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Wednesday, September 3, 2025

Location
Case File
Suspects
7:00 AM - 8:00 AM Balcony M Floor 4
Tai Chi with Richard
Richie Goldstein
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM Balcony K Floor 4
Quiet Room
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM Preservation Hall Floor 2
Book Bazaar
Pat Walker
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM Preservation Hall Floor 2
Hospitality Suite
Sharon Murphy
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM Preservation Hall Foyer Floor 2
Registration
Teresa Wilson
9:30 AM - 4:00 PM Preservation Hall Floor 2
Order Pick Up
11:00 AM - 11:55 AM Galerie 5-6 Floor 2
Bouchercon 101
Heather Graham
12:00 PM - 12:55 PM Galerie 1-2 Floor 2
Panel 1-1: How to Keep Your Series Characters Interesting
Christine Jarmola(M), Traci Hunter Abramson, Claire Booth, Sean Hagerty, Bill Loehfelm, Patrice McDonough
12:00 PM - 12:55 PM Galerie 3 Floor 2
Panel 1-2: Getting Started: How Ideas Become Stories
Alex Shaw(M), Trish Arrowsmith, Brandi Bradley, Winnie Frolik, Wendy Gee, Robert Lopresti
12:00 PM - 12:55 PM Galerie 5-6 Floor 2
Panel 1-3: Room for More: Great Ensemble Casts
Steve Stratton(M), Baer Charlton, Leslie Karst, Vera Kurian, DonnaRae Menard, Melinda Mullet
12:00 PM - 12:55 PM Salon A-B-C-D Floor 3
Panel 1-4: Encouraging Young Readers, Inspiring Future Authors
Heather Graham(M), Elise Burke Brown, Gary R. Bush, Keir Graff, Jonathan Maberry, Sandra Rathbone
12:00 PM - 12:55 PM Salon E Floor 3
Panel 1-5: Debut: The Rollercoaster Ride of Publishing Your First Book
Kathryn Prater Bomey(M), John Dingle, Leigh Dunlap, Rebecca Kanner, Michael Rigg, Christy J. Kendall
12:00 PM - 12:55 PM Salon F-G-H Floor 3
Panel 1-6: Research: Giving Your Work Authenticity
T.O. Paine(M), Stephanie Bearce, Christina Boufis, Dave Bruns, Dennis K Crosby, Mark Zeid
12:00 PM - 5:00 PM Acadia Ballroom Floor 3
Book Store
Thomas Jones
12:00 PM - 5:00 PM Acadia Front Floor 3
Anthony Awards Voting Table
John Purcell
12:00 PM - 5:00 PM Galerie 4 Floor 2
Media Room: Sponsor Outliers Writing University
Kathleen Antrim, DP Lyle
1:00 PM - 1:25 PM Acadia Ballroom Floor 3
Author Signings
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1:30 PM - 2:25 PM Galerie 1-2 Floor 2
Panel 2-1: The Art of Misdirection: Mis-Clues, Miscues and Red Herrings
Baer Charlton(M), J. Luke Bennecke, Ellen Byron, Curtis Ippolito, James L'Etoile, Amanda Marbais
1:30 PM - 2:25 PM Galerie 3 Floor 2
Panel 2-2: Need to Know: Avoiding the Info Dump
Ann Michelle Harris(M), Traci Hunter Abramson, Milli Knudsen, Michael Rigg, Steve Stratton, Alex K. Thompson
1:30 PM - 2:25 PM Galerie 5-6 Floor 2
Panel 2-3: Genre Mashing: Blurring the Lines
Alys Arden(M), Mindy Carlson, Annette Lyon, Sharon Michalove, Patricia Smith, Mark L. Van Name
1:30 PM - 2:25 PM Salon A-B-C-D Floor 3
Panel 2-4: Reader Whiplash? Pacing Do's and Don’ts’s
Carol Shay Hornung(M), Tammy Euliano, Madison Lawson, Jonathan Maberry, Melinda Mullet, A.M. Strong
1:30 PM - 2:25 PM Salon E Floor 3
Panel 2-5: Crafting Mysteries and Thrillers Set in Foreign Lands
Deanna Fowler(M), Richie Goldstein, Bonnar Spring, Lane Stone, Steve Urszenyi, Holly West
1:30 PM - 2:25 PM Salon F-G-H Floor 3
Panel 2-6: On the Edge of Your Seat: Suspense on Every Page
Theresa Varela(M), Rebecca Kanner, Michelle Maryk, David B. Schlosser, Cathi Stoler, Tony Wirt
2:30 PM - 2:55 PM Acadia Ballroom Floor 3
Author Signings
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3:00 PM - 3:55 PM Galerie 1-2 Floor 2
Panel 3-1: Making Your Blood Run Cold: Dabbling in Horror
Armand Rosamilia(M), Luke Dumas, Lisa Jones Gentry, Ronald Malfi, Rebecca Rowland, G. Allen Wilbanks, Tony Wirt
3:00 PM - 3:55 PM Galerie 3 Floor 2
Panel 3-2: Noir Fiction: Subgenres of Darkness and Despair
Peter Rozovsky(M), Jeff Esterholm, Poppy Gee, Alex Kenna, Nik Xandir Wolf, Elysia Whisler
3:00 PM - 3:55 PM Galerie 5-6 Floor 2
Panel 3-3: Don't Quit the Day Job? Amateur Crime Solvers
Millie Copper(M), Darlene Dziomba, Tammy Euliano, M.L. Hamilton, Miranda James, Sharon Lynn
3:00 PM - 3:55 PM Salon A-B-C-D Floor 3
Panel 3-4: Capote, Rule, Larson, Bugliosi ... Their Facts, Your Fiction
Cathy Pickens(M), Dawn M. Barclay, Lina Chern, Georgia Jeffries, Keith Roysdon, CherAnn Wright
3:00 PM - 3:55 PM Salon E Floor 3
Panel 3-5: Short Stories: The Art of Brevity
Faye Arcand(M), Anjili Babbar, Shelly Dickson Carr, Christopher Chambers, Jeff Circle, Deborah Lacy
3:00 PM - 3:55 PM Salon F-G-H Floor 3
Panel 3-6: Make 'Em Laugh: Wise-Crackin' Through Crime
Ellen Byron(M), Elise Burke Brown, Rob Byrnes, Heidi Hormel, Libby Klein, Lisa Q Mathews
4:00 PM - 4:25 PM Acadia Ballroom Floor 3
Author Signings
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5:00 PM - 6:25 PM Carondelet Ballroom Floor 3
Library Event -- "Free Books"
Jeff Ayers, Leslie Blatt, Steph Cha, Heather Graham, Charlaine Harris, Jen Jumba, Deborah J Ledford, Robert Lopresti, Jonathan Maberry, Alex Segura, Alexandra Sokoloff, Kelli Stanley
6:00 PM - 6:55 PM Salon E Floor 3
The Story That Saved Me
Clay Stafford
6:30 PM - 8:00 PM Bissonet Ballroom Floor 3
Cozies and Cocktails
Ellen Byron, Raquel V. Reyes
7:00 PM - 7:55 PM Carondelet Ballroom Floor 3
Lisa Black! Our Forensics Expert!
Lisa Black
8:00 PM - 8:55 PM Salon E Floor 3
Don Bruns Presents: Edward Stratemeyer
Don Bruns
9:00 PM - 10:30 PM Carondelet Ballroom Floor 3
Paranormal - Fact vs Fiction
Jon Land, Terry Rodgers
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