Crime Wave at VABook!

8:30 a.m. – 6 p.m.
Saturday, March 23, 2002
Albemarle County Office Building

A whole day of panels with mystery authors you read and others you’ll need to read. In-depth discussions on craft and the business, interviews with your favorite authors and booksignings make for an exciting day of events. Admission is free to all events, except for the Luncheon with Elizabeth Peters (ordering information below).

 

8:30 a.m.

Stakeout: Biographies of Great Mystery Writers.

With authors Daniel Stashower, Douglas G. Greene, Kathleen Gregory Klein and Tom Nolan.

Conference Room 2

Murder is My Business

Demystify mystery writing and publishing with Tim Myers, Beth Wright, Andy Straka and Sheree Bykofsky. Moderated by Marcia Talley.

Conference Room 1

The Lady Investigates

Discussion of female sleuths with Donna Andrews, Beth Foxwell, Frankie Bailey and Kathy Hogan Trocheck.

Auditorium

Book signing

With Anne Perry.

Foyer

10 a.m.

Victorian Manner: An Interview

Anne Perry discusses her work with Douglas G. Greene.

Auditorium

11 a.m.

Booksignings

Perry, Stashower, Greene, Klein, Nolan, Straka, Myers, Wright, Talley, Andrews, Foxwell, Bailey and Trocheck.

Foyer

12 noon

Mystery Luncheon with Elizabeth Peters

A limited-seating event at Metropolitain Restaurant.
Tickets $45.
SOLD OUT. For waiting list call 434-924-6890.

2 p.m.

Meaner—Or Kinder, Gentler—Streets

Investigative work with George Pelecanos, Laura Lippman, Raymond Devere-Austin, Tom Nolan and Wendy Devere-Austin. Moderated by Andy Straka.

Auditorium

Fact into Fiction, History into Mystery

Historical mystery novels with Daniel Stashower, Michael Kilian, Miriam Grace Monfredo and Peter Heck.

Conference Room 1

Revealing the Evidence: Forensics in Fiction

The research behind well-written novels with Jan Burke and Paul Sledzik.

Conference Room 2

Book signing

With Elizabeth Peters.

Foyer

4 p.m.

Chilling Me Softly

A conversation with Jeffery Deaver.

Auditorium

5 p.m.

Booksignings

With Pelecanos, Lippman, the DeVere-Austins, Nolan, Stashower, Kilian, Monfredo, Heck, Burke, and Deaver.

Foyer