Tuesday, September 11, 2007

Mystery Writers Conferences

FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE INTERESTED in mystery writing, here is an updated list of mystery conferences, courtesy The 3rd Degree, the publication of the Mystery Writers of America:

September 28-30
The Great Manhattan Mystery Conclave
Manhattan, Kansas
www.manhattanmysteries.com

October 25-27
Cape Fear Crime Festival
Wilmington, North Carolina
www.capefearcrimefestival.org

October 26-28
Magna Cum Murder
Muncie, Indiana
www.magnacummurder.com

October 27
Dying to Write 2 Conference
Washington, D.C.
www.mwa-ma.org

November 1-4
Forensic University of St. Louis
St. Louis, Missouri
www.sistersincrime.org/ForensicU

November 9-11
New England Crime Bake
Boston, MA
www.crimebake.org

November 10
Murder and Mayhem in Muskego
Muskego, Wisconsin
www.murderandmayheminmuskego.com

February 1-3
Love Is Murder on Dark and Stormy Nights
Rosemont, Illinois
www.loveismurder.net

February 9
Murder in the Magic City
Birmingham, Alabama
http://webpages.charter.net/southernsisters/mmc.html

February 28 – March 2
Sleuthfest 2008
Deerfield Beach, Florida
www.mwa-florida.org/sleuthfest.htm

March 6-9
Left Coast Crime
Denver, Colorado
www.leftcoastcrime.org/2008


2 comments:

  1. Mike,

    Thanks for sharing news about Sisters in Crime's Forensic University of St. Louis. We have a maximum of 200 spots for attendees--and those are filling up fast! Our headliners include Jan Burke, Dr. D. P. Lyle, Eileen Dreyer and Detective Lee Lofland.

    Courses include: The ABCs of Forensic Science; Poisons: Basics of Toxicology; DNA 101; Forensic Anthropology: Finding and Recovering Remains; Use of Force; Cold Case Investigations; Police Tools and Equipment and How They are Used; The CSI Effect: Forensic Science and the Courts; Forensic Dogs: Bomb Detection and HRD; Undercover Tactics; Trauma and Wounds; Basics of Police Procedure; Inside the Forensic Science Lab; Medicolegal Death Scene Investigation; Writing Realistic Fight Scenes; Arson & Explosive Devices; Footwear Impressions, Tire Impressions, Toolmarks and Trace Evidence; Warrants and Searches; Interpretation of Blood Spatter Patterns; Evidence in the Part: History of Forensic Science; Forensic Pathology and Autopsies; Forensic Anthropology: Identification of Remains; Forensic Entomology; Interviews and Interrogation; Firearms; and The Perfect Murder

    Each day will include:A wrap-up panel on How to Apply What You’ve Learned to Writing Your Novel and How to Do Additional Research.

    This is the FIRST and ONLY all-forensics educational opportunity for authors and fans. We hope to meet a lot of your blog readers in St. Louis.

    Forensic U co-chair,

    Joanna Slan

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  2. Hi Mike - We'd love it if you'd post our Conference for July 2008 with Sue Grafton and company. Here's the info:
    JULY 26-27
    WRITER'S SERIES - A Weekend of Myth & Mystery with SUE GRAFTON, JACQUELINE WINSPEAR, SUSAN ROWLAND, AND DRUSCILLA FRENCH

    More information coming soon.
    Location: Soule Park, 1033 E Ojai Ave. Ojai, CA.
    Time: Saturday, 9:00am to 5:00pm
    Sunday, 9:00am to 4:00pm
    Fee: FMS Member $275
    Non-Member: $325
    GO TO www.mythology.org for Registration.
    Or call 805-889-0169

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