38Th Annual Black Orchid Banquet

38th Annual Black Orchid Banquet Arno Ristorante, New York, NY December 5, 20 15 WELCOME Q1tt71t4:t- Ira Brad Matetsky, Werowance Garden Salad a la Prime Toast Introductions by ~if~ Ellen Krieger, Founding Werowance Counterfeit Currency Chicken Saltimbocca The Black Orchid Novella Award - ((The Highly Unremunerated Mission" Introduction by Jane Cleland, Chair, Egyptian House Grilled Salmon Black Orchid Novella Award Committee - ((Diplomacy Club Business" Presentation by Linda Landrigan, Editor-in -Chief, Veal Scaloppini Imitation Van Gogh Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine - ((Hay Fever Case" The Black Orchid Novella Award Sirloin Steak Keraghan in partnership with - ((The Hardest Guy to Deal With Case" Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine to Mark Thielman for "AMeter of Murder" CllfD:;;z;'Nero Wolfe Award Committee The Nero Wolfe Award to John Verdon for Peter Pan Must Die Keynote Speaker blJiJU ri?Pve-t,we-t, we-t dlta/1; tka k«U, Terry Teachout "Better Than Holmes?" 0{-d Joil't the roittutg g~Jat,am:tltel) e/v {eat)e;

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- Saw~t[l)at»Rex Stout was born in Noblesville, Indiana, December 1, 1886. The first Nero Wolfe mystery was published in 1934. More than seventy other Nero Wolfe books and stories followed. A month --, , r before his death in 1975, he published the final Nero Wolfe 111J r-- l book. . The Wolfe Pack is a forum to discuss, explore, and enjoy the 72 ! I Nero Wolfe novels and short stories. The organization promotes ~L ~'J 1 - . fellowship through events, book discussions, and a journal de -- . t:I : _- ~_:~~ voted to study of the genius detective, Nero Wolfe, and his in trepid assistant, Archie Goodwin. www.nerowolfe.org. ABOl.IT 11/E FBI NOBODY KNOWS BY FRED J. COOK Author of 45 books and a freelance investigative reporter, Fred]. Cook wrote a series of articles in 1958 alleging abuses by the FBI, which he expanded into the book The FBI Nobody Knows. ~ [l)tMWett ff{tutg He died in 2003 at the age of 92. -Jr05-