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Tentative Schedule
Schedule is subject to change!
Thursday, August 26th, 2021
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 The Art of the Paperback Mystery - Presentation by Art Scott
Carondelet Ballroom - 3rd Floor
9:30 am - 10:20 am Noir: Past Present and Future - Galerie 1 - 2nd Floor
Moderator: Jim Sanderson
Panelists: William Baer, Jenna Kernan, Brian Panowich, Steven Tingle
9:30 am - 10:20 am Setting: Which Way to Go? - Galerie 2 - 2nd Floor
Moderator:
Panelists: Mary Angela, Cheryl Hollon, Mo Walsh
9:30 am - 10:20 am Protagonists with Flaws - Galerie 3 - 2nd Floor
Moderator: Tracy Clark
Panelists: Matt Coyle, Cheryl A. Head, David Housewright, Alan Orloff, S. J. Rozan
9:30 am - 10:20 am P. I.: The Importance of Characters - Galerie 4 and 5 - 2nd Floor
Moderator: Rebecca Swope
Panelists: William Ade, Ethan Cross, Alison Davis, Laura Hawks,
M. A. Monnin
9:30 am - 10:20 am Short Stories: Packing a Lot in a Little - Galerie 6 - 2nd Floor
Moderator: Leone Ciporin
Panelists: Kat Georges, Mary Stojak, Stacy Woodson
9:30 am - 10:20 am Humor: Laughter in the Midst of Chaos - Mardi Gras Ballroom ABC - 3rd Floor
Moderator: John Billheimer
Panelists: Ellen Byron, T. E. Kinsey, Cynthia Kuhn, Robert Lopresti, Amber Royer
11:00 am - 11:50 am American Guest of Honor Craig Johnson Interviewed by Anne Hillerman
Carondelet - 3rd Floor
11:00 am - 11:50 am Historical: The Pleasures and Perils of Writing Historical Mysteries - Galerie 1 - 2nd Floor
Moderator: Kimberly Black
Panelists: E. W. Cooper, Susan Elia MacNeal, Jess Montgomery, Erica Ruth Neubauer,
11:00 am - 11:50 am Writing On-going Characters - Galerie 2 - 2nd Floor
Moderator: Kathy Love
Panelists: Thomas Kies, Tim O'Mara, Dorothy St. James, Dänna Wilberg
11:00 am - 11:50 am Tough, Unsentimental Style of Crime Writing - Galerie 3 - 2nd Floor
Moderator: Allen Eskens
Panelists: Wanda Morris, Bill Rapp, J. D. Rhoades, Matt Witten
11:00 am - 11:50 am Mashing Genres: Blurring the Lines - Galerie 4 and 5 - 2nd Floor
Moderator: V. M. Burns
Panelists: Emmeline Duncan, Gwen Florio, Sylissa Franklin, Rena Mason,
Wendall Thomas
11:00 am - 11:50 am Perspective: Yours, Mine and Ours: Create the Right Voice for Your Narrative -
Galerie 6 - 2nd Floor
Moderator - Ethan Cross
Panelists: Sue Anger-Barnett, Meredith Anthony, Jay Shepherd
11:00 am - 11:50 am Paranormal: On the Wild Side - Mardi Gras Ballroom ABC- 3rd Floor
Moderator: Heather Graham
Panelists: Elizabeth Crowens, B. R. Kingsolver, Courtney Rene, T. K. Thorne,
Danielle Trussoni
12:30 pm - 2:30 pm Special Event: Kensington Author Signing- Mardi Gras D and E - 3rd Floor
Mary Angela, V. M. Burns, Tracy Clark, Nancy Coco, Jen Danna, Maria Dirico,
Emmeline Duncan, Janet Finsilver, Daryl Wood Gerber, Heather Graham,
Traci Hall, Julia Henry, Cheryl Hollon, J. C. Kenny, Libby Klein, Sean Lynch,
Erica Ruth Neubauer, Carlene O'Connor, Al Pessin, H. Rip Rawlings IV,
Rosemarie Ross, Anthony Tata, Susanne Trauth, Eileen Watkins, Darcie Wilde,
Tom Young
2:00 pm - 4:00 pm Hospitality Suite - Preservation Hall (Behind Book Bazaar) - 2nd Floor
2:00 pm - 2:50 pm Kid's Bouchercon Guest of Honor Jonathan Maberry Interviewed by Heather Graham
Carondelet Ballroom - 3rd Floor
2:00 pm - 2:50 pm Traditional Cozy Mysteries: Home Town Mysteries - Galerie 1 - 2nd Floor
Moderator: Verena Rose
Panelists: Kate Anslinger, Michele Drier, Mary Beth Magee, Amy Reade, Suzanne Trauth
2:00 pm - 2:50 pm Writing an Amateur Sleuth Series - Galerie 2 - 2nd Floor
Moderator: Nora McFarland
Panelists: R. Franklin James, Kathleen Kaska, Lisa Q. Mathews, Triss Stein
2:00 pm - 2:50 pm Women Sleuths: Not Just Jessica Fletcher - Galerie 3 - 2nd Floor
Moderator: Maddie Margarita
Panelists: Frankie Y. Bailey, R. G. Belsky, Lee Goldberg, Jess Lourey, S. C. Perkins
2:00 pm - 2:50 pm In the Beginning: What Sources We Use - Galerie 4 and 5 - 2nd Floor
Moderator: Brendan Dubois
Panelists: Yasmin Angoe, Mark Greaney, Noel Hynd, Mike Maden, Connor Sullivan
2:00 pm - 2:50 pm YA: How to Entice Young Readers and Writing Young Adult Thrillers - Galerie 6 -
2nd Floor
Moderator: Valerie Patterson
Panelists: Richie Narvaez, Laura Stewart Schmidt
2:00 pm - 2:50 pm How Far Can We Push the Boundries in (Women's) Crime Fiction? -
Mardi Gras Ballroom ABC - 3rd Floor
Moderator: Gale Massey
Panelists: Debbie Babitt, Marcy McCreary, K. L. Murphy, Jo Perry, Sarah Zettel
3:30 pm - 4:20 pm Historical Guests of Honor Charles and Caroline Todd Interviewed by Oline Cogdill
Carondelet Ballroom - 3rd Floor
3:30 pm - 4:20 pm Amateur Sleuths: Armchair Quarterbacks - Galerie 1 - 2nd Floor
Moderator: Steve Steinbock
Panelists: Veronica Cline Barton, Anne Da Vigo, M. E. Hilliard, Brian Silverman
3:30 pm - 4:20 pm Multiple Series: Keeping the Stories Separate - Galerie 2 - 2nd Floor
Moderator:
Panelists: Catherine Bruns, V. M. Burns, Christa Nardi, D. R. Ransdell, Rosemarie Ross
3:30 pm - 4:20 pm Political Fiction: Power Plays - Galerie 3 - 2nd Floor
Moderator: Mike Maden
Panelists: Gray Basnight, John Billheimer, Ted Flanagan, Robert Rotstein
3:30 pm - 4:20 pm How You Can Keep a Series Fresh - Galerie 4 and 5 - 2nd Floor
Moderator: Cheryl A. Head
Panelists: Jennifer Graeser Dornbush, Anne Hillerman, Martha Reed
3:30 pm - 4:20 pm Culinary: Make Me Hungry! Researching Recipes! - Galerie 6 - 2nd Floor
Moderator: Dru Ann Love
Panelists: Wesley Browne, Rhonda Gilliland, Mia P. Manansala, Raquel V. Reyes,
Shawn Reilly Simmons
3:30 pm - 4:20 pm Short Stories and Flash Fiction - Mardi Gras Ballroom ABC - 3rd Floor
Moderator: Stacy Cochran
Panelists: Greg Herren, Vy Kava, Josh Pachter
5:00 pm - 5:50 pm What Will Change in the Book World Post Pandemic? - Galerie 1 - 2nd Floor
Moderator: Jake Needham
Panelists: Bob Gussin, Dennis McDougal, Otto Penzler, David Hale Smith
5:00 pm - 5:50 pm Mystery of Crafting Thrillers Set in Foreign Lands - Galerie 2 - 2nd Floor
Moderator: Jeffrey Siger
Panelists: Kimberly Black, Bonnar Spring, Stanley Trollip
5:00 pm - 5:50 pm Kickass Female Protagonists: Prince Charming is Out of a Job - Galerie 3 - 2nd Floor
Moderator: Yasmin Angoe
Panelists: Bill Loehfelm, Mindy Mejia, Linda L. Richards, Hank Phillippi Ryan,
Elena Taylor
5:00 PM - 5:50 pm Psychological: Reaching Into the Mind of a Killer - Galerie 4 and 5 - 2nd Floor
Moderator: Karen Dionne
Panelists: Christine Husom, Laura McHugh, Daniel Palmer, Lori Rader-Day
5:00 pm - 5:50 pm Supernatural Elements - Galerie 6 - 2nd Floor
Moderator: Jonathan Maberry
Panelists: Della Brown, Pamela Ebel, Jessica Laine, Mark L. Van Name, Robert Williamson
5:00 pm - 5:50 pm Crime in the Wide Open Spaces - Mardi Gras Ballroom ABC - 3rd Floor
Moderator: Craig Johnson
Panelists: Baron Birtcher, Eric P. Bishop, V. P. Chandler, George Wilhite
7:30 pm -10:00 pm Opening Ceremonies - Carondelet Ballroom- 3rd Floor
8:30 pm - 10:30 pm Show Rehearsal (Closed Rehearsal) - Carondelet Ballroom - Third Floor
For more information or questions, please call 337 319 5783 or email connie@perryco.biz
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