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
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
Mike,
ReplyDeleteThanks 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
Hi Mike - We'd love it if you'd post our Conference for July 2008 with Sue Grafton and company. Here's the info:
ReplyDeleteJULY 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