coast Crime LEFTY series are The Do-Re-Mi, The AWARD for most humorous mystery published in 2009, Vagabond Virgins, and The Biggest Liar in Los Angeles. Getting Old is a Disaster. Her third Gladdy Gold book, The Good Know Nothing, set in 1935, will appear in Getting Old is Criminal is being produced as a TV mov- summer 2014. Ken teaches writing at Perelandra College ie in Germany. Her other awards include Writers Guild and makes his home on the web at www.kenkuhlken.net of America, MWA Edgar, and the Avery Hopwood award from the . www.ritalakin.com Getting Old is Murder, Four Coins of the Kabbalah

Deborah Lacy runs Mys- Bette Golden Lamb, a feisty tery Playground, a blog ex-Bronxite, writes crime about all things mystery, fun novels and plays with clay. and reading, and is a regu- She has co-authored, with lar contributor to Criminal husband J.J., five crime nov- Element. She’s the social els, three in the Gina Mazzio media chair for Bouchercon RN medical thriller series. 2014 and served on the 2012 And she’s under contract for a committee. By day she runs stand-alone, near-future medi- a corporate communications cal thriller, scheduled to ap- business for clients ranging from large non-profits to pear later this year. Being an start-ups. You can find her on Facebook at Mystery RN is a huge clue as to why Playground and on Twitter @quippy. she writes medical thrillers. On the artist side, her sculp- www.mysteryplayground.net tures and other artistic creations appear in exhibitions, galleries, and stores. She also hangs out with her 50+ Howard Lakin has been a rose bushes, or sneaks out to movies when she should be television writer-producer in writing. By J.J. Lamb & Bette Golden Lamb Los Angeles over the course BONE DRY, SIN & BONE, BONE PIT of three decades with 150+ produced scripts to his credit. Ellen Clair Lamb is a freelance writer, editor, re- He also was hired to write searcher and social media consultant whose clients eleven feature films, alas none include , , Lisa Lutz, Daniel of which were made. For his sins, he further served editor and translator for the award-winning BOOKS as supervising producer and TOPalmer DIE FOR,and Reba edited White by Connolly Williams. and She Declan was assistant Burke. head writer for - (three years) and FALCON CREST (two years). Avocation then became vocation Other major accomplishments include stage-man as he is currently president and founder of the closely Washington,aging a show DC for area the New and blogsYork Musical at Festival and held antiquarian bookselling firm Lakin & Marley Rare winning www.answergirlnet.blogspot.com Ben Stein’s money. She lives, www.answergirl.netand works in the Books (Marley being the most notorious imaginary liter- ary partner). Now retired from show biz, he has written his debut novel, California Noir.

60 Calamari Crime PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS J. J. Lamb’s most recent Sophie Littlefield grew up novel, No Pat Hands, is the in rural Missouri, the middle fourth in his Zach Rolfe PI child of a professor and an art- series; it’s a tale about Indian ist. She sold her first book in casinos in which tragedies of 2008, and has since authored the past overlap frustrations of over a dozen novels in several the present in telling a gen- genres. Sophie’s novels have erational tale about Northern won Anthony and RT Book California Native Americans. Awards and been shortlisted He is also co-author with wife for Edgar, Barry, Crimespree, Bette of five novels, includ- Macavity, and Choice Awards. She writes the ing Bone Pit, the third in their Gina Mazzio RN medi- post-apocalyptic AFTERTIME series, the Stella Hard- cal thriller series. None of this would have occurred if, esty and Joe Bashir crime series, and thrillers for young while studying aeronautical engineering, he hadn’t been adults. Her newest release is House Of Glass (2014). seduced by journalism, then by Bette, and finally by an Sophie makes her home in northern California. unexplained need to write fiction. www.jjlamb.com www.sophielittlefield.com House Of Glass, A Bad Day For Romance, Garden Of Stones

Deborah J Ledford’s latest Dick Lochte’s thriller Blues novel, Crescendo, is book In The Night was nominated three of the Steven Hawk/ for last year’s Best Hard- Inola Walela thriller series. cover Mystery by the Private Other novels include Snare Eye Writers of America. He –The Hillerman Sky Award is the author of more than a Finalist (LCC Santa Fe) and dozen crime novels, including NM-AZ Book Awards Final- Sleeping Dog which won the ist, and Staccato. Three-time Award and was nominee for the Pushcart named one of the 100 Favorite Prize, Deborah is part Eastern Band Cherokee. She spent Mysteries of the Century by her summers growing up in the Great Smoky Mountains the Independent Booksellers of western North Carolina where her series is set. Her Association. He is also the co-author with the Today media company, IOF Productions Ltd, recently released Show’s Al Roker, of the Billy Blessing mysteries, the the audiobook version of Crescendo, narrated by film most recent being The Talk Show Murders. and TV actress Christina Cox (Elysium, Chronicles of Riddick, Dexter, NCIS, 24). www.DeborahJLedford.com

Con Lehane is the author of Christopher Lord is the the forthcoming Murder at author of The Dickens Junc- the 42nd Street Library (May tion Mysteries. The Christmas 2015), as well as three detec- Carol Murders was published tive novels featuring New in fall 2012, followed by The York City bartender Brian Edwin Drood Murders in fall McNulty: Beware the Solitary 2013. Look for the third book Drinker, What Goes Around in the series, The Our Mutual Comes Around, and Death at Friend Murders, in spring the Old Hotel. A former bartender, union organizer, col- 2015. Mr. Lord is a native of Astoria, Oregon (near the lege professor, and labor journalist, he holds an M.F.A. heart of Dickens Junction), and lives in Portland with his in fiction writing from Columbia University. He teaches husband, who is not a writer. mystery and suspense writing at the Writer’s Center in www.dickensjunction.com Bethesda, Maryland. www.conlehane.com/

Left Coast Crime 2014 Monterey, California 61 PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS Jess Lourey is the three-time Andrew MacRae is a mis- Lefty-losing author of the placed Midwesterner who Murder-by-Month mysteries rolled downhill to California featuring amateur sleuth, Mira a quarter century ago. His first James. The latest, January novel, Murder Misdirected Thaw, hit shelves January was published in June of 2012 2014. Jess has been teach- and its sequel, Murder Mis- ing writing and sociology at calculated is scheduled for the college level since 1998. release this coming June. His When not raising her wonderful kids, teaching, or writ- collection of whimsical short ing, you can find her gardening, traveling, and watching stories, The Case of the Mur- really bad SyFy-channel creature features. She’s a mem- derous Mermaid and Other Stories is available from the ber of the Mystery Writers of America, Sisters in Crime, publisher, Untreed Reads, as well as Amazon, and other and The Loft. www.jesslourey.com eBook resellers. www.murdermisdirected.com The Toadhouse Trilogy (Young Adult) Murder-by-Month Mysteries

Margaret Lucke flings The Boston Globe says Molly words around as a writer and MacRae writes “murder with editorial consultant in the a dose of drollery.” She’s the San Francisco Bay Area. She author of the award-winning is fascinated by the power Haunted Yarn Shop Mysteries, of stories and the magic of published by Penguin/NAL. creativity. Her novels include Molly’s short stories have House of Whispers, a tale of appeared in Alfred Hitchcock love, ghosts and murder on Mystery Magazine since 1990. the California coast, and two After twenty years in north- that feature artist and private eye Jess Randolph: A Rela- east , Molly lives with her family in Cham- tive Stranger and the forthcoming Snow Angel. A former paign, Illinois. www.mollymacrae.com. Blogs on the first president of the Northern California chapter of MWA, Monday of each month at www.amyalessio.com and on rd Margaret teaches fiction writing classes and has authored the 23 of each month at www.killercharacters.com two how-to books on writing. Visit her at Spinning in Her Grave, Dyeing Wishes, Last Wool and Testament www.margaretlucke.com D. P. Lyle is the Macavity and Benjamin Franklin Silver Nan Mahon is the author Award winning author of of Blind Buddy and Mojo’s both non-fiction and fiction Blues Band, a mystery novel. (the Dub Walker and Saman- Her other works include Pink tha Cody thriller series and the Royal Pains media tie-in Pearls and Irish Whiskey series). His More Forensics and Junkyard Blues. She is a & Fiction is nominated for former journalist, and cur- the 2013 Edgar, Agatha, and rently teaches creative writ- Anthony Awards. Along with ing classes for the Elk Grove Jan Burke, he is the co-host of Unified School District Adult Crime and Science Radio. He has served as story con- Education program. She is sultant to many novelists and the screenwriters of shows a board member for several art programs and received such as Law & Order, CSI: Miami, Diagnosis Murder, the Elk Grove 2011 Mayor’s Award for volunteerism in Monk, Judging Amy, Peacemakers, Cold Case, House, the Arts. A blues music fan, she is the agent for a local Medium, Women’s Murder Club, 1-800-Missing. www.dplylemd.com, writersforensicsblog.wordpresscom, band. In 2013 she wrote the script for a successful stage www.facebook.com/DPLyle, www.dplylemd.com, production called A Musical History of the Blues. CrimeandScienceRadio.html www.nanmahon.com

62 Calamari Crime PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS G.M. Malliet is the Agatha Former “script doctor” Paul Award-winning author of the D. Marks’ novel White Heat DCI St. Just and Father Max is a 2013 Shamus Award Tudor mysteries. Currently winner. Publishers Weekly an Agatha and Dilys award calls White Heat a “taut crime nominee for Pagan Spring, yarn.” Paul is also the author she has been nominated for of over thirty published short multiple Agathas as well as stories in a variety of genres, for the Anthony, Macavity, including several award win- Left Coast Crime, IPPY (Sil- ners – and LA Late @ Night, a collection of five of his ver winner), David, and Dilys awards. Her books were stories. He has the distinction, dubious though it might Library Journal picks for best books of 2011 and 2012. be, of having been the last person to film on the fabled Pagan Spring, the latest Max Tudor in what the New MGM back lot before it bit the dust to make way for York Times calls a “charming series,” was published Oc- condos. Find out more at: www.PaulDMarks.com, tober 2013. Two of her short stories recently appeared in www.facebook.com/paul.d.marks, pauldmarks.blogspot.com/ Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine and The Strand Maga- zine. www.GMMalliet.com

Ana Manwaring writes a Joyce Mason is a prolific monthly column for the Peta- writer and astrologer, author luma Post, teaches creative of numerous books and ar- writing through Napa Valley ticles on astrology and related College and is a founding topics. The Crystal Ball: A editor at JAM Manuscript Micki Michaels Mystery is her Consulting. She’s the Treasur- debut novel. Her trademark er for Sisters in Crime NorCal of delivering insights with and is active in CWCs Red- humor crosses genres. Mys- wood and Napa Valley. Under tery is the connecting thread consideration, The Hydra Effect “- a romantic thriller in all her writing. Astrology that takes PI JadeAnne Stone and her dog Pepper deep and metaphysics delve into the other mysteries – the into Mexico and deeper into trouble. Funny, sexy, hip, mysteries of life. Joyce is an open book for someone so tragic – and gets an extra jolt from deft unraveling of a devoted to all things mysterious. Open her books and complex criminal conspiracy…” Clark Lohr, The Devil enjoy the mystery – and in the case of The Crystal Ball, on Eighty-Five. www.anamanwaring.com the futuristic costume party! www.joycemason.com, anaelectures.wordpress.com joycemason.com/newink/

Marcia Markland’s taste Jeanne Matthews is the is decidedly offbeat. She is author of the Dinah Pel- a Senior Editor at Thomas erin mysteries published by Dunne Books / Macmillan Poisoned Pen Press, includ- Her writers include Arnaldur ing Bones Of Contention, Bet Indridason, Martin Fletcher, Your Bones, Bonereapers, and John Ajvide Lindqvist, Yrsa Her Boyfriend’s Bones. Like Sigurdardottir, Ann Cleeves, her anthropologist sleuth, Kjell Eriksson, G. M. Malliet, Jeanne was born with a seri- and Daniel Friedman. Many ous wanderlust and she sets of their stories have been each of her books in a differ- made into excellent films and television shows Jar( City, ent part of the world. Originally from Georgia, she cur- Let the Right One In, “Vera,” “Shetland”), and several rently lives in Renton, Washington. For more informa- others are in production with major studios. tion, visit her website at www.jeannematthews.com Twitter @JMMystery

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64 Calamari Crime PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS A former organic farmer, Catriona McPherson is Edith Maxwell writes the the author of Dandy Gilver Local Foods Mysteries with And A Bothersome Number organic farmer Cam Flaherty, Of Corpses, the latest in the the Locavore Club, and local- Agatha, Lefty and Macavity ly sourced murder. A Tine to winning series set in Scotland Live, a Tine to Die opens the in the 1920s. Last year she series. Speaking of Murder. began a strand of modern the first book in the Speak- stand-alones with As She Left ing of Mystery series (written as Tace Baker), features It (The second, The Day She Quaker linguistics professor Lauren Rousseau. Edith Died), is out in June. Catriona is the vice-president of holds a PhD in linguistics and is a long-time Quaker. She Sisters in Crime and blogs with Femmes Fatales and also writes award-winning short crime fiction. A mother, Criminal Minds, If you’re a stalker, find her in northern technical writer, and fourth-generation Californian, she California, where she lives with two black cats and a lives north of Boston in an antique house with her beau scientist. Find her on Facebook, Twitter and at and three cats. www.edithmaxwell.com, www.facebook.com/ www.catrionamcpherson.com EdithMaxwellAuthor,@edithmaxwell Marilyn Meredith is the Jenn McKinlay is the New author of over thirty published York Times bestselling au- novels, including the award thor of the Cupcake Bakery winning Deputy Tempe Crab- mysteries, the Library Lover’s tree mystery series. Under mysteries and the London the name F. M. Meredith, she Hat Shop mysteries. She also writes the Rocky Bluff P.D. writes mysteries under the series. www.fictionforyou.com names Lucy Lawrence and and follow her blog at marilyn- Josie Belle. To date she has meredith.blogspot.com/ Spirit,Shapes and Dangerous Impulses fictionally stabbed 6, shot 2, poisoned 5, blunt trauma-ed 3, and strangled 2. (Try to Camille Minichino is the stay on her good side). Jenn lives in Scottsdale, AZ in a author of 19 mysteries in three house overrun with kids, pets and her husband’s guitars. series: The Periodic Table www.jennmckinlay.com Going, Going, Ganache, Mysteries, The Miniature Cloche And Dagger, Read It And Weep Mysteries (as Margaret Grace) and the Professor Sophie August McLaughlin is a Los Knowles Mysteries (as Ada Angeles-based health and Madison). Two recent releases sexuality writer, activist and are The Quotient of Murder radio personality with articles (November 5, 2013), and Madness in Miniature (April, featured by DAME Magazine, 2014). Visit her website: www.minichino.com , Sexual Wellness News and more. Her firstLIVESTRONG.com novel, a thriller entitled In Her Shadow, was a 2013 Indies for Excellence finalist and is loosely based on her personal battle with an eating disorder. She’s represented by Jill Marr of Sandra Dijkstra Literary Agency and loves connecting with readers and writers via her blog augustmclaughlin.wordpress.com, Facebook, Twitter @AugstMcLaughlin. www.augustmclaughlin.com

Left Coast Crime 2014 Monterey, California 65 PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS Pat Morin is a psychothera- John Nardizzi is an investi- pist. Her first two short-story gator and writer. His writing collections, Mystery Montage has appeared in professional (2010) and Crime Montage and literary journals such as (2012) were released by Top Oxygen, Liberty Hill Poetry Publications Ltd., Dallas TX. Review, Lawyers Weekly, and Pat just completed Confetti: PI Magazine. His fictional de- A Collection of Cozy Crimes, tective, Ray Infantino, first ap- her third collection of short peared in print in spring 2007 stories, as well as a novel titled Seniors Inc. Her short edition of Austin Layman’s story “Homeless” was a Derringer and Anthony Award Crimestalker Casebook. In May 2003, John founded finalist, while “Pa and the Pigeon Man” was nominated Nardizzi & Associates, Inc., an investigations firm for a Pushcart. Her play, The Gatekeeper, swept the focused on business fraud and trial work. His investiga- awards at the 2012 Fringe of Marin Playwright Contest. tions on behalf of people wrongfully convicted of crimes Her play, Simplexity, was produced, March 2013 by have led to several million dollar settlements for clients. the Playwrights’ Center of San Francisco. www.johnnardizzi.com, twitter.com/AuthorPI www.patricialmorin.com Recent book:Telegraph Hill Mystery Montage, Crime Montage, Confetti: A Collection of Cozy Crimes David Morrell is the award- Kris Neri writes the Tracy winning author of First Blood, Eaton mysteries, the latest of the novel in which Rambo which is Revenge on Route was created. He holds a Ph.D. 66, a 2013 New Mexico- in American literature from Arizona Book Award finalist, Penn State and was a profes- and the Samantha Bren- sor in the English department nan & Annabelle Haggerty at the University of Iowa. An magical series. Her novels Edgar, Anthony, and Macav- have been nominated for the ity nominee as well as ITW’s Agatha, Anthony, Macavity, 2009 Thriller Master, he has and Lefty; she is a three-time written numerous best-selling novels, including the clas- Lefty Award finalist. Her most recent magical mystery, sic Brotherhood Of The Rose spy trilogy, the basis for Magical Alienation, won the 2012 NM-AZ Book Award. the only miniseries to air after a Super Bowl. His latest Kris teaches writing online for the Writers’ Program of novel is Murder As A Fine Art. www.davidmorrell. the UCLA Extension School, and with her husband owns net, www.facebook.com/ The Well Red Coyote bookstore in Sedona, AZ. DavidMorrellAuthor, Twitter @_David Morrell www.krisneri.com, femmesfatales.typepad.com/my_weblog/

Christine Munroe is the US Sharan Newman is a medi- Manager for Kobo Writing evalist and the author of the Life (KWL), a free, easy to award-winning Catherine Le- use self-publishing platform vendeur mystery series, set in that’s part of the global eBook medieval France. She has also and eReader retailer, Kobo. written non-fiction:The Real She helps authors, agents, History Behind the Da Vinci and publishers find success Code, and The Real History through KWL. Christine also Behind the Templars. A mys- promotes Kobo’s partnership tery, The Shanghai Tunnel, set with the American Book- in 1868 Portland Oregon, is as sellers Association, through close to modernity as she wishes to go. Her latest book which customers can buy is Death Before Compline, a collection of short stories eBooks through their local independent bookstore. Prior based on the Catherine books. The next book is Defend- to joining Kobo, she worked as a literary agent and inter- ing the City of God, about Melisende, the crusader queen national book scout. www.kobo.com of Jerusalem, out in April 2014. www.sharannewman.com

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Terri Nolan is a California Maxine Nunes is a New native who attended college Yorker who’s spent most of at the University of Texas at her life in Los Angeles. She Arlington. She entered with has written and produced a plan to become a journalist for television, and currently and her first newspaper job writes for several publications was at the News Texan. Sev- including the Los Angeles eral of her short stories were Times. Her satiric parody of a published in literary journals White House scandal won the while she still attended school. Pen USA West International Terri earned a B.A. in Radio/ Imitation Hemingway Competition. maxinenunes.com Television. When rock radio beckoned she abandoned Dazzled reporting and worked in broadcasting before moving back to the West Coast. Her novels include Glass Houses and Burden of Truth. www.terrinolan.com Clare O’Donohue is the author of seven novels and Heidi Noroozy is a translator, two e-novellas in two se- blogger, and writer of mul- ries - The Someday Quilts ticultural crime fiction. She Mysteries and The Kate is also the niece of Cold War Conway Mysteries. She is the spy Klaus Fuchs and lived in President of Mystery Writ- the GDR in the 1980s, where ers of America- Midwest, an she studied German literature active member of Sisters in at Leipzig University. Her Crime, and a contributor to Cold War story, “Trading the 7CriminalMinds blog. She is also a TV producer and Places,” was published in writer of documentary and true crime shows. She lives in the “Secret Codes” issue of Chicago. Nautilus in October 2013. Heidi’s stories have appeared www.clareodonohue.com in German crime anthologies and were translated into Author of The Kate Conway Mysteries & five languages. She lives in Northern California with her The Someday Quilts Mysteries Iranian-born husband and is currently writing a novel set in present-day Iran. More about Heidi can be found on her website: heidinoroozy.com Carlene O’Neil, a former television writer and once a reporter for a small weekly Carla Norton is a novelist newspaper, is the author of and bestselling true crime Seeing Red, the first in a series author. Her debut fiction, The set in central California’s wine Edge of Normal, won a Royal country. A graduate of Cali- Palm Literary Award and fornia State University, North- is earning starred reviews. ridge, and a certified wine Carla’s other books include specialist, Carlene grew up in two nonfiction accounts of the heart of California wine extraordinary crimes. Perfect country, where she lived on a family winery for several Victim, a true story of kidnapping and captivity, made years. In addition to her years as a television writer, she the reading list for the FBI’s Behavioral Sciences Unit, also hosted interview/talk programs on both television became a New York Times best seller, and inspired her and radio. When she isn’t writing, Carlene spends her new novel, The Edge of Normal. Follow time as a real estate broker, selling commercial office @CarlaJNorton on Twitter, buildings in Los Angeles. She lives outside of Los Ange- like her Facebook page, or website: www.carlanorton.com/ les, spending most of her free time visiting wine country or sailing in the Santa Monica bay. www.carleneoneil.com

Left Coast Crime 2014 Monterey, California 67 68 Calamari Crime PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS Ann Parker lives in the San Francisco Bay Area, and is a science/corporate writer by day and a crime fiction writer by night (and sometimes vice versa). Her award-winning, critically acclaimed Silver Rush historical series, featur- ing saloon-owner Inez Stan- nert, is set in 1880s Colorado, Perri O’Shaughnessy is the pen name for sisters Pa- primarily in the silver boom- mela and Mary O’Shaughnessy. They are authors of thir- town of Leadville. Books in the series include Mercury’s teen national and New York Times bestselling thrillers in Rise … Leaden Skies … And Iron TIES, all published by the Nina Reilly series, as well as a stand alone suspense Poisoned Pen Press. Ann blogs every other week at The novel Keeper of the Keys, and a crime story collection, LadyKillers group blog: theladykillers.typepad.com, Sinister Shorts. They live in Northern California. Visit www.annparker.net, www.facebook.com/annparker.writer. their website at perrio.com Nancy J Parra aka Nancy J Coco debuted two cozy Chantelle Aimée Osman mystery series in 2013 and a is an Anthony Award nominee third in 2014. In her day job and creator of The Sirens of Nancy is marketing communi- Suspense website, as well as cations manager for a forensic a published author of mystery laboratory, which gives her flash fiction and short stories. an insider’s view. Nancy has She has served as the edi- published in cozy mystery, ro- tor for multiple anthologies mantic suspense, and sweet western historical romances. featuring award-winning authors and has judged short A member of Mystery Writers of America and Sisters in story contests nationwide. Chantelle is the president of A Crime, Nancy lives in Illinois with her dog – a bichon- Twist of Karma Entertainment, LLC poo affectionately known as Little Dog. www.sirensofuspense.com, @SuspenseSirens www.nancyjparra.com, www.facebook.com/nancyjparraauthor, www.twistofkarma.com, @TwistofKarma, an editing and www.facebook.com/nancyjcoco, @nancyjparra, @nancyjcoco. consulting company specializing in screenplays and novels. Gluten for Punishment, All Fudged UP, Engaged in Murder,

Gigi Pandian writes the Otto Penzler is the co-author Jaya Jones Treasure Hunt the Encyclopedia of Mystery Mystery Series. Her debut and Detection: for which he mystery, Artifact, was named won an Edgar Award in 1977. a “Best of 2012” debut novel He is also the recipient of the by Suspense Magazine. The Ellery Queen Award and the follow-up is Pirate Vishnu. Raven award. He has edited Gigi spent her childhood be- more than fifty anthologies ing dragged around the world of crime fiction, both reprints by her anthropologist parents, giving her good fodder and newly commissioned for her novels set in Scotland and India. She lives in the stories. Penzler founded The San Francisco Bay Area, where she’s busy working on Mysterious Press in 1975. He is the owner of the Myste- the next Jaya Jones novel as well as a new mystery series rious Bookshop in New York City, the oldest and larg- beginning with The Accidental Alchemist, coming from est mystery specialist bookstore in the world. Penzler Midnight Ink in early 2015. served on the Board of Directors of the Mystery Writers gigipandian.com Sign up for my email newsletter: of America for fourteen years. Mr. Penzler lives in New gigipandian.com/newsletter/ York City and in Connecticut with his wife, Lisa Atkin- Artifact: A Jaya Jones Treasure Hunt Mystery, Pirate Vishnu son. www.mysteriousbookshop.com/

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Cathy Perkins, an award- Cathy Pickens’ winning author, works in the Southern Fried, called an financial industry where she’s “assured debut, firsta cozy novel, observed the hide-in-plain- with some sharp edges” by sight skills employed by her Publishers’ Weekly, won St. villains. She released two Martin’s Malice Domestic mysteries this year, The Pro- Award for Best Traditional fessor & For Love Or Money. - When not writing, she battles ing mysteries, Cathy is a law- the beavers over the pond yerMystery. and a Inbusiness addition professor to writ height or sets off on another travel adventure. She lives in Washington with her husband, children, several dogs national board of Mystery Writers of America and is and the resident deer herd. www.cperkinswrites.com presidentat Queens andUniversity founding of Charlotte.member of She the servedregional on Fo the-

education chair of Sisters in Crime, the 3000-member organizationrensic Medicine of crime Program. writers She and is a readers.past-president and

Twist Phelan, a Stanford James Preston writes The graduate and former plaintiff’s Surf City Mysteries, (think trial lawyer and commodities “beach noir”) set in Hunting- trader, wrote the critically-ac- ton Beach, with trips to Palm claimed legal-themed Pinna- Desert, Las Vegas and Maver- cle Peak mystery series. Her ick’s, at Half Moon Bay. Two short stories appear in MWA of the Surf City Mysteries are and “best of” anthologies and award-winners at the Pacific mystery magazines and have Northwest Writers Confer- won or been nominated for ence. The most recent is the Thriller, Anthony, Ellis, and Derringer awards. Her Pennies For Her Eyes, about a latest novel is set in Santa Fe and features a corporate young woman who wants to ride Maverick’s. The other spy. www.twistphelan.com books in the series are: Leave a Good-Looking Corpse, Facebook at twistphelancrimefiction Read ‘Em and Weep, and The Road to Hell. www.jamesrpreston.com

Gary Phillips was weaned Carole Price was born and on the images of Kirby and raised in Columbus, Ohio Steranko in comic books, and and attended The Ohio State Hammett and Serling in prose, University. After moving to and also draws on his experi- California, Carole graduated ences ranging from teaching from Livermore’s Citizens Po- incarcerated youth, running lice Academy and is an active a nonprofit started after the volunteer for the Livermore riots, director of a shadowy Police Department. Carole political action committee to fell in love with the Bard after delivering dog cages in writing his tales of chicanery attending plays at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival in and malfeasance. He has two e-book novellas out, the Ashland. Twisted Vines is the first in herShakespeare pulpish the Anti-Gravity Steal and the crime story, The in the Vineyard mystery series. Sour Grapes follows in Extractors, featuring McBleak a one percenter who 2014. Carole is a member of Mystery Writers of America steals from the one percent – both for the Stark Raving and Sisters in Crime. She and her husband reside in the Group. gdphillips.com San Francisco Bay Area in the middle of wine country. www.carolepricemysteries.com

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During his law enforce- Lynne Raimondo is the au- ment career, David Putnam thor of Dante’s Wood (2013). worked on teams for Inves- “Stunning” and “one of the tigations, SWAT, Narcotics, best mystery debuts since V. Violent Crimes, Criminal I. Warshawsky solved her Intelligence, Internal Affairs first case.”– Mystery Scene. and the Detective Bureau. He “A real keeper.” – Library rounded out his career work- Journal (mystery debut of the ing in Hawaii as a Special month). Before turning to Agent–part of a real-life “Ha- writing, Lynne was a part- waii-50” team. He’s now retired in California and writes ner at a major Chicago law firm, the general counsel of full time. Michael Connelly called David’s novel, The Arthur Andersen, LLP, and the general counsel of the Il- Disposables, “...a gritty street poem...” while T. Jefferson linois Department of Revenue. Dante’s Poison, the next Parker described it as: “...the tale of one man’s quest for in her series featuring a blind forensic psychiatrist, will atonement in a world where innocence is a liability.” be released in May, 2014. lynneraimondo.com www.dwputnam.com Lori Rader-Day is the author Cora Ramos is an award of the mystery The Black winning author of short stories Hour (July 8, 2014). Born of mystery and suspense that and raised in central Indi- straddle the edge-whether ana, she now lives with her that edge is the paranormal, a deadly decision or the place husband and dog in Chicago. where science ends and magic Her fiction has appeared in resides. A collection of her Ellery Queen Mystery Maga- stories of suspense is found in zine, Time Out Chicago, The Valley Fever, Where Murder Madison Review, and others. is Contagious, set in Cali- Best-selling author Jodi Picoult chose one of Lori’s short fornia’s San Joaquin Valley. stories for the grand prize in Good Housekeeping’s first Her current novel, Dance the Dream Awake, (2013), is fiction contest. Lori is a member of Mystery Writers of a paranormal romantic suspense set in present day but America, Sisters in Crime, and International Thriller with a past life, dual time line; a Mayan life lived in the Writers. LoriRaderDay.com or on Twitter at @LoriRaderDaY Yucatan, around 900 A.D. www.coraramos.com, coraramos- cora.blogspot.com, www.pinterest.com/coraramos/dance-the- dream-awake-novel/ Keith Raffel, before turning Dr. Frederick Ramsay to writing full-time, had a graduated from Washing- somewhat eclectic career. He founded a successful Internet software company, served as ton and Lee University and counsel to the Senate Intel- receivedAfter a stint his indoctorate the Army, from ligence Committee, taught the University of Illinois. writing at Harvard, supported Maryland, School of Medi- himself gambling at the race- he joined the University of track, and ran commercial ordained an Episcopal priest operations at a DNA sequenc- cine faculty. In 1971 he swas ing company. Most mornings and afternoons nowadays, His he can be found drinking caffeinated beverages and bookand served titles include in several the Ikeparishes Schwartz until Mysteries, retirement. Impulse He , tapping his laptop’s keys at a café near his home in Palo andcurrently the non-mystery, lives in Surprise Judas-Gospel with his of wife Betrayal Susan. and a Alto, California. His latest novel is A Fine and Danger- second series launched in 2009 set in Botswana. ous Season, a thriller set during the www.frederickramsay.com of 1962. www.keithraffel.com Twitter: writerkeith The Ike Schwartz Mysteries, The Botswana Mysteries, Drop By Drop (2011) Smasher (2009) The Jerusalem Mysteries

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D. R. Ransdell, originally Travis Richardson currently from Illinois, lives in Tucson, lives in Los Angeles. His Arizona. She loves to travel, novella Lost In Clover was so exotic locations are often listed in Spinetingler Maga- a feature in her writing. She zine’s Best Crime Fiction of plays the violin in a mariachi 2012. He has published stories band, which led to Mariachi in several online zines as well Murder and a mariachi pro- as the anthologies Scoundrels: tagonist named Andy Vera- Tales Of Greed, Murder And cruz. Andy’s second adventure Financial Crimes, Mal- takes him to Greece; Island Casualty will come out in feasance Occasional: Girl 2014. D.R. has also written Thai Twist, a travel romance Trouble and All Due Respect Issue #1. He edits Ransom that takes place in Thailand. D.R. lives with several Notes, the Sisters In Crime Los Angeles newsletter and lively cats who give her plenty of reasons to procrasti- sometimes shoots a short movie. His latest novella, nate. So far the felines have brought in plenty of dead Keeping The Record, concerns a disgraced baseball lizards, but no dead bodies - yet. Please visit her at player who will do anything to keep his tainted home www.dr-ransdell.com, drransdell.wordpresss.com run record. tsrichardson.com Keeping The Record: bit. ly/1gXfjVj, Lost in Clover: http://bit.ly/1dqDF1q

Former Patricia Rice S. K. Rizzolo has a lifelong with several million books in fascination with Regency print and CPA New York Times and England. The Rose in the USA Today’s lists under her Wheel and Blood for Blood belt, is thrilled to be expand- – the first two novels in her ing into mystery and urban series about a Bow Street fantasy. Her emotionally- Runner, an unconventional charged romances have won lady, and a melancholic numerous awards and been barrister—are published by honored as RITA® finalists in Poisoned Pen Press. The third title, to be released in late the historical, regency and contemporary categories. She 2014, explores early nineteenth century journalism and now does accounting only for herself! political murder as Penelope Wolfe struggles to clear her patriciarice.com , patriciarice.blogspot.com/ father’s name. An English teacher, Rizzolo has earned Undercover Genius, Notorious Atherton, Damn Him To Hell an M.A. in literature and lives in Los Angeles with her husband and daughter. skrizzolo.com

Linda L. Richards is a Donus D. Roberts and his journalist and award-winning wife Lovila are the owners of author. She is the founding ed- DDRBOOKS, both a brick itor of January Magazine, and and mortar general bookstore a contributing editor to The and an internet business, Rap Sheet. She has written specializing in crime novels. six novels and several works Although Donus has written of non-fiction and is on the faculty of the Simon Fraser both history and professional University Summer Publish- articles on high school debate ing Workshops. In 2010, Richards’ novel Death Was In and speech events, his passion The Picture won the Panik Award for Best Los Angeles- is collecting and selling signed crime novels. Donus is Based Noir. Her most recent book, Death Was In The a frequent panelist at crime conventions, and a reviewer Blood, is a work of noir set in the world of equestrian of crime fiction, particularly at Deadly Pleasures where sport against the backdrop of preparation for the 1932 he is a staff writer. Visit his website at ddrbooks.com or Olympic Games held in Los Angeles. communicate with him at [email protected] lindalrichards.blogspot.com/, www.januarymagazine.com

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John Maddox Roberts has Robert Rotstein has prac- been a professional writer ticed law in Los Angeles for for more than 30 years in the over thirty-five years. During mystery, science fiction and his legal career, he’s handled historical genres, with more cases for Michael Jackson, than 50 books to his credit. Quincy Jones, Lionel Richie, His first mystery, SPQR I: The John Sayles, James Cameron, Kings , was nomi- and all the major motion nated for the Edgar award and picture studios, among others. was first in a series that now Rotstein’s Corrupt Practices numbers 13 volumes and has (Seventh Street Books, June been published in 13 languages to date. His most recent 2013) is about Parker Stern, novel is SPQR XIII: The Year Of Confusion. The SPQR an L.A.-based attorney who takes on a legal case against series is now being developed for film by Zum Gold- a powerful, dangerous religious cult. In the forthcoming enen Lamm Filmproduktion in Germany. He lives with Reckless Disregard (Seventh Street Books, June 2014), his wife, Beth, and an ever-varying number of cats, in a Parker represents a reclusive video game designer ac- 100-year-old adobe house in the town of Estancia, New cused of defaming a ruthless movie mogul. Mexico. www.robertrotstein.comm, www.facebook.com/RobertRot stein1, witter.com/rrotstein1

Charles (“Chuck”) Rosen- Priscilla Royal, author of berg is the author of the best- ten books from Poisoned Pen selling legal thriller Death Press in the Prioress Eleanor on a High Floor. The sequel, and Brother Thomas medieval Long Knives, will be pub- mystery series, grew up in lished by Thomas & Mercer British Columbia and earned on March 1. Prior to starting a BA in World Literature at his career as a novelist, Chuck San Francisco State Univer- was the credited legal script sity. Before retiring from the consultant to TV’s The Paper Federal Government in 2000, Chase, L. A. Law, The Prac- she worked in a variety of jobs, all of which provided an tice and Boston Legal and was also a full-time on-air excellent education in the complexity of human experi- legal analyst for E! TV’s coverage of the O. J. Simpson criminal and civil trials. Chuck is a graduate of Antioch ence and motivation. She is a theater fan, a reader of College and the and lives in Los history, mystery, and fiction of lesser violence. Her most Angeles. www.deathonahighfloor.com/ recent book is Covenant with Hell. www.priscillaroyal.com

Clive Rosengren has been Janet Rudolph is the Editor an actor for most of the past of the Mystery Readers forty years, eighteen of them Journal and Creative pounding the same streets as Director/Writer at Murder on the Menu and TeamBuilding private eye Eddie Collins does Unlimited. She blogs daily in Murder Unscripted.Movie at MysteryFanfare.com and credits include “Ed Wood”, DyingforChocolate.com, “Soapdish” and “Bugsy”. facilitates a weekly mystery Television credits include two book group, hosts Literary episodes of “Seinfeld” and “Cheers,” where he played Salons with crime writers, the only person to throw Sam Malone out of his own bar. and has been a committee member on numerous mystery Murder Unscripted, his debut novel, was nominated for conventions, including Left Coast Crime. A long time the 2013 Shamus award for Best First PI Novel. He lives contributor to the mystery genre, she received her Ph.D. in Ashland, Oregon, where he’s at work on another Ed- in religious . She lives in the Berkeley (CA) hills with her husband, two golden retrievers, and die Collins mystery. [email protected],

cliverosengren.com two cats that often appear on her Facebook Page. She loves gardening, photography, and reading, of course. 74 Calamari Crime PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS Publishers Weekly calls best- Steve Scarborough is an selling author Alan Russell, author and retired Forensic “One of the best writers in the Scientist with over 30 years mystery field today.” The au- experience in Law Enforce- thor of ten books (soon to be ment with Las Vegas Met- eleven) has written novels that ropolitan Police Department have ranged from whodunits, (yes, The CSI) and the FBI. to comedic capers, to psycho- He is an accomplished techni- logical thrillers, to suspense. cal writer with almost 30 ar- His most recent novel, St. ticles in trade magazines and Nick, is described as a “Christmas Cop Novel.” Rus- professional journals. Including the article, “Getting the sell’s books have been nominated for most of the major Forensic Facts Right,” for The Writer that also appeared awards in crime fiction, and he has won a Lefty for best in the Writer’s Handbook. He has published a mystery comedic novel, a USA Today Critics’ Choice Award, and novel, Scrafitto, a murder mystery set in Costa Rica pub- the Odin Award for Lifetime Achievement in Writing lished by Oak Tree Press. A murder mystery short story awarded by the Writers/Editors Guild of San Diego. The set in Long Beach, CA. appears in the anthology, Felons, 6’ 7” Russell is a former college basketball player who Flames and Ambulance Rides. these days can barely touch the rim. www.Steve-scarborough.com

Kirk Russell is the author of Rabbi Ilene Schneider, seven crime fiction novels and Ed.D., one of the first women two series characters, under- rabbis ordained in the U.S., cover Fish and Game warden, has finally decided what she John Marquez, and San Fran- wants to be when she grows cisco homicide inspector, Ben up. She has recently retired Raveneau. His most recent from her day job as a hospice novels are Redback (2011), chaplain to devote herself full Die-Off (2013) A Killing in time to writing. She is the au- China Basin (2011), Coun- thor of the Rabbi Aviva Cohen terfeit Road (2012), and One Mysteries: Chanukah Guilt, Through the Heart (2013). www.kirkrussellbooks.com/ which has been re-released in a second edition, and includes an alternate solution; and the award-winning Unleavened Dead. The third in the series, a work-in- After one too many corpo- progress, is titled Yom Killer. She also wrote the best- rate mergers, Cindy Sample selling nonfiction bookTalk Dirty Yiddish. found herself plotting murder www.rabbiauthor.com, [email protected] instead of plodding through paperwork. She retired to fol- Author/actress Kathryn Leigh low her lifelong dream of be- Scott, known to Dark Shad- coming a mystery author. Her ows fans as Josette DuPres, humorous mystery series set fiancé of vampire Barnabas in California features single Collins, wrote the novel Dark soccer mom, Laurel McKay. Passages, a paranormal mys- Dying for a Date was released tery, with an affectionate nod in 2010. The sequel, Dying for a Dance, was a finalist to the ’60s cult soap opera, as for the 2012 LEFTY award for best humorous mystery well as the nonfictionDark and recipient of the 2012 NCPA award for Best Fiction. Shadows: Return to Collin- Dying for a Daiquiri, released in 2013, was by far the wood. Down and Out in Beverly Heels (2013) is the first most fun to research. in a mystery/romance series about amateur sleuth Jinx www.cindysamplebooks.com, Fogarty. She continues to work as an actress and has www.facebooks.com/cindysampleauthor. completed Take Two: A Jinx Fogarty Mystery, and the www.twitter.com/cindysample1 memoir, Last Dance at the Savoy. www.Kathrynleighscott. com, [email protected]

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76 Calamari Crime PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS Michael Sears is the Shamus Johnny Shaw is the author Award winning-author of of the Jimmy Veeder Fiasco Black Fridays, a thriller with series books Dove Season a financial twist, released by and the soon-to-be-released Putnam last September and Plaster City. He won the short-listed for five major 2013 Anthony Award for his awards. Mortal Bonds is the stand-alone novel Big Maria. critically acclaimed second His shorter work has appeared in the Jason Stafford series. in Thuglit, Plots With Guns, Mr. Sears was a Managing Crimefactory, and select Director for two different Wall anthologies. He is the creator Street firms, where he worked in the bond market for and editor of the online fiction publicationBlood & twenty years. He lives in Sea Cliff, NY with the artist Tacos, a loving homage to the men’s adventure paper- and poet, Barbara Segal. www.MichaelSears.com backs of the 1970’s and 1980’s. Johnny lives in Portland, Black Fridays, (2012), Mortal Bonds, (2013) Oregon. You can find him online at www.johnnyshawauthor.com, Twitter @BloodAndTacos

L. J. Sellers writes the best- Susan C. Shea spent more selling Detective Jackson mys- than two decades as a non- tery series – a two-time Read- profit executive before begin- ers Favorite Award winner – as ning her best-selling mystery well as provocative standalone series featuring a professional thrillers. Her novels have been fundraiser for a fictional highly praised by reviewers, museum in San Francisco. and her Jackson books are the Murder In The Abstract and highest-rated crime fiction on The King’s Jar are in print and Amazon. L. J. resides in Eu- ebook. Mixed Up With Murder gene, Oregon where her nov- is due in 2014. Susan is on els are set and is an award-winning journalist who earned the board of the Northern California chapter of Sisters the Grand Neal. When not plotting murders, she enjoys in Crime, a member of Mystery Writers of America, and standup comedy, cycling, social networking, and attend- blogs on CriminalMinds. She lives in Marin County, ing mystery conferences. She’s also been known to jump California. www.susancshea.com out of airplanes. www.ljsellers.com, www.ljsellers.com/blog Photo credit: Charles Barry Crimes Of Memory, The Trigger

Terry Shames is the best- Sheldon Siegel is the New selling author of A Killing York Times bestselling author at Cotton Hill and The Last of seven critically acclaimed Death of Jack Harbin, Sev- courtroom dramas featur- enth Street Books. Her books ing San Francisco criminal are set in small-town Texas defense attorneys Mike Daley and feature ex-chief of police and Rosie Fernandez, and the Samuel Craddock. Terry lives thriller novel, The Terrorist in Berkeley, CA with her hus- Next Door, featuring Chicago band and two rowdy terriers. homicide detectives David She is Vice President of Nor- Gold and A. C. Battle. Shel- cal Sisters in Crime and on the board of MWA Norcal. don wrote his first novel on a laptop on his daily com- For more information, please visit her website: mute on the ferry from Marin County to San Francisco. www. Sheldon has been in private practice in San Francisco for Terryshames.com. thirty years. Learn more at www.sheldonsiegel.com

Left Coast Crime 2014 Monterey, California 77 PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS Jeffrey Siger writes “thought- Susan Spann writes the ful police procedurals set in Shinobi Mysteries, featuring picturesque but not untroubled ninja detective Hiro Hattori Greek locales.” That’s what and his Portuguese Jesuit side- The New York Times had to kick, Father Mateo. Her debut say when Marilyn Stasio novel, Claws Of The Cat, chose his fourth Chief Inspec- was named a Library Journal tor Andreas Kaldis novel as Mystery Debut of the Month. a “pick for the beach.” San Susan is also a transactional Francisco took it a bit further attorney whose practice when in awarding him its Cer- focuses on publishing law and business. Her hobbies tificate of Honor cited that his “acclaimed books have include traditional archery, martial arts, rock climbing, not only explored modern Greek society and its ancient and horseback riding. She also keeps a marine aquar- roots but have inspired political change in Greece.” Jef- ium where she raises seahorses and rare corals. Susan frey is just happy he’s no longer practicing law on Wall lives in northern California with her family. You can find Street, but writing full time on his beloved Mykonos. her online at her website. www.SusanSpann.com, www.jeffreysiger.com,murderiseverywhere.blogspot.com/ Twitter@SusanSpann Mykonos After Midnight, Target: Tinos, Prey On Patmos Linda Joy Singleton is the Mike Spencer is a private author of over 35 books for investigator of nearly 20 kids, including Yalsa honored years and a partner in Spen- The Seer series and Dead Girl cer Elrod Services, Inc., of Walking trilogy. Her child- Walnut Creek, California. His hood 100-book collection of book Private Eye Confiden- girl series books like Nancy tial: How a P.I. Works is due Drew, Judy Bolton and Trixie out later this year. He has a Belden grew to an adult pas- bachelor’s degree in English sion with over 5,000 juvenile from Franklin and Marshall series books in her home library. A fan letter at age 13 College and a master’s degree led to her friendship with author Margaret Sutton and in journalism from U.C.- Berkeley. He was a reporter later a co-written Judy Bolton mystery. Her most recent at daily newspapers in Virginia, Florida and California. YA mystery is Buried: A Goth Girl Mystery from Flux. His firm handles surveillance as well as major civil and And she’s excited to publish in a new genre—picture criminal defense cases. books! Snow Dog, Sand Dog (2014) www.spencerpi.blogspot.com, www.spencerelrod.com www.LindaJoySingleton.com, www.twitter.com/LindaJoySingle- ton, www.facebook.com/LindaJoySingleton Don’t Die Dragonfly, Dead Girl Walking Helen Smith is a British Rochelle Staab blends her novelist who lives in London. love for mystery and a fasci- Her first two books, Alison nation with the supernatural in Wonderland and Being Light, the bestselling Mind for Mur- featured Alison Temple, a der Mystery series. The witty private detective who works whodunits partner Los Ange- at an all-female detective les psychologist Liz Cooper agency in London. Invitation with religious philosophy pro- to Die and Beyond Belief, the fessor Nick Garfield as they first two novels in her new investigate murders shadowed mystery series with Thomas by an occult twist. The series’ debut, Who Do, Voodoo? & Mercer, are comedies featuring amateur sleuth Emily Castles. Helen Smith is excited to be arriving in Califor- earned Agatha, Anthony, and Eureka! Best First Mystery nia by ship from England after a journey of two and a nominations. The follow-up, Bruja Brouhaha won the half months. This is her first time at Left Coast Crime. Left Coast Crime 2013 Watson Award. Rochelle’s latest www.emperorsclothes.co.uk, Twitter @emperorsclothes novel, Hex On The Ex, is available now. Rochelle is on Facebook, Twitter and at www.rochellestaab.com 78 Calamari Crime PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS

Kelli Stanley lives in Ham- Nancy Tesler, a longtime mett’s San Francisco, where member of MWA, RWA and she writes the Miranda Cor- SinC, started as an actor, took bie series. The first one, City a hiatus to raise three children, of Dragons, won the Macav- then began writing for the ity for best historical mystery stage and screen. Sudden- of the year and was nominat- ed for a Los Angeles Times ly unmarried, inspired by an Book Award and a Shamus overwhelming urge to knock Award. City of Secrets won someone off, she created the Golden Nugget Award at the “Other Deadly Things” Left Coast Crime in Sacra- mystery series about the murderously wacky world of di- mento, and City of Ghosts launches in August, 2014. Nox vorce where biofeedback stress reduction is the order of Dormienda, her debut novel, won the Bruce Alexander the day. Nancy’s romantic suspense standalone Ablaze Award. Kelli has also published numerous short stories was published in January. She is hard at work on a new and essays, holds a Master’s Degree in Classics, and cozy series. www.nancytesler.com, www.nancytesler. prefers her bourbon neat. wordpress.com, www.facebook.com/nancyteslerauthor www.kellistanley.com Ablaze, Slippery Slopes and Other Deadly Things, Golden City Of Ghost City Of Secrets City Of Dragons s, , Eggs and Other Deadly Things Laurie Stevens is a novelist, Charles Todd is the pseud- screenwriter, and playwright. onym of the mother/son Her debut novel The Dark writing team of Caroline and Before Dawn, is the first in a Charles Todd. They have psychological suspense series. written fifteen Inspector Ian The novel earned the Kirkus Rutledge Mysteries, five Star, was named to Kirkus Bess Crawford Mysteries, Reviews “Best of 2011,” was as well as two standalones. Their latest short story, “The chosen as a Goodreads Book Mystery Box” is in the MWA of the Month, and received Anthology. From their web top honors at the 2012 Hollywood Book festival. Deep site: “Writing together is a challenge, and both enjoy into Dusk, the second in the series, won the Southern giving the other a hard time. The famous quote is that California Book Fest and was honored at the London in revenge, Charles crashes Caroline’s computer, and Book Festival. Laurie lives in the hills near Los Angeles Caroline crashes his parties. Will they survive to write with her husband and two children. more novels together? Stay tuned! Their father/husband www.lauriestevensbooks.com is holding the bets.” www.charlestodd.com, www.facebook.com/lauriestevensbooks Rutledge: Proof of Guilt, Hunting Shadows Last Exit to Murder (2013 Sisters in Crime Anthology) Bess Crawford: A Question of Honor, An Unmarked Grave Standalone: The Murder Stone Chris Swinney, is a homicide Mark Troy is a native of and narcotics detective in the St. Louis, Missouri. He is a San Francisco Bay Area. He’s graduate of the University of recognized as an expert in Hawaii and a former Peace several fields and is invited to Corps Volunteer in Thailand. give presentations throughout Mark and his wife live in the United States on topics College Station, Texas where such as cell phone forensics, Mark is on the staff of Texas clandestine labs, and complex A&M University. Mark is the narcotics investigations. His author of Pilikia Is My Busi- first writing was published in Fly Fisherman Magazine. ness, a Shamus Award nomi- His first novel, Gray Ghost, (2013) will be re-released nee, Game Face, a collection of short mystery stories, (2014). The second in the series, Collectors, will be out and The Rules, the first Ava Rome mystery, available June of 2014. Chris is a big time supporter of Teachers, as an ebook and audiobook. His most recent novel, The American Troops, and Juvenile Diabetes Research. Splintered Paddle, will be out in June 2014. www.clswinney.wordpress.com, @clswinney www.marktroy.net, [email protected] Left Coast Crime 2014 Monterey, California 79 PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS Diane Vallere is a textbook Tracy Weber is the author of Capricorn who writes cozy the Downward Dog Mystery mysteries with a stylish twist. series. She is a certified yoga She authors the Style & Error teacher and the founder of an Series, currently optioned for award-winning yoga studio TV, along with the Mad for in Seattle, WA. She loves Mod mysteries and upcoming sharing her passion for yoga fabric shop-themed Material and animals in any form pos- Witness mystery series. After sible. Tracy and her husband twenty years working in the fashion industry, she now Marc live in Seattle with writes full time in Los Angeles. She launched her own their challenging yet amazing German shepherd Tasha. detective agency at ten years old and has maintained a When she’s not writing, Tracy spends her time teaching passion for shoes, clues, and clothes ever since. yoga, walking Tasha, and sipping Blackthorn cider at her favorite ale house. TracyWeberAuthor.com, www.dianevallere.com. www.wholelifeyoga.com/blog/ Murder Strikes A Pose

Penny Warner writes mys- Denise Weeks (AKA Sha- teries for adults and children. lanna Collins) writes the edgy Her middle-grade mystery, Jacquidon Carroll mystery Code Busters Club: Secret series headed by the award- Of The Skeleton Key, was winning Nice Work and the nominated for an Agatha Ariadne French paranormal Award. Book #2, The Haunted mysteries kicked off with Lighthouse, won the Agatha Murder By The Marfa Lights. for Best Juvenile Mystery in As Shalanna Collins, she 2013. Book #3, Mystery Of and Muse Harbor Press will The Pirate’s Treasure, is set launch her Bliss Sisters Magi- at the Carmel Mission. The books feature four kids who cal Adventures series with April, Maybe June here at solve mysteries by cracking codes in every chapter. Pen- this Left Coast Crime. She loves trivia games and has ny is a frequent presenter at elementary schools. Coming worked as a software engineer, middling pianist, and soon: Death Of A Crabby Cook, first in a new series, secondary school math tutor. deniseweeks.blogspot.com, features food trucks and food festivals in San Francisco. shalanna.livejournal.com, home roadrunner.com/~shalanna/ denise.htm www.pennywarner.com, [email protected]

Jeffrey Weber is the founder Holly West is a crime fic- and CEO of a next generation, tion writer based in Los ebook publishing company Angeles. Her debut historical called “The Stark Raving mystery, Mistress of For- Press.” Their books are geared tune (Carina Press, February to be fast paced novellas that 2014), is set in 1678 London retail at $2.99 or less. The and features Isabel Wilde, idea for the company occurred a mistress to King Charles to him when he noticed so II who secretly makes her many people who love to read living as a fortuneteller. She is currently writing the simply don’t have the time second book in the series, Mistress of Lies (Carina Press, or the money to enjoy larger novels. Currently, sixty November 2014). Find her online at authors have signed up with Stark Raving. Weber is a www.hollywest.com, www.twitter.com/hollywest, compulsive reader and avid collector of rare, signed first www.facebook.com/writerhollywest editions. In his other life, Weber is a Grammy award winning record producer.

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Nancy G. West’s Fit to Reba White Williams grew be Dead, Aggie Mundeen up in North Carolina, gradu- Mystery #1, was 2013 Lefty ated from Duke, earned an Award Finalist for Best MBA at Harvard, a PHD in art Dang history atCUNY, and an MA Near Dead, Aggie drags in writing at Antioch Univer- Humorous Mystery. In - sity. She is a past president terest Sam) to a dude ranch of the New York City Art wherefriends Home (including on the love-in Range Commission and a former regrettably means murder. vice-chairperson of the New “West does such a good job York State council for the of making Aggie humorous, but with a brain,” writes Arts. At the same time, she and her husband built what was thought to be the largest collection of fine art prints Lone Star Sleuths. West is writ- by American artists in private hands. Rebawhitewilliams. Jennifer Gott. “I love these books!” writes Rollo K. ing books three and four. www.nancygwest.com Com/ Restrike, Fatal Impressions, and Angels are all Coleman Newsom Ph.D, editor, and Dinah Greene mystery novels Jeri Westerson, award-win- is the Chair of ning author writes the criti- Ingrid Willis cally acclaimed Crispin Guest Murder Medieval Noir mysteries at The Beach to be held in Bouchercon 2014: (and, as Haley Walsh, writes Long Beach, CA. She’s been a the Skyler Foxe Mysteries, with gay amateur sleuth, - devoted mystery conference Skyler Foxe.) Her books have ered Bouchercon in 2002. attendee since she discov garnered nominations for the Shamus, the Macavity, the - Ingrid has worked for over Agatha, Romantic Times Reviewer’s Choice, and the ment industry. She left her Bruce Alexander. Jeri is also president of the Southern 25 years in the entertain- California chapter of Mystery Writers of America. Look - for her latest medieval mystery Shadow Of The Alche- positioning in digital as Executive post-production. Director Herof Marketing company’s for hired Co to mist, and gay mystery Foxe Fire. When not writing, lumbia Pictures to start her own company specializ Jeri dabbles in gourmet cooking, drinks fine wines, eats Fox, MGM, and others. She’s also a mystery writer and cheap chocolate, and swoons over anything British. insatiableconsult for mystery major film reader. studios including: 20th Century www.JeriWesterson.com, www.twitter.com jeriwesterso, www.Getting-Medieval.com

By day, Deborah Harter Wil- Jacqueline Winspear was liams is a writer and market- born and raised in Kent, Eng- ing consultant. She has creat- land. Her first novel, Maisie ed messages of all kinds from Dobbs (2003) was nominated user manuals and advertising for seven awards, including to video scripts and social the Edgar Award for Best media. In another time, she Novel. Subsequent novels co-founded the M is for Mys- have garnered more nomina- tery bookstore and currently is tions and awards. Jacqueline developing a project about TV has also published short stories, essays and articles in Private Eyes. Deborah works magazines on both sides of the Atlantic. Leaving Ev- with a range of authors to develop ideas and manuscripts erything Most Loved, the 10th novel featuring ex-WW1 for publication in both old and new media formats. She nurse Maisie Dobbs, was published in 2013. Jacqueline’s also writes TV reviews for Kings River Life, blogs and new stand-alone novel, The Care And Management Of free-lances as a Mystery Scout. HarterWilliams.com, Lies, set in the opening months of WW1, will be pub- [email protected], www.hollywoodandcrime.tv, lished in 2014. Maisie Dobbs returns in a new series in CluesSisters.blogspot.com 2015. www.jacquelinewinspear.com

Left Coast Crime 2014 Monterey, California 81 PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS Kenneth Wishnia’s novels Kate Wyland writes romantic include 23 Shades of Black, suspense novels, usually in a an Edgar Allan Poe Award horsey setting and often with and Anthony Award finalist; a paranormal twist. Her novel Soft Money, a Library Journal Forewarning recently placed Best Mystery of the Year; and third in the PRG Reviewer’s The Fifth Servant, winner of Choice contest for Best Mys- a Premio Letterario ADEI- tery/Suspense, while Wyoming WIZO, and a finalist for the Escape came in fourth. Kate Sue Feder Memorial Histori- is a life-long horse nut who cal Mystery Award (Macav- started riding at three years old and has taken part in a ity Awards). His short stories have appeared in Ellery variety of equestrian activities. A few years ago, she ex- Queen, Alfred Hitchcock, Queens Noir, Long Island Noir, changed her tech writing “bug” hat for a fiction writing Send My Love and a Molotov Cocktail!, and elsewhere. Stetson. She delights in combining her love of animals He teaches writing, literature and other deviant forms of and country living with her fascination for mystery and thought at Suffolk Community College on Long Island. suspense. www.katewyland.com/, www.kennethwishnia.com www.katewyland.com/blog/

Simon Wood is a California James Ziskin, a linguist by transplant from England. He’s training, studied Romance a former competitive race- Languages and Literature at car driver, a licensed pilot, the University of Pennsyl- an endurance cyclist and an vania. After completing his occasional PI. He shares his graduate studies, he worked world with his American wife, in New York as a photo-news Julie. Their lives are dominat- producer and writer, and then ed by a longhaired dachshund as director of NYU’s Casa and four cats. He’s the Anthony Award winning author Italiana Zerilli-Marimò. He of Working Stiffs, Accidents Waiting to Happen, Paying has since spent sixteen years the Piper, Terminated, Asking For Trouble, We All Fall in the Hollywood postproduc- Down and the Aidy Westlake series. His latest thriller is tion industry, running large international operations in No Show, the first in the Terry Sheffield mysteries. Curi- the subtitling/localization and visual effects fields. His ous people can learn more at www.simonwood.net international experience includes two years working and studying in France, extensive time in Italy, and more than three years in India. www.jameswziskin.com, Dave Workman has served Twitter @jameswziskin Styx & Stone, No Stone Unturned: are Ellie Stone Mysteries as a Los Angeles-based film critic, website designer and writer for many years. His first crime novel isOn The Rocks, (2012). On the Edge will be available this fall. Atlas Hugged (a dystopian future gone right) is slated for early 2015. He is a co-founder of Muse Harbor Publishing, (est. 2012) a small, full-service press operating under the principle of “Writers helping writers reach read- ers.” With 9 titles scheduled for publication this year and a dozen books slated for 2015, he is quietly cruising conferences and workshops, searching for exquisite new voices. [email protected], www.museharbor.com

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Left Coast Crime 2014 Monterey, California 83 Left Coast Crime Charity About Left Coast Crime

Each Left Coast Crime Convention raises money Welcome to Left Coast Crime 2014 Monterey! to support a local literacy organization with funds Monterey is no. 23. The Left Coast Crime con- raised through a silent and live auction, and of vention is an annual event sponsored by fans of course, the famous annual quilt raffle. Calamari mystery literature for fans of mystery literature, Crime’s grantees are the Monterey Public Library including both readers and author. Held in the and the Monterey County Free Libraries. Monterey western half of North America during the first has hosted Bouchercon in 1997, Left Coast Crime quarter of the year, LCC’s intent is to provide an in 2004, and now LCC 2014, and we can’t think of event where mystery fans can gather in convivial a better way to thank the city than to throw all the surroundings to pursue their mutual interests. Stay money we can at its libraries. in touch on the web at www.leftcoastcrime.org All proceeds from the auction go to the Monterey Public Library and the Monterey County Free Li- braries. http://www.co.monterey.ca.us/library/ http://www.monterey.org/library/AboutUs.aspx

84 Calamari Crime Left Coast Crime Honorees Through the Years

Fan Guests of Lifetime Year Place Guests of Honor Toastmaster Honor Achievement Marcia Muller 1991 San Francisco, CA Bill Pronzini J. A Jance, James Lee 1992 San Francisco, CA Earl Emerson Burke Burke Ann and Evan 1993 Anaheim, CA Susan Dunlap Maxwell 1994 Anaheim, CA Aaron Elkins Judith Van 1995 Scottsdale, AZ Gieson 1996 Boulder, CO Kinky Friedman Maggie Mason

1997 Seattle, WA Faye & Jonathan Kellerman Lia Matera

1998 San Diego, CA Willis Herr Alan Russell Bob Wade Deborah 1999 Albuquerque, NM John Dunning Tasha Mackler Crombie 2000 Tucson, AZ Sue Grafton George Easter Harlan Coben

Michael Connelly 2001 Anchorage, AL Andi Shechter Lindsay Davis

Steven Saylor 2002 Portland. OR Don Herron G. M. Ford Laurie King 2003 Pasadena, CA Sue Feder Jerrilyn Farmer

Sharan Newman Bryan Barrett 2004 Monterey, CA Gillian Roberts Richard Lupoff Tom Walls

Paco Ignacio Taibo 2005 El Paso, TX Ernie Bulow S. J. Rozan Boris Akunin, Bill & Toby 2006 Bristol, UK Jeffrey Deaver, Gottfried, Lee Child Donna Moore Kara Robinson 2007 Seattle, WA Dennis and Gayle Lynds Gary Phillips Diane Kovacs

2008 Denver, CO Stephen White Michael Masliah Rhys Bowen, Pam Dehnke 2009 Kona, HI Lee Goldberg Barry Eisler Vallery Feldman

2010 Los Angeles, CA Jan Burke, Lee Child Janet Rudolph Bill Fitzhugh

Margaret Coel, Martin Cruz 2011 Santa Fe, NM Marvin Lachman Steve Brewer Steve Havill Smith Jacqueline Winspear Harley Jane 2012 Sacramento, CA Noemi Levine John Lescroart Kozak Laura Kippman, Craig Tom & Enid 2013 Colorado Springs David Corbett Johnson Schantz Cara Black, Marcia Muller 2014 Monterey, CA Sue Trowbridge Brad Parks Louise Penney Bill Pronzini Chelsea Cain Gar Anthony 2015 Portland, OR Friends of Mystery Ridley Pearson Haywood

Left Coast Crime 2014 Monterey, California 85 86 Calamari Crime Book Awards Given at Left Coast Crime

The Lefty Past Winners: Most humorous mystery published in the prior year. 2013: Dandy Gilver and an Unsuitable Day for Murder by Catriona McPherson 2014 nominees: 2012: Mercury’s Rise by Ann Parker The Hen of the Baskervilles by Donna Andrews 2011: The Mapping of Love and Death by Jacqueline The Fame Thief by Timothy Hallinan Winspear The Last Word by Lisa Lutz 2010: A Trace of Smoke by Rebecca Cantrell The Good Cop by Brad Parks 2009: Nox Dormienda by Kelli Stanley Dying for a Daiquiri by Cindy Sample 2006: Spectres in the Smoke by Tony Broadbent 2005: The Witch in the Well by Sharan Newman Past Winners: 2004: For The Love of Mike: Rhys Bowen 2013: The Girl Next Door by Brad Parks 2012: The Real Macaw by Donna Andrews The Squid 2011: The Pot thief Who Studied Einstein by J. Michael Best mystery novel set within the United States Orenduff 2010: Getting Old is a Disaster by Rita Lakin 2014 nominees: 2009: Greasing the Piñata by Tim Maleeney W Is for Wasted by Sue Grafton 2008: Murder With Reservations by Elaine Viets Purgatory Key by Darrell James, 2007: Go to Helena Handbasket by Donna Moore Ordinary Grace by William Kent Krueger 2006: Cast Adrift by Peter Guttridge The Wrong Girl by 2005: Tie: Blue Blood by Susan McBride A Killing at Cotton Hill by Terry Shames We’ll Always Have Parrots by Donna Andrews 2004: Mumbo Gumbo by Jerrilyn Farmer The Calamari 2003: Pipsqueak by Brian Wiprud Best mystery novel set anywhere else in the world 2002: Tie: Revenge of the Wrought-iron Flamingos by 2014 nominees Donna Andrews Fender Benders by Bill Fitzhugh Murder Below Montparnasse by Cara Black 2001: No award given Hour of the Rat by Lisa Brackmann 2000: Murder with Peacocks by Donna Andrews As She Left It by Catriona McPherson 1999: Four to Score by Janet Evanovich How the Light Gets In by Louise Penny 1998: Three to Get Deadly by Janet Evanovich Mykonos After Midnight by Jeffrey Siger 1997: no award given 1996: The Fat Innkeeper by Alan Russell Dilys Award Independent Mystery Booksellers Association to the mystery The Bruce Alexander Memorial Historical – given annually by the Mystery Award most enjoyed selling. The Dilys Award is named in Best historical mystery novel covering events before titles of the year that the member booksellers have 1950 bookseller of mystery books in the United States, and honor of Dilys Winn, the founder of the first specialty- 2014 nominees: tion. Heirs and Graces by Rhys Bowen is presented at the Left Coast Crime mystery conven His Majesty’s Hope by Susan by Elia MacNeal 2014 nominees: Dandy Gilver and a Bothersome Number of Corpses Seven for a Secret by Lyndsay Faye by Catriona McPherson The Black Country Alex Grecian Murder as a Fine Art by David Morrell Spider Woman’s Daughter by Anne Hillerman Covenant with Hell by Priscilla Royal Ordinary Grace by William Kent Krueger Leaving Everything Most Loved by Jacqueline Winspear Pagan Spring by G.M. Malliet The Land of Dreams by Vidar Sundstol

Left Coast Crime 2014 Monterey, California 87 Past Winners We remember the authors who died in 2013 2013 Before the Poison by Peter Robinson 2012 Ghost Hero by S. J.Rozan Jakob Arjouni [1964-2013] 2011 Bury Your Dead by Louise Penny Iain Banks [1954-2013] [1936-2013] 2010 The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan Campbell Black [1944-2013] Bradley Gwendoline Butler [1922-2013] 2009 Trigger City by Sean Chercover Tom Clancy [1947-2013] 2008 Thunder Bay by William Kent Krueger Basil Copper [1924-2013] 2007 Still Life by Louise Penny Gordon Cotler [1923-2012] 2006 Thirty-Three Teeth by Colin Cotterill Dianne Day [1938-2013] 2005 Darkly Dreaming Dexter by Jeff Lindsay Gérard de Villiers [1929-2013] 2004 Lost in a Good Book by Jasper Fforde Vince Flynn [1966-2013] 2003 In the Bleak Midwinter by Julia Spencer-Fleming Bryan Forbes [1926-2013] 2002 by Stanton Forbes [Deloris Florine Stanton Forbes] [1923-2013] 2001 A Place of Execution by Val McDermid Margaret Frazer [1946-2013] 2000 L.A. Requiem by Robert Crais Leighton Gage [1942-2013] 1999 Gone, Baby, Gone by Dennis Lehane Andrew M. Greeley [1928-2013] 1998 Three to Get Deadly by Janet Evanovich Patricia Harrington [1934-2013] 1997 The Poet by Michael Connelly Robin Hathaway [1934-2013] 1996 The Last Coyote by Michael Connelly William Hood [1920-2013] 1995 One for the Money by Janet Evanovich Edward Koch [1924-2013] 1994 Smilla’s Sense of Snow by Peter Høeg Elmore Leonard [1925-2013] 1993 Booked to Die by John Dunning Richard Matheson [1926-2013] 1992 Native Tongue by Carl Hiaasen Michael Palmer [1942-2013] Elizabeth Peters [] [1927-2013] Robert Reginald [Michael Burgess] [1948-2013] Jack Vance [1916-2013] Colin Wilson [1931-2013]

presents The Hollis Morgan Mystery Series by R. Franklin James www.rfranklinjames.com www.camelpress.com ISBN: 978-1-60381-917-6 $14.95; Pub Date: May, 2013 In this book club, every member is a white-collar criminal who has done time. Is one of them a murderer? “Highly inventive … a wonderful thriller.” —Vic’s Media Room “A remarkable, well-rounded mystery.” —Heather Coulter, Books, Books, and More Books

COMING 5/1/2014: STICKS & STONES While awaiting the results of the bar exam, paralegal and pardoned ex-con Hollis Morgan tries to clear the name of a friend accused of libel. Only problem: the evidence has disappeared and the woman is found dead. Can Hollis exonerate her friend without being killed herself? Coming in 2015: RETURN OF THE FALLEN ANGELS BOOK CLUB Available on the Amazons, BN.com, and at a bookstore near you. Also for sale in multiple eBook formats.

88 Calamari Crime The International Crime Fiction Convention

Where the Pen is Bloodier Than the Sword

One of the ‘50 Best Festivals’ One of the ‘Best Crime-Writing Festivals in the UK’ —Independent in the World’ —

15 - 18 May 2014 Bristol, United kingdom

Featured Guest Authors include Participating authors include: Belinda Bauer Christopher Fowler Yrsa Sigurdardottir Kerry Greenwood and Peter James Andrew Taylor (For the full line-up visit the website) 2014 Diamond Dagger Recipient plus Highlighted Guest Authors Pitch-an-Agent Ben Aaranovich & Crime Writing Day Gala Dinner Jasper Fforde Awards Presentation for: Nicci French & Goldsboro Last Laugh Award eDunnit Award Lars Kepler Sounds of Crime Award

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Left Coast Crime 2014 Monterey, California 89 The LCC 2014 Committee

If you need something, hunt one of us down, or just start screaming…

Convention Co-chairs AKA The Big Squids Toby and Bill Gottfried Lucinda Surber, Stan Ulrich Treasurer/Registrar: Stan Ulrich Programming: Robin Burcell Book Room: Don Longmuir Program Book and bags : Vallery Feldman Auction: Noemi Levine Publisher Liaison: Toby Gottfried Volunteer Coordinator: Lucinda Surber Hotel Liaison: Cindy Sample Hospitality: Pam Dehnke Advertising: Vallery Feldman, Carol Fairweather Sponsorships: Janet Rudolph New Author Breakfast: Mike Befeler & Donnell Ann Bell Awards: Lucinda Surber & Stan Ulrich National Publicity: Janet Rudolph Book Bag Stuffing: Ingrid Willis Website: Lucinda Surber

Special thanks to these volunteers who assisted our Chairs: Book & Magazine Donations for Book Bags Author-Hosted Tables: Gay Coburn Gale Banquet: Kathryn Rybka Our thanks to these generous publishers who do- Calamari Crawl: Pat Macholl nated books and magazines for our book bags: Photography: Darrell Hoemann Programming: Marlyn Beebe, Elaine Yamaguchi Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Registration: Terry Jacobsen Bellekeep Books Signing: Pat Morin Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine Volunteers: Joe Mallon Felony & Mayhem Press HarperCollins A rousing round of applause to all the authors who generously offered Haven Books to share a meal with their fans at an Author-Hosted Table at the Awards Kensington Publishing Banquet. Minotaur Books Mystery Scene A special thanks to Pam Dehnke and Vallery Feldman who create a beauti- Perseverance Press ful themed quilt each year for Left Coast Crime. Poisoned Pen Press Random House A cheer for all the wonderful folks who donated books, character names, Soho Press goodies, services and more for the Silent Auction. Thomas & Mercer Tor/Forge The Committee especially appreciates all the other volunteers who are moving boxes of books, stuffing bookbags, helping at the Registration Table, serving as Panel Room Volunteers, working on the Silent Auction, helping in the Hospitality Suite, and everywhere else.

90 Calamari Crime Who’s Here From Where?

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Left Coast Crime 2014 Monterey, California 91 Marie Gamber • CA Scott Helie • CA Bobbye Johnson • FL Harriet Lord • CA Vicki Garcia • CA Libby Fischer Hellmann • IL Melodie Johnson Howe • CA Rosemary Lord • CA Larry Gasper • SK Cosette Henritze • CO Sara Jonas • CA Jess Lourey • MN Scott Gear • SC Sara J. Henry • VT C.T. Jorgensen • CO Christine Lovett • CA Mertianna Georgia • CA Laura Hernandez • CA Sherry Joyce • CA Kristine Loving • CA Daryl Wood Gerber • CA Benjamin Herrera • CA Richard Kadrey • CA Brian K. Lowe • CA Christy Gerhart • CA Ted Hertel • WI Tammy Kaehler • CA Paula Lozar • NM SaraLee Gershon • CA Jean Hightower • AZ Keith Kahla • NY Dawn Lucian • CA June Gillam • CA Christine Hills • CA Buda Kajer-Crain • CA Margaret Lucke • CA Gail Gillespie • CA Mary M. Hinman • NM Leslie Karst • HI D.P. (Doug) Lyle • CA Mary Wright Gillespie • OR Naomi Hirahara • CA Andrew E. Kaufman • CA Janet Elizabeth Lynn • CA Edith Gladstone • CA Barbara M. Hodges • CA Barbara J. Kaye • ON Kendel Lynn • TX Angie Gleason • CA Nancy Hodges • WA Maryanne Kehoe • NJ Kris Lynn • CA Colleen Glynn • BC Darrell Hoemann • IL Ronnie Kelleher • NY Nancy Ma • CA Christine Goff • CO Jean Hofacket • CA Lynne Kennedy • CA Pat Macholl • CA Lee Goldberg • CA Chris F. Holm • ME Paul A. Kennedy • CA Doc Macomber • OR Joel Goldman • KS Lesa Holstine • IN Arthur Kerns • AZ Andrew MacRae • CA Susan Goldstein • CA Judy Horn • CA Karen Keskinen • CA Molly MacRae • IL Pat Gorman • HI Julie Horner • AZ Virginia Kidd • CA Mary Jane Maffini • ON Madeline (M.M.) Gornell • CA Neal Horovitz • CA Laurie King • CA Eileen Magill • CA Bill Gottfried • CA Brandyce Howard • CA Jenna Kinghorn • CA Nan Mahon • CA Toby Gottfried • CA Bones Howe • CA Susan Lynn Kingsbusy • WA Shirley Mahood • AZ Diana Gould • CA Deane Howland • VT Ellen Kirschman • CA G.M. Malliet • VA Sue Grafton • CA Margaret Howland • VT Nick Klimenko • CA Joe Mallon • CA Juliet Grames • NY Rachel Howzell Hall • CA Nancy Kniskern • CA Ken Malovos • CA Mike Grayston • CA Janet Hubbard • VT Vivian Kobayashi • CA Michele Malovos • CA Chuck Greaves • CO Maria Hudgins • VA Nancy Koller • CA Phyllis Manford • CA Linda Griffin • VA Sharon Hudson • CA Myra Kong • CA Karen Mann • CA Mary Griffith • CA Judy Hughes • NV Diana Kornfeld • MO Ana Manwaring • CA Patricia Griffith • TX Linda Joffe Hull • CO Steve Kornfeld • MO Marcia Markland • NY Linda Griffiths-Gish • CA Steve Humphrey • Grace Koshida • ON Amy Marks • CA Alice Gross • CA Harry Hunsicker • TX Harley Jane Kozak • CA Paul D. Marks • CA Martha Gruft • CA Libby Hunt • TX Kim Krabill • WA Andrew Martin • NY Kathryn Gualtieri • CA JoAnn Hunt • CA Peggy Kramer • IN Brenda Martin • CA Tony Gualtieri • CA Mel Hunt • CA Mariella Krause • CA Michael Masliah • CA Gabrielle Guedet • CA Lori Hurst • CA Judith Kristofferson • CA Joyce Mason • CA Mark Gummere • Ca Sarah Husmann • CA Diane Krueger • MN Maggie Mason • CA Mark Guthrie • CA Shep Iiams • CA William Kent Krueger • MN Michael Massarotti • CO Kenneth Gwin • CA Joan Imbeau • CA Ken Kuhlken • CA Sharon Massarotti • CO Mary Jane Haake • OR Angela Irvine • CA Colleen Kunsemuller • AZ Joseph Massucco • WA Peggy Haas • CA Robert Irvine • CA Lori Lacefield • CO George Mathews • CA Daniel J. Hale • TX Ken Isaacson • NJ Deborah Lacy • CA Jeanne Matthews • WA Parnell Hall • NY Karole Ishida • CT Howard Lakin • CA Edith Maxwell • MA Timothy Hallinan • CA Del Jack • CA Rita Lakin • CA Karen Mayers • CA Glen Hamilton • CA Marilyn Jack • CA Bette Golden Lamb • CA John McBain • CT Judy Hamilton • CA Jim Jackson • MI Clair Lamb • VA Penny McCall • CA Janet Hamlet • MA Nancy Baker Jacobs • CA J.J. Lamb • CA Christine McCann • TN David Hansard • CO Terry Jacobsen • CA Eunice Langendorff • CA Greg McClure • IL Vinnie Hansen • CA Jay Jaffe • CA Barbara Fass Leavy • NJ Marlo Mcclurg • CA Mette Hansen-Karademir • CA Sue Jaffe • CA Peter Leavy • NJ Jessica McConahey • CA Angie Harris • CA Darrell James • AZ Deborah J Ledford • AZ Sue Olsen McCullough • CA Sherry Harris • VA Maddee James • CO Jane Lee • MS Gary McDole • CA Carol Harris Mannes • NJ Rae James • CA Con Lehane • MD Rose McGuire • WI Rebecca Grace • CO Georgia Jeffries • CA Rena Leith • CA Melanie McInerney • CA Claire Hart-Palumbo • TX Claire Johnson • CA Joyce Lekas • OR Mike McInerney • CA Anne Brazeau Hausler • CO Craig Johnson • WY Bree LeMaire • CA Jenn McKinlay • AZ Heather Haven • CA Dale Johnson • OR Noemi Levine • CA Beverly McLaggan • CA Gar Anthony Haywood • CA Deanne Johnson • CO Sophie Littlefield • CA August McLaughlin • CA Jeremiah Healy • FL Donna Johnson • WA Ruby Littlepage • BC Shirley McLean • TX Victoria Heckman • CA Gary Johnson • CO Dick Lochte • CA Linda McNab • BC Marilyn Hecox • CA Howard Johnson • FL Don Longmuir • ON Catriona McPherson • CA Betsey Helie • CA Natalie Johnson • OR Jenn Longmuir • ON Stacy Meadows • TX Lee Helie • CA Paula Gail Johnson • CA Christopher Lord • OR Virginia Meadows • FL

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96 Calamari Crime Left Coast Crime 2014 Monterey, California 97 A Selection of Mysteries In and Around Monterey Acknowledgements

Brooks, Ann Tedlock Undertow (1943) Our thanks to Soho Press for Cake, Patrick The Pro-Am Murders (1979) sponsoring the Calamari Crime Collins, Mary The Fog Comes (1941) Book Bag, Dallmann, William 2 Kill or Not to Kill (2001) Dawson, Janet Don’t Turn Your Back on the Ocean Sisters in Crime for sponsoring (1994) the Saturday Breakfast, Day, Dianne The Bohemian Murders (1997) Duncan, David The Shade of Time (1946) Eberhart, Mignon G. Escape the Night (1944) Our thanks to HarperCollins/Wil- Elkins, Aaron & Charlotte A Wicked Slice (1989) liam Morrow for their generous Flinn, Elaine Dealing In Murder sponsorship of Friday afternoon Frase, H. Michael The Last Goodbye (1998) in Hospitality and to the authors Gilligan, Roy Pat Riordan series, including Chinese for participating in the signings. Restaurants Never Serve Breakfast (1986) and Dead Heat from Big Sur (1995) SinC NorCal, Greenleaf, Stephen Strawberry Sunday (1999) SinC Central Coast, (Friend us on Hansen, Vinnie One Tough Cookie (2000) Facebook at Central Coast Sisters Jacobs, Nancy Baker Ricochet in Crime) Other books with scenes set in Monterey include Star Struck (2002), See Mommy Run (1992), A Slash of Scar- MWA NorCal for donating to- let (1992) and The Silver Scalpel (1991) wards Hospitality. Kennealy, Jerry Polo in the Rough (1989) Krieg, Joyce Murder Off Mike (2003) Littlefield, JamesFogstalker (2000); Seaglass Eyes The LCC National Committee (2001); Fatal Stretch (2002) Mitchell, Ed Gold Lust (2001) and Gold Raid (2003) Mosca, Mark Hole in the Heart (1994) LCC Conference, Inc., Muller, Marcia Games To Keep The Dark Away (1984) Website: www.leftcoastcrime.org Osborne, Denise A Deadly Arrangement (2001) and Designed To Kill (2003) The Standing Committee: O’Shaughnessy, Perri Presumption of Death • Tom Schantz Pearson, Ridley Probable Cause (1990). • Thom Walls Pronzini, Bill Undercurrent (1973); Scattershot (1982) • Bryan Barrett Smith, Julie Dead in the Water (1991) • Janet Rudolph Vance, John Holbrook The Fox Valley Murders (1966) • Lucinda Surber Wallace, Marilyn A Single Stone (1991) • Stan Ulrich Whitney, Phyllis A. The Flaming Tree (1986) • Noemi Levine (three-year floating member; Wilson, Robin Scott Death by Degrees (1995) elected 2013) • Bill Gottfried (three-year floating member; elected 2011)

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