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Bonsai I
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Bonsai II
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Colton
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Ferrante
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Steinbeck
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9-10 AM
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Beyond Harry Potter: Mysteries for the young and young at heart.
Patricia E. Canterbury (M)
Bruce Hale
Kate Emburg
Patricia Elmore
Marianne Mitchell
Daniel J. Hale
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North vs. South -- California, that is: L.A. freeways, wine country, gold country foothills, warm water bays, and how they affect the story.
Bonnie Hearn Hill (M)
April Smith
Ed Mitchell
Nadia Gordon
Ken Kuhlken
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Crimes Against Nature: Environmental Crime.
Adrian Muller (M)
C.J. Box
Kirk Russell
Kathy Brandt
Skye Moody
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Healy's Court: Audience participates in Socratic method of debate about myths of mystery writing.
Jeremiah Healy
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10-11:30 AM
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15 Minutes of Fame:
10 AM: Parnell Hall
10:15: Brian M. Wiprud
10:30: Sue Owens Wright
10:45: Susan Retten (Death's Other Kingdom)
11 AM: John Apostolou (Japanese Mysteries)
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New Frontiers of Publishing: E-Books and Print on Demand. What is the future?
Erwin Bush (M)
Helen Haddad
Victoria Heckman
Dee Ann Palmer
Claire McNab
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Deadly Science: Lethal strains, genetic tampering and other criminal developments.
John F. Schilke, M.D. (M)
Peter Clement
W.H. Watford
David Dun
James Jay Calder
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Mean City Streets or Country Roads: Urban vs. rural settings and how they affect the story.
Denise Swanson (M)
Susan McBride
Tess Collins
Joseph Trigoboff
Louise Titchener
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Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang: Opening lines and how they pull the reader in.
Dana Stabenow (M)
Laurie R. King
Barbara Seranella
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11:30 AM - 1:30 PM
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Special Event: Awards Luncheon. In the DeAnza Ballroom.
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1:30 - 2:30 PM
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15 Minutes of Fame:
2 PM: Meredith Blevins, Margaret Coel (Ancient Spirit of Mystery)
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New Voices #2: More debut mystery authors introduce themselves and their books.
Sally Fellows (M)
Katherine Shephard
Claire Johnson
Twist Phelan
Karen Swee
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Dirty Politics: Is There Any Other Kind? Political thrillers -- why writers write them and why readers read them.
Charles Fleming (M)
William Kent Krueger
David Ellis
Kathleen Antrim
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Legacy of Sherlock Holmes
Carolyn Wheat (M)
Michael Kurland
David Haugen
Leslie S. Klinger
Michael Mallory
Stu Shiffman
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Reading by Walter Mosley
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2:30 - 3:30 PM
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15 Minutes of Fame:
2:30 PM: Rhys Bowen (Ancient Spirit of Mystery)
2:45: Scott Phillips
3 PM: Susan Slater
3:15: Leslie Silbert
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Author/Agent/ Editor: How each helps shape a book.
Adrian Muller (M)
Blake Crouch
Linda Allen
Marcia Markland
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Lawyers Who Turned to Crime: Lawyers or former lawyers discuss writing about fictional lawyers.
Dawn Lucian (M)
Sheldon Siegel
Jonnie Jacobs
Joel Goldman
D.W. Buffa
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Is There a Doctor in the House?: Medical mysteries.
D.P. Lyle, M.D. (M)
J.J. Lamb
Bette Golden Lamb
Kurt Popke
Lee Goldberg
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Catherine's World: Myth and fact -- the truth about the Middle Ages.
Mel Hunt (intro)
Sharan Newman
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3:30 - 4:30 PM
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15 Minutes of Fame:
3:30: Vinnie Hansen
3:45: Ralph Pezzullo
4 PM: Larry Karp
4:15: Helen Haddad
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Culinary Crimes.
Robert Weibezahl (M)
Valerie S. Malmont
Peter Elbling
Nancy Fairbanks
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Murder, Mayhem & Family Values: Sleuths who juggle murder investigations with family obligations.
Malinda Hall (M)
Mary (Perri) O'Shaughnessy
Sue Ann Jaffarian
Pat Browning
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Fact to Fiction: Writers discuss real life that inspired their fiction.
Charlotte Cook (M)
Denise Hamilton
Ridley Pearson
Lewis Perdue
Aaron Elkins
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Graffiti: A Universal Headache.
Todd Kessler, Monterey P.D.
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4:30 - 5:30 PM
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15 Minutes of Fame:
4:45: Twist Phelan
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Cop, PI, Amateur, and Someone In-Between: What each type of protagonist brings to the story.
Jay Margulies (M)
Mark Bouton
Barbara Nadel
Pamela Cranston
Mary Jane Maffini
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Historical Accuracy vs. Political Correctness: Authors discuss whether they do or don't rewrite a "kinder, gentler" past to suit their fiction.
Randal Brandt (M)
Tony Broadbent
Hal Glatzer
Aileen Baron
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Justice and the Law: Who stays "inside the lines" and who doesn't? Is vigilantism ever justified?
Thomas H. Griffith (M)
Lee Child
Richard Barre
Patricia H. Rushford
Marilyn Meredith
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100 Incredible Covers: A slide show of the greatest (and goofiest) mystery covers from the Golden Age of paperback cover art.
Art Scott
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7-8 PM
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Special Event: No Host Cocktails in the Steinbeck Lobby
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8-10 PM
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Special Event: Noir Night with Eddie Muller in the Steinbeck Auditorium
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