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Mystery & Suspense Pavilion
Guest of Honor: Dale Brown
Former Air Force captain Dale Brown's novels regularly appear at the top of the New York Times bestseller list. Hailed for their authenticity and pulse-pounding adventure, his books are published in 11 languages and distributed to more than 70 countries. There are more than 10 million copies in print. Visit his Web site.

MYSTERY & SUSPENSE PAVILLION
10:00 The Many Faces of Mystery
Juveniles to Humor, Cozies to Hard Crime — These Writers Know No Boundaries.
Kris Neri (Revenge of the Gypsy Queen) —moderator
Rodney Johnson (Rinnah Two Feathers mysteries)
Martha Lawrence (Ashes of Aries, Pisces Rising)

Cynthia Riggs (Deadly Nightshade)
Nathan Walpow (One Last Hit)

CITY HALL CHAMBERS
10-10: 50 Hollywood Writers Who Do It All
From Books to Screenplays, Movies to TV
Kathleen Sharp - moderator
Stephen Cannell, Gar Anthony Haywood (AKA Ray Shannon), William Link, Roger Simon

MYSTERY & SUSPENSE PAVILLION
11:00 Interview with Dale Brown
Suspense Guest of Honor
, interviewed by Lauren Roberts

12:00 Was it Good for You?
Sex, Love, & Betrayal in the Crime Novel
Denise Hamilton (The Jasmine Trade, Sugar Skull) — moderator
Robert S. Levinson (Hot Paint)
Gary Phillips (The Perpetrators, bangers)

Christopher Rice (The Snow Garden)
Barbara Seranella (Unpaid Dues)

FAMILY STAGE
1:00 Interview with Dean Koontz
Winner of the Ross Macdonald Award, interviewed by Tom Nolan

2:00 Malice, Murder & Morals
Social Conciousness in Mystery & Suspense
Andre W Klavan
(True Crime, Don't Say a Word)--moderator
Meredith Blevins (The Hummingbird Wizard)
J. F. Freedman
(Fallen Idols, Against the Wind, Bird's-Eye-View)
John Shannon (City of Strangers: A Jack Liffey Mystery)
Paula Woods (Dirty Laundry: A Charlotte Justice Novel)

3:00 Why Thrillers are H-H-Hot
Trends, Terror, and the Big Suspense Novel
Thomas Perry (Dead Aim, Pursuit) — moderator
Jan Burke (Nine, Flight, 18)
Barnaby Conrad
(Last Boat from Cadiz)
Gayle Lynds
(
Mesmerized, The Altman Code with Robert Ludlum)
Dick Lochte (The Last Defense with Christopher Darden)

4:00 So You Want to Write a Mystery
Tips from the Pros
Melodie Johnson Howe (Beauty Dies, The Mother Shadow) — moderator
Win Blevins (So Wild a Dream)
Dick Lochte
(The Last Defense with Christopher Darden)

Tom Nolan (Ross Macdonald: A Biography)
James Lincoln Warren (The Sword & the Quill)
John Morgan Wilson (Blue Moon, with Peter Duchin, The Limits of Justice)

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