Tentative Schedule
Schedule is subject to change!
Saturday, August 28th, 2021
8:00 am - 12:00 pm Registration - Preservation Hall Foyer - 2nd Floor
8:00 am - 12:00 pm Book Bag Pick up, Book Bazaar - Preservation Hall - 2nd Floor
8:00 am - 12:00 pm Anthony Award Voting (located in Registration Area) - 2nd Floor
7:00 am - 10:00 am Hospitality Suite - Preservation Hall (Behind Book Bazaar) - 2nd Floor
7:30 am - 9:00 am New Author Breakfast - Riverview Room - 41st Floor
7:30 am - 9:30 am Speed Dating - Mardi Gras Ballroom D and E - 3rd Floor
9:00 am - 5:30 pm Book Room/Book Signing - Acadia Room - 3rd Floor
9:00 am - 9:50 am Places Are Characters Too! - Galerie 1 - 2nd Floor
Moderator: Thomas Kies
Panelists: Peter Carlaftes, Dana King, J. M. Redmann, Terry Shames, David Swinson
9:00 am - 9:50 am Empathy: The Art and Practice of Relating - Galerie 2 - 2nd Floor
Moderator: Tracey Devlyn
Panelists: Tori Eldridge, Mike Houtz, Paty Jager, Loretta Ross, T. G. Wolff
9:00 am - 9:50 am More Than the Thrill of the Kill: All Kinds of Crimes - Galerie 3 - 2nd Floor
Moderator: Jamie Mason
Panelists: Lyndsay Faye, Jordan Harper, Stephen Terrell, Brian Thiem,
Sarah Warburton
9:00 am - 9:50 am Genre Crossing: At the Intersection of Literature and Suspense Fiction - Galerie 4 and 5 2nd Floor
Moderator: Steph Cha
Panelists: Janelle Brown, Susan Golomb, Angie Kim, Laura Lippman, Ivy Pochoda
9:00 am - 9:50 am If I Could Turn Back Time, Where Would I Go? - Galerie 6 - 2nd Floor
Moderator: R. J. Koreto
Panelists: Jennifer Berg, Genevieve Essig,
9:00 am - 9:50 am Noir: How Noir Deals with Poverty, Wealth, Capitalism, and Other Forms of Markets -
Mardi Gras Ballroom ABC - 3rd Floor
Moderator: Joe Clifford
Panelists: Stacey Cochran, Terri Lynn Coop, Alistair Kimble, Matt Phillips, Greg Raleigh
10:30 am - 11:20 am Anthology Signing - Acadia Ballroom - 3rd Floor
Karen Dionne, Alexia Gordon, Heather Graham, Craig Johnson,
Hank Phillilppi Ryan, Charles (Caroline) Todd, Charles Todd,
David Heska Wanbli Weiden, Andrew Welsh-Huggins, Alan Orloff
10:30 am - 11:20 am Psychological: Why? - Galerie 1 - 2nd Floor
Moderator: Sean Doolittle
Panelists: David Bell, Alafair Burke, Georgina Cross, Danielle Girard, John Wren
10:30 am - 11:20 am Lions, Tigers, and Bears! Oh My! Animal's Contribution - Galerie 2 - 2nd Floor
Moderator: Clea Simon
Panelists: J. C. Kenney, Paula Munier, Kelle Z. Riley, Eileen Watkins
10:30 am - 11:20 am The Craziest Thing You've Ever Done for Research - Galerie 3 - 2nd Floor
Moderator: Amber Royer
Panelists: Kathleen Barber, Jonathan Brown, Debi Chowdhury, Michael J. Cooper,
Harley Jane Kozak
10:30 am - 11:20 am Getting Inside Your Character's Head: Id, Ego or Super Ego - Galerie 4 and 5 - 2nd Floor
Moderator: Molly Weston
Panelists: Stacy Allen, Jonathan Santlofer, Christopher Swann, Angela Watts,
F. Paul Wilson
10:30 am - 11:20 am On the Lighter Side: Incorporating Humor - Galerie 6 - 2nd Floor
Moderator: Cheryl Hollon
Panelist: Leslie J. Hall, Julia Henry, Mad Hildebrandt, Libby Klein, Julie Mulhern
10:30 am - 11:20 am Debut: The Thrill of Publishing Your First Book: Tell Us About It -
Mardi Gras Ballroom ABC - 3rd Floor
Moderator: Wanda Morris
Panelist: Julie Carrick Dalton, Rob Osler, Michelle Pretorius,
Aggie Blum Thompson
11:30 am - 12:00 pm So You Want to Host a Bouchercon? - Mardi Gras Ballroom D - 3rd Floor
Mike Bursaw, Connie Perry, Kirk Shyroc
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm Special Event: A Chat with Michael Connelly, S. A. Cosby, Laura Lippman
and Dennis Lehane - Carondelet - 3rd Floor
Crime Writing: Starting Out, Moving Through and Looking
Toward the Future.
1:30 pm - 2:30 pm General Members Meeting Light Lunch - Carondelet - 3rd Floor
2:30 pm - 3:20 pm How To Combat Writer's Block - Galerie 1 - 2nd Floor
Moderator: George Wilhite
Panelists: Dawn Dixon Cotter, Lee Matthew Goldberg, Larry Light, Sara Sligar,
Carl Vonderau
2:30 pm - 3:20 pm Mirth and Mayhem: The Role of Comedy in Mysteries: How to Balance Humor with the
Serious Nature of Crime - Galerie 2 - 2nd Floor
Moderator: Chris Rhatigan
Panelists: Ellen Butler, Kellye Garrett (She/Her), Lori Robbins, D. B. Schlosser,
Thomas Thornson
2:30 pm - 3:20 pm Keeping the Reader Turning the Page - Galerie 3 - 2nd Floor
Moderator: R. Franklin James
Panelists: Jennifer Pashley, Priscilla Paton, Jacquetta Szathmari, Tessa Wegert,
Sarah Zachrich Jeng
2:30 pm - 3:20 pm Food Glorious Food: Cooks in the Kitchen - Galerie 4 and 5 - 2nd Floor
Moderator: Kate White
Panelists: Daisy Bateman, Daryl Wood Gerber, Claire M. Johnson,
Wendy Kendall
2:30 pm - 3:20 pm For a Heist or a Slick Fix, These Are Your Guys - Galerie 6 - 2nd Floor
Moderator: George Easter
Panelists: Glen Erik Hamilton, Mike Lawson, Jake Needham, Nick Petrie, David Weiden
2:30 pm - 3:20 pm Art of Misdirection: Mis-Clues, Mis-Cues, "Red Herrings": Did You Know Who it Was? -
Mardi Gras Ballroom ABC - 3rd Floor
Moderator: Bob Gussin
Panelists: Don Bruns, Joe Clifford, Heather Graham, Jim Sanderson, Ashley Winstead,
3:30 pm - 4:30 pm Board Member Meeting - New Board - Riverview - Lafayette - 41st Floor
(Board Members Only)
4:00 pm - 4:50 pm Writing: Is It Really the First Three Pages? - Galerie 1 - 2nd Floor
Moderator: Pamela Ebel
Panelists: Barry Fulton, Rachel Howzell Hall, Amulya Mallad
4:00 pm - 4:50 pm Craft: Backstory: Layering, Not Dumping - Galerie 2 - 2nd Floor
Moderator: Peter Rozovsky
Panelists: Karen Dionne, Terry Shepherd
4:00 pm - 4:50 pm How To Make Your Blood Run Cold - Galerie 3 - 2nd Floor
Moderator: J. D. Barker
Panelists: Bryan Cassiday, David Ciambrone, Colin Conway, S. A. Cosby,
John Good
4:00 pm - 4:50 pm Writing Police Fiction In Today's World - Galerie 4 and 5 - 2nd Floor
Moderator: Frank Zafiro
Panelists: Mark Bergin, Christopher Chambers, Bruce Robert Coffin, John McMahon,
Jacob Moon, Barbara Nickless
4:00 pm - 4:50 pm How To Quit Your Day Job - Galerie 6 - 2nd Floor
Anne Cleeland
4:00 pm - 4:50 pm Meet the Crew Review Podcast Team - Mardi Gras Ballroom ABC - 3rd Floor Panelists: Christopher Albanese, Mike Houtz, Sean Cameron
5:00 pm - 6:30 pm Book Signing - Gems from our Independent and Small Press Authors -
Mardi Gras Ballroom D and E - 3rd Floor
7:00 pm - 8:00 pm Lifetime Achievement Guest of Honor Michael Connelly Interviewed by Matt Coyle -
Carondelet Ballroom - 3rd Floor
8:00 pm - 9:30 pm Anthony Awards - Carondelet Ballroom - 3rd Floor
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