7:00 am - 5:00 pm Registration - Preservation Hall Foyer
7:00 am - 5:00 pm Book Bag Pick up, Book Bazaar - Preservation Hall - 2nd Floor
7:00 am - 5:00 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 - 9:30 am Speed Dating - Mardi Gras Ballroom D and E - 3rd Floor
9:00 am - 6:00 pm Green Room for Authors -Mardi Gras Ballroom F and G - 3rd Floor
9:00 am - 6:30 pm Book Room/Book Signing - Acadia Room - 3rd Floor
9:00 am - 6:30 pm Silent Auction - Acadia Room - 3rd Floor
9:30 am - 10:20 am MWA Special Event
How to Write a Mystery: A Handbook from Mystery Writers of America
Host: Greg Herren, Executive Vice President of Mystery Writers of America
Special Guests: Rachel Howzell Hall, Craig Johnson, Charles and Caroline Todd
Riverview Room - 41st Floor
9:30 am - 10:20 am Rising Star Guest of Honor Steph Cha Interviewed by Angie Kim - Carondelet Ballroom -
3rd Floor
9:30 am - 10:20 am Favorite Reads of the Pandemic Era - Galerie 1 - 2nd Floor
Moderator: Kim Batchelor
Panelists: Oline Cogdill, George Easter, Larry Gandle, Dru Ann Love, Donus Roberts
9:30 am - 10:20 am Historical: Making History Thrilling - Galerie 2 - 2nd Floor
Moderator: Jonathan Santlofer
Panelists: John Copenhaver, Sean Lynch, Stephen Maitland-Lewis, Cynthia Raleigh,
Sheila York
9:30 am - 10:20 am Pitfalls to Avoid When Writing a Series - Galerie 3 - 2nd Floor
Moderator: J. M. Redmann
Panelists: Bill Fitzhugh, Matt Goldman, Michael Sears, Sarah Stewart Taylor
9:30 am - 10:20 am Who? What? When? Where? Why? How? The Big 6 Questions: The Police Investigate; The
Reporters Report - Galerie 4 and 5 - 2nd Floor
Moderator: Martha Reed
Panelists: Claire Booth, Lori Duffy Foster, K. P. Gresham, James Queally, Rich Zahradnik
9:30 am - 10:20 am Setting: Location, Location, Location: Places Are Characters Also - Galerie 6 - 2nd Floor
Moderator: D. R. Ransdell
Panelists: Kathy Love, Nancy Parra/Coco, Glen Parris, Jonelle Patrick, Mark Pryor
9:30 am - 10:20 am Short Stories: The Thrill of the Moment - Mardi Gras Ballroom ABC - 3rd Floor
Moderator: M. A. Monnin
Panelists: Ted Hertel, Eleanor Cawood Jones, Kim Keeline, Claire A. Murray, Mark Thielman
11:00 am - 11:50 am Toastmistress Alafair Burke Interviewed by Rachel Howzell Hall - Carondelet Ballroom -
2nd Floor
11:00 am - 11:50 am Suspense, Action and Conflict: The Prime Elements of Mysteries, Crime and Thrillers -
Galerie 1 - 2nd Floor
Moderator: Lisa Harris
Panelists: J. D. Barker, Joshua Graves, Jonathan Maberry Liese Sherwood-Fabre,
Jane Stillwater
11:00 am 11:50 am Location: The Perfect Setting - Galerie 2 - 2nd Floor
Moderator: Patti Ruocco
Panelists: Annamaria Alfieri, Connie Berry, Alexia Gordon, August Norman,
Carlene O'Connor
11:00 am - 11:50 am Thrillers in the World of Politics - Galerie 4 and 5 - 2nd Floor
Moderator: Noel Hynd
Panelists: Matthew Fitzsimmons, Chris Hauty, Jeffrey Siger, Anthony Tata,
Daco Auffenorde
11:00 am - 11:50 am Hooking Readers: Great First Lines: What Makes a Page Turner - Galerie 6 - 2nd Floor
Moderator: Stacy Allen
Panelists: Benji Carr, Amy Gentry, Frances McNamara
11:00 am - 11:50 am Thrillers: The Cutting Edge - Mardi Gras Ballroom ABC - 3rd Floor
Moderator: F. Paul Wilson
Panelists: Sean Doolittle, Tammy Euliano, Corey Lynn Fayman, Patricia Gussin, Amy S. Peele
12:30 pm - 1:20 pm James Lee Burke Virtually interviewed by Alafair Burke - Carondelet Ballroom - 3rd Floor
1:30 pm - 2:20 pm Ali Karim, Fan Guest of Honor Interviewed by George Easter and Friends,
Carondelet - 3rd Floor
1:30 pm - 2:20 pm Creating Suspense: Anticipation, Twists, Cliffhangers - Galerie 1 - 2nd Floor
Moderator: Terry Shepherd
Panelists: Maegan Beaumont, Marco Carocari, Adrienne Giordano, Davin Goodwin,
Faye Snowden
1:30 pm - 2:20 pm Writing Teams: Duos and the Process and the Challenges Involved - Galerie 2 - 2nd Floor
Moderators: Charles Todd (Caroline) and Charles Todd
Panelists: Keir Graff, Traci Hall, Linda Hull, Patrice Wilton
1:30 pm - 2:20 pm Psychologial Thrillers: Getting the Suspense and Psychology Right - Galerie 3 - 2nd Floor
Moderator: Brad Parks
Panelists: Alex Finlay, Alison Gaylin, R. J. Jacobs, Joanna Schaffhausen, Heather Young
1:30 pm - 2:20 pm Objection! Getting it Right: Law in Fiction and Film - Galerie 4 and 5 - 2nd Floor
Moderator: Stephen Terrell
Panelists: Mally Becker, Liah Penn, Keenan Powell, Joseph Reid, C. L. Tolbert
1:30 pm - 2:20 pm Writing Compelling Short Fiction - Galerie 6 - 2nd Floor
Moderator: Shawn Reilly Simmons
Panelists: José H. Bográn, Jim Doherty, Laura Oles, Linda Sands
1:30 pm - 2:20 pm What Lines Won't You Cross in Crime Fiction? - Mardi Gras Ballroom ABC- 3rd Floor
Moderator: Kwei J. Quartey
Panelists: Tracy Clark, Harry Hunsicker, Mary Keliikoa, Andrew Welsh-Huggins,
Michael Wiley
2:00 pm - 4:00 pm Hospitality Suite - Preservation Hall (Behind Book Bazaar) 2nd Floor
2:30 pm - 3:30 pm Craig Johnson Chats with Longmire Star A. Martinez - Carondelet Ballroom - 3rd Floor
3:00 pm - 9:00 pm Show Rehearsal and Dress Rehearsal - Carondelet Ballroom - 3rd Floor
(Closed Rehearsal)
3:30 pm - 4:30 pm Michael Connelly signing in the Acadia BookRoom - 3rd Floor
3:30 pm - 4:20 pm History and Headlines: How Real Crimes Can Sometimes Inspire Fiction. How do You
Research?
Galerie 1 - 2nd Floor
Moderator: Mally Becker
Panelists: Susanna Calkins, R. J. Koreto, Karen Odden, Jonathan Putnam
3:30 pm - 4:20 pm Hard-Boiled: Not Eggs - Galerie 2 - 2nd Floor
Moderator: J. D. Allen
Panelists: James D. F. Hannah, Steven Jankowski, Josh Stallings, John Vercher,
Scott Von Doviak
3:30 pm - 4:20 pm Military: From the Frontline to the Printed Page - Galerie 3 - 2nd Floor
Moderator: Anthony Tata
Panelists: Don Bentley, Ward Larsen, Taylor Moore, Hunter Rawlings, Brad Taylor
3:30 pm - 4:20 pm How to Put the "It" in IT: Techno? Tech Yeah! - Galerie 4 and 5 - 2nd Floor
Moderator:
Panelists: Judith Copek
3:30 pm - 4:20 pm Dialogue Matters: Slang, Concise or Verbose? - Galerie 6 - 2nd Floor
Moderator: Frank Zafiro
Panelists: Maria Bivins, Kwei J. Quartey, Roberta Rogow
3:30 pm - 4:20 pm In the Beginning: Research to Give Your Work Authenticity - Mardi Gras Ballroom ABC -
3rd Floor
Moderator: Frances McNamara
Panelists: Brian Cliff, James L'Etoile, Allie Marie, Thomas Perry, Travis Richardson
4:30 pm - 6:00 pm Underrepresented Voices - Reception Presented by Crime Writers of Color-
Mardi Gras D & E 3rd Floor
Esme Additon, Yasmin Angoe, Frankie Y. Bailey, Jose Bogran, Della Brown,
Alafair Burke, V. M. Burns, Steph Cha, Christopher Chambers, Tracy Clark,
Michelle Corbier, S. A. Cosby, Tori Eldridge, Kellye Garrett, Alexia Gordon,
Cheryl Head, Rachel Howzell Hall, Rae James, Forest I. Jones, Angie Kim,
Jessica Laine, Elizabeth Mahon, Mia Manansala, Paula Mays, Wanda Morris,
Richie Narvaez, Gigi Pandian, Marcie Rendon, Raquel Reyes, Robin St. Clare,
Faye Snowden, Jacquetta Szathmari,
5:00 pm - 5:50 pm Noir/Short Crime Fiction: Writing, Selling, Editing, Publishing - Galerie 1 - 2nd Floor
Moderator: Allison Dickson
Panelists: Valerie J. Brooks, Jen Conley, Charles Salzberg, John Shepphird, Halley Sutton
5:00 pm - 5:50 pm Crime in a Small, Socially Intimate Community - Galerie 2 - 2nd Floor
Moderator: Priscilla Paton
Panelists: James T. Bartlett, Janet Finsilver, Leslie Lutz, Cathy Pickens, Kate White
5:00 pm - 5:50 pm Give Your Readers Whiplash: Pacing in Thrillers - Galerie 3 - 2nd Floor
Moderator: Hank Phillippi Ryan
Panelists: Jen J. Danna, Kerry Lonsdale, Rick Treon, Carter Wilson
5:00 pm - 5:50 pm Military: Tanks, Drones, Special Ops? Today's Military Thriller - Galerie 4 and 5 - 2nd Floor
Moderator: Joseph Reid
Panelists: Brendan DuBois, Al Pessin, Jeffrey Wilson, Tom Young
5:00 pm - 5:50 pm Surprise the Reader: Do Not Betray the Reader - Galerie 6 - 2nd Floor
Moderator: Thomas Roberts
Panelists: J. D. Allen, Barbara Petty, Allen Eskens, Gale Massey, Brad Parks
5:00 pm - 5:50 pm Finding Your Villian: The Dark Side of Humanity - Mardi Gras Ballroom ABC - 3rd Floor
Moderator: Anne Cleeland
Panelists: Leone Ciporin, Sharon Doering, John A. Hoda, Jamie Mason, Frank Zafiro
9:00 pm - 12:00 am Mystery "Dessert" Theatre "Murder in Fantasyland" hosted by Heather Graham -
Carondelet - 2nd Floor
