Discovering New Mysteries

International Mystery Writers' Festival

June 12-17, 2007

Discovering New Mysteries - International Mystery Writers' Festival

Author Book Signing and Workshop Events

  Workshop Museum Senate Gallery Nero Wolfe's Office Miss Marple's Parlor  
FRIDAY 13
11am-Noon
Noon - 1:00 PM Kit Ehrman - "Writing Compelling Fiction"
1pm-2pm Don Yaber
Kentucky author of "Corpses and Canyons".
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(1:30pm) Kit Ehrman
Kentucky author of the Steve Cline mysteries - Triple Cross, Cold Burn, Dead Man's Touch, At Risk.
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2pm-3pm Richard Reed
"The CSI Effect: How Fiction Stacks Up To Reality"
Don Yaber Kit Ehrman  
3pm-4pm (3:30) Sam Bobrick
"Writing Comedy With A Twist" three time Writer's Guild Winner, author of 30+ plays, extensive TV writing credits include The Andy Griffith Show and Bewitched. Created long running NBC hit series Saved By The Bell and author of the Mystery Festival production "Fleming: An America Thriller" shares expertise and special humor
4pm-5 pm Richard Reed
Indiana author of the chilling true crime novel "Blood Trail" - based upon actual events in the local area.
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Kit Ehrman  
5pm-6pm Richard Reed Kit Ehrman  
6pm-7pm
SAT 14   Special Coffee Club Discussion in the Museum's Riverview Room
10am-11am
11am-Noon Stuart Kaminsky
"Writing Scripts for both Big and Small Screen"
Noon-1:00 pm Tom Wallace
his series features Kentucky homicide detective Jack Dantzler -The Devils Racket, What Matters Blood, also author of the Kentucky Basketball Encyclopedia
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(12:30) Stuart Kaminsky
bestselling Edgar winning author, former Grand Master of the Mystery Writer's of America and Co-Chair of the Mystery Writer's Festival. His "The Final Toast" is premiering at the festival - featured titles include Always Say Goodbye, Denial, Dead Don't Lie, CSI New York: Deluge
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1pm-2pm Kit Ehrman
"Fictional Characters from the Ground Up"
Tom Wallace (1:30) Stuart Kaminsky  
2pm-3pm
3pm-4pm (3:30) Bill Kerby
a chat with the celebrity screenwriter - "The Rose", "Hooper", etc. At the premier :The Help" Mr. Kerby will lead a short Q&A directly afterwards
Kit Ehrman Roundtable Discussion "What's Your Favorite Mystery" - led by Zola Frank.
(Coffee served)
4pm-5pm Tom Wallace Steve Womack
author of the best selling and award-winning Harry James Denton series (Edgar Allen Poe, Shamus awards) - Featured titles include his latest novel By Blood Written
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5pm-6pm Tom Wallace Steve Womack
6pm-7pm
SUN 15
11am-Noon
12pm - 1 pm Libby Hellmann
"Building Suspense"
1pm-2pm C.R Corwin
"Storytelling No Mystery To It"
1:30 Libby Hellmann
best selling author and Readers' Choice winner, Agatha and Anthony nominee. Featured titles include Easy Innocence, Chicago Blues
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Stuart Kamisky  
2:00pm-3pm Libby Hellman Stuart Kamisky  
3pm - 4 pm C.R. Corwin
series of mysteries set in a fictional Northern Ohio newspaper - featured titles include Dig, The Unraveling of Violetta Bell, and Morgue Mama.
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4pm-5pm Libby Hellman C.R. Corwin  
5pm-6pm Libby Hellman    
MON 16
11:00 am - 12:00 pm  
12:00 - 1:00     Dorothy Taillon
Owensboro author of the Abigail Turner series; featured titles include The Downside of Deception and House Hunting is Murder
1pm - 2 pm Brandt Dodson
"You Can Do It - Tips to Publication"
  Dorothy Taillon
2 pm - 3 pm  
3pm - 4pm Dorothy Taillon
"The Ups and Downs
of the Beginning Author"
Brandt Dodson
author of the stand-alone crime novel, White Soul, and creator of the Colton Parker Mystery series. Featured titles include White Soul and The Lost Sheep
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4pm - 5pm Brandt Dodson
5pm - 6:00 pm   Dorothy Taillon
6pm- 6:30 pm Dorothy Taillon
TUE 17
10am-11am
11am-Noon Suzanne Arruda
"Being There: Employing The Five Senses To Build The Scene"
Noon-1:00 pm   12:30 Suzanne Arruda
author of the Jade del Cameron series, set in exotic British East Africa and Morocco during the early 20th Century. Featured titles include her latest The Serpent's Daughter, Stalking Ivory, and Mark of the Lion.
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1pm-2pm   Will Durst
5-time Emmy nominee and recipient of 7 consecutive nominations for the American Comedy Awards Stand Up of the Year. His featured title is The All-American Sport of Bipartisan Bashing: Common Sense Rantings From a Raging Moderate.
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Suzanne Arruda
2pm-3pm Brandt Dodson
"The Writing Life - What Happens After the Contract is Signed"
Will Durst  
3pm-4pm Suzanne Arruda
"Developing Characters Through Dialogue"
(Note - goes until 4:30 pm
4pm-4:30   Brandt Dodson
5pm-6pm   Brandt Dodson
6pm-7pm
WED 18
10am-11am
11am-Noon
Noon-1:00pm Lee Goldberg
Edgar Award nominee whose many TV writing and/or producing credits include Diagnosis Murder, The Cosby Mysteries, Spenser: For Hire, Nero Wolfe, and Monk. Catch his show "Mapes for Hire" during the festival. Featured titles included Diagnosis Murder The Last Word, Monk; Mr. Monk in Outer Space and Hollywood and Crime anthology.
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Dorothy Tallion
1pm-2pm Brenda Stewart/Tony Perona
"The Lowdown on Editors: What We Look for in your Manuscript"
Lee Goldberg Dorothy Tallion (1:30)
2pm-3pm Brenda Stewart/ Tony Perona
co-editors of Racing Can Be Murder a collection of stories by some of today’s best mystery writers. It evolves around the Indianapolis 500 Mile Race and festivities.
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3pm-4pm Lee Goldberg
"Introduction to Writing Mysteries For Television"
Brenda Stewart/ Tony Perona
4pm-5pm
5pm-6pm  
6pm-7pm  
THUR 19
10am-11am
11am-Noon Maria Hudgins
The Golden Age of Mystery (era of Christie, Dickson Carr, Sayers & the Detection Club)
Noon-1:00 pm
1pm-2pm Robert S. Levinson
"Everything You Wanted to Know About Mystery Writing But Were Afraid to Ask"
Maria Hudgins
author of a series featuring Dotsy Lamb, medieval history teacher from Virginia whose exotic travels lead her and friend Lettie into exciting mysteries. Featured titles include Death of an Obnoxious Tourist, Death of a Loveable Geek.
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2pm-3pm Maria Hudgins (2:30) Lee Goldberg  
3pm-4pm Maria Hudgins
Get the Science Right (kill people believably)
Lee Goldberg  
4pm-5pm (4:30) Maria Hudgins
5pm-6pm Maria Hudgins Robert S. Levinson
L.A. Times bestselling author and Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine Readers Award choice winner is also a member of the Festival Executive Committee. Catch a performance of his "Murder Times Two" - Featured titles include In The Key of Death, Where the Lies Begin and Ask A Dead Man
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6pm-7pm Maria Hudgins (6:30) Robert Levinson (6:30) Will Durst
gives a public satrical performance about America's Biggest Mystery of the Year - The Presedential Race!
FRI 20 Special Author Event - Balcony Lobby
10am-11am
11am-Noon "Angie" Winners Tim Perrin, Lance Rucker - Good Times with "Bad Bourbon" Stuart Kaminsky
Noon-1:00 pm Robert S. Levinson
"Sex, Drugs, Rock & Roll, Murder--and Me"
Stuart Kaminsky
1pm-2pm (1:30) Tim Perrin 2007 "Angie" winner for best screenplay, co-written with Lance Rucker.
Lance Rucker is a 2007 "Angie" winner for best screenplay of "Albatross", co-written with Tim Perrin. Lance also has written several mysteries featuring Brandon Drake - titles include Intimate Falls, No Secret and Final Labyrinth.
 
2pm-3pm   Tim Perrin, Lance Rucker  
3pm-4pm
4pm-5pm (4:30) Mary Higgins Clark, Carol Higgins Clark, Stuart Kaminsky, Robert Levinson Panel
5pm-6pm Panel, cont to 5:30
6pm-7pm
SAT 21 Special Event; Master Class in Balcony Lobby
10am-11am  
11am-Noon Lee Goldberg
"How To Tell A TV Story"
Noon-1:00 pm   Tim Perrin, Lance Rucker (12:30) Gene Hackman, Daniel Lenihan
Two-time Academy Award-winner Gene Hackman and Daniel Lenihan a leading underwater archaeologist are co-authors of "Escape From Andersonville," their third collaboration Mr. Hackman & Mr. Lenihan will be presented with a special award by Mary Higgins Clark and CSI creator Anthony Zuiker. Featured titles include Escape from Anderso- nville.
RPC Grand Lobby
1pm-2pm   Tim Perrin, Lance Rucker (1:30 PM) Gene Hackman, Daniel Lenihan
2pm-3pm Mary Higgins Clark is the Queen of Suspense
all her books are world-wide bestsellers. In the U.S. alone, her books have sold over 85 million copies. An adaptation of Mary's "My Gal Sunday" is part of the live radio theatre productions. Featured titles include Where Are You Now and I Heard That Song Before.
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Carol Higgins Clark
author of nine previous bestselling Regan Reilly mysteries, of which the first was nominated as Best First Novel for both the Agatha and Anthony Awards. She and her mother, Mary Higgins Clark co-written - four bestselling holiday suspense novels. Newest titles include Zapped and Laced.
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3pm-4pm Mary Higgins Clark Carol Higgins Clark
4pm-5pm  
5pm-6pm
6pm-7pm
SUN 22 Special Event; Panel - Berry Theatre
10am-11am
11am-Noon
Noon-1:00 pm Robert Levinson Lee Goldberg  
1pm-2pm Robert Levinson (1:30) Lee Goldberg (1:30) Panel with Mary Higgins Clark/ Carol Higgins Clark (Tea served)
2pm-3pm Mary Higgins Clark Carol Higgins Clark (2:30) Panel with Anthony Zuiker, Lee Goldberg
3pm-4pm Mary Higgins Clark Carol Higgins Clark  
4pm-5pm  
5pm-6pm
6pm-7pm