Participants

Crime Wave

(Mystery & Suspense)

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Bill Bass, Ph.D., is the co-author of Carved in Bone and Death's Acre. He is a world-renowned forensic anthropologist who founded the University of Tennessee's "Body Farm,” where he studies human decomposition. He began his study of anthropology at UVa. 3/24 2 p.m., 4 p.m.; 3/25 2 p.m.

"Jefferson Bass" is the pseudonym for the writing team of Dr. Bill Bass and Jon Jefferson. 3/24 2 p.m., 4 p.m.; 3/25 2 p.m.

Steve Berry is the author of The Templar Legacy, his most recent novel among three other suspense thrillers, The Amber Room, The Romanov Prophecy, and The Third Secret. His novels have been included on The New York Times, USA Today, Publisher's Weekly, and BookSense bestseller lists. 3/25 2 p.m.

Ellen Byerrum's Hostile Makeover, is the latest in the Lacey Smithsonian Crime of Fashion mysteries, set in Washington, D.C., the city that fashion forgot. Others include Designer Knockoff and Killer Hair. She lives with her husband in Virginia. 3/25 10 a.m.

Austin S. Camacho is the author of Damaged Goods, the fourth novel in his series about Washington, D.C. detective Hannibal Jones. Camacho is a public affairs specialist for the Defense Department and teaches fiction writing at Anne Arundel Community College. 3/25 4 p.m.

Michael Connelly, author of The Lincoln Lawyer, worked the crime beat for several prominent newspapers before achieving great success with his thrillers and crime novels. He served as the president of the Mystery Writers of America in 2003 and 2004 and lives with his family in Florida. 3/24 8 p.m.; 3/25 noon

Jeffery Deaver, author of The Twelfth Card and The Bone Collector, wrote his first book at age 11 and has since published over 20 novels. He holds degrees from the University of Missouri and Fordham Law School. 3/24 8 p.m.; 3/25 2 p.m.

Laura Durham, author of For Better or Hearse and Better Off Wed, has been named Washington D.C.'s top wedding consultant five times by Washingtonian magazine. 3/25 10 a.m.

Diane Fanning, author of Gone Forever, Written in Blood, Into the Water, and Through the Window worked in radio and television in Virginia for more than two decades and is now a resident of New Braunfels, Texas. 3/24 2 p.m.

Willetta Heising is the award-winning author of Detecting Women and Detecting Men. Her Guide to Police Detective Series and a fourth edition of Detecting Women are now available. 3/24 8 p.m.; 3/25 10 a.m.

Shri Henkel has three business books being released this spring and summer. Her historic novel, Widows Walk, and contemporary novel, Stormy View, are published under the name Nikki Leigh. She also founded the Readers' Station in 2006. 3/24 2 p.m.

Greg Herren, author of Mardi Gras Mambo, lives with his partner in New Orleans. He has written several novels set in the city, including Murder in the Rue Dauphine and Bourbon Street Blues. His multimedia writing includes short stories, magazine and newspaper articles, editing, and blogging. 3/25 4 p.m.; 3/26 1:30 p.m.

Jon Jefferson is the co-author of Carved in Bone and Death's Acre. A veteran journalist, science writer, and documentary filmmaker, he has filmed a documentary about the Body Farm for National Geographic. 3/24 2 p.m., 4 p.m.; 3/25 2 p.m.

Emyl Jenkins' first novel is Stealing with Style. She grew up surrounded by antiques and has written several nonfiction books. She resides in Richmond. 3/25 10 a.m.

Joseph Kanon, author of Alibi, has also written The Good German, Los Alamos, and The Prodigal Spy. Before becoming a full-time writer, he was a book-publishing executive. He lives in New York City. 3/25 2 p.m., 4 p.m.

John Lamb's debut mystery is Echoes of the Lost Order, the tale of a murder on a Civil War reenactment battlefield. He spent 18 years as a cop in Southern California, serving as a homicide detective and hostage negotiator. 3/25 2 p.m.

John Lescroart is the New York Times bestselling author of The Hunt Club and sixteen previous novels, thirteen of them in the Dismas Hardy/Abe Glitsky series, including The Motive, The Second Chair, The First Law and The 13th Juror. 3/25 4 p.m.

Pat MacEnulty's first mystery is Time To Say Goodbye. The author of several other novels, she lives in Charlotte, North Carolina. She holds a doctorate in English from Florida State University. 3/25 4 p.m.

Nancy Martin is the author of Have Your Cake and Eat It Too, and four other Blackbird Sisters mysteries. She has written 45 novels in the mystery, suspense, historical and romance genres. She is the president of the Mary Roberts Rinehart chapter of Sisters in Crime. 3/25 10 a.m.

Michele Martinez, author of Most Wanted and The Finishing School, the first books in a mystery/suspense series featuring New York City federal prosecutor Melanie Vargas. Martinez graduated from Harvard University and Stanford Law School, and was a federal prosecutor in New York City for eight years. 3/25 4 p.m.

Susan McBride is the author of The Lone Star Lonely Hearts Club, third in her award-winning Debutante Dropout Mysteries. The debut, Blue Blood, won the Lefty Award for Best Humorous Mystery. The Good Girl's Guide to Murder was a BookSense Recommended Title. 3/25 10 a.m.

David J. Montgomery is a writer and critic specializing in crime fiction. He regularly writes for several of the country's largest newspapers, including the Chicago Sun-Times, Philadelphia Inquirer, Boston Globe and USA Today. 3/25 10 a.m., noon, 4 p.m.

Bob Morris is author of a series of Caribbean and Florida-based mysteries Bahamarama--a finalist for the Edgar Allan Poe Award--and Jamaica Me Dead. He is at work on Bermuda Schwartz. 3/25 10 a.m.

Katherine Neville's first novel, The Eight, continues to be a bestseller in thirty languages and more than sixty countries. Her second book, A Calculated Risk, was a New York Times Notable Book, and The Magic Circle has been a USA Today and international bestseller. She lives in Santa Fe, Washington, D.C., and Virginia. 3/25 2 p.m.

Tom Nolan is the author of Ross Macdonald: A Biography and the editor of The Couple Next Door: Collected Short Mysteries by Margaret Millar. He is a frequent contributor to the Leisure & Arts page of The Wall Street Journal. 3/24 noon, 3/25 2 p.m., 4 p.m.

Jean M. Redmann has written four novels, including Lost Daughters and The Intersection of Law and Desire, featuring New Orleans private detective Michele 'Micky' Knight. A Mississippi native, Redmann now lives in New Orleans. 3/25 4 p.m.; 3/26 1:30 p.m.

Noreen Renier, author of A Mind for Murder, is a psychic investigator who has worked on over 450 unsolved cases with city, county, and state law enforcement agencies in 38 states and 6 foreign countries. She has a unique understanding of both the police and paranormal. 3/24 2 p.m.

M.J. Rose is the best-selling author of several novels including The Delilah Complex and The Halo Effect. She also runs two blogs, Buzz, Balls & Hype and Backstory. She is also on the board of directors of International Thriller Writers. 3/25 2 p.m., 4 p.m.

Benjamin M. Schutz's novels, including The Mongol Reply, have garnered multiple award nominations and won a Shamus. Mary, Mary, Shut the Door is his new collection of short stories; he has won previous Edgar and Shamus awards for his short fiction. 3/25 2 p.m.

Karin Slaughter is the international bestselling author of Faithless and four previous thrillers, all set in a fictional county in Georgia, her home state. She is currently at work on Triptych, which will be published in 2006. 3/24 8 p.m.; 3/25 4 p.m.

Ian Smith, M.D., author of The Blackbird Papers, is currently a medical contributor to ABC's "The View" and a medical columnist for Men's Health magazine. He has written for various publications including Time, Newsweek, and The New York Daily News, and has been featured in several other publications. 3/25 10 a.m., 2 p.m.

Andy Straka is the author of Cold Quarry, which recently won the Shamus Award for Best Paperback Original Private Eye Novel. It is the third novel in the Frank Pavlicek series preceded by A Killing Sky and A Witness Above. 3/22 4 p.m.; 3/25 10 a.m.

Marcia Talley is the Agatha and Anthony award-winning author of This Enemy Town, In Death's Shadow, and three other Hannah Ives mysteries. She is editor/contributor of Naked Came the Phoenix and I'd Kill for That. Her award-winning short stories appear in numerous collections. 3/25 10 a.m.

Paula L. Woods is the author of Charlotte Justice mystery series, including Strange Bedfellows and Dirty Laundry. She is member of Mystery Writers of America, Sisters in Crime, and has served as on the L.A. Times Festival of Books authors' committee and as an Edgar judge. 3/24 8 p.m.; 3/25 4 p.m.

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