Past Events

2014 Events:

Bouchercon, Long Beach, California: Nov. 13-16, 2014
Wednesday, Nov. 12
3-5 pm: Working registration
Thursday, Nov. 13
3-3:20 pm Author Focus: Catherine Lea (Harbor B)
Interviewing Catherine Lea of New Zealand, author of THE CANDIDATE'S DAUGHTER.
Friday, Nov. 14
11:30-12:30: Crime Novel as Social Novel (Regency C)
Dealing With Issues and Problems of our Time
Moderator Hilary Davidson
Panelists: Joseph Clifford, Les Edgerton, Sara J. Henry, Bill Loehfelm, Tim O’Mara

3-4 pm: Beyond Hammett, Chandler, and Spillane (Promenade 104 B)
Lesser Known Writers of the Pulp and Paperback Eras
Moderator Peter Rozovsky
Panelists: Max Allen Collins, Sara J. Henry, Charles Kelly, Gary Phillips, Sarah Weinman

Saturday, Nov. 15
10-11 am: Bloody Murder (104BC)
Moderators Sara Paretsky and Charlaine Harris

 7 pm: Anthony Awards Presentation
Anthony Award presentation. Terrace Theater Lobby
Best novel nominees:  Robert Crais, Julia Spencer-Fleming, Sara J. Henry, William Kent Krueger, Hank Phillippi Ryan. All nominees listed here.
Post-Anthony Awards Reception hosted by Grand Central Publishing immediately following in the Terrace Theater Lobby

Left Coast Crime, Monterey, California
10:15-11:00 am, Friday, March 21:
When Setting Matters: Not Just a Pretty Backdrop for Murder
Caroline (Charles) Todd (M) - Timothy Hallinan, Sara J. Henry, Craig Johnson, William Kent Krueger

11:30 am- 12:15 pm, Saturday, March 22:
X-Factor: Responsibilities & Issues for Women Writing Women
Kelli Stanley (M) - Lisa Brackmann, Robin Burcell, Marcia Clark, Sara J. Henry


2013 Events:
  • Feb. 5: launch of A COLD AND LONELY PLACE, Barnes and Noble, Cool Springs, Tennessee (just south of Nashville), 7 pm
  • Feb. 12, Bear Pond Books, Montpelier, Vermont, 7 pm
  • Feb. 15, Northshire Bookstore, Manchester, Vermont, 7 pm
  • Feb. 21, Murder by the Book, Houston, Texas, 6:30 pm
  • Feb. 23, A Real Bookstore, Fairview, Texas, 7 pm
  • Feb. 27, Poisoned Pen, Scottsdale, Arizona, 7 pm
  • March 1: Mysterious Galaxy, Redondo Beach, CA, 7:30 pm
  • March 3: Cellar Door Books, Riverside, CA, 4:30 pm
  • March 7: Literary Salon, Berkeley, CA, 7 pm
  • March 21-24: Left Coast Crime, Colorado Springs, Colorado - panel Friday, March 22, 9 am: "Literary inspiractions for traditional mysteries," moderator Susan C. Shea, panelists Charlotte Hinger, Sara J. Henry, Christopher Lord, Gigi Pandian, Mary Vensel White; panel Sunday, March 24, 10 am: "Where Do We Come Down on Genre?", moderator Lynda Hilburn; panelists Sara J. Henry, Charlotte Hinger, Rosemary Mild, Mary Vensel White.
  • March 25: St. Louis County Library, St. Louis, Missouri, 7 pm
  • March 28: University Bookstore, Memphis, Tennessee, 11 am
  • April 9, Fair Haven library, Fair Haven, Vermont, 6:30 pm
  • April 12-14: Booktopia, Northshire Bookstore, Manchester, Vermont - as a featured author
  • April 16: book club, Plattsburgh, New York, 6 pm
  • April 17: Colgate Book Store, 3 Utica St., Hamilton, NY, 6:30 pm
  • April 19: Everyone's Books, Brattleboro, Vermont, 6 pm
  • April 26-28: Newburyport Literary Festival, Newburyport, Massachusetts
  • May 1, MWA Agents & Editors party, NYC
  • May 3-4: Malice Domestic, Bethesda, Maryland - signing May 4, noon; panel 9 am May 4: "Descent into Darkness: When Secrets and Lies Snowball into Murder," moderator Oline Cogdill; panelists Harlan Coben, Barbara Fradkin, Sara J. Henry, Sandra Parshall.
  • June 7-9: Booktopia, Bellingham, Washington (as an attendee, not a featured author!)
  • Aug. 1: Beldon Noble Library, Essex, New York, 7 pm
  • Aug. 5: Haverhill Library, Haverhill, Massachusettes, 7 pm
  • Aug. 16-17: Festival of Writers, Rensselaerville, New York - Friday, 12:30-2:45: workshop on mystery writing; Saturday, 11-11:45, book talk and brief reading.
  • Aug. 22-25: Killer Nashville, Nashville, Tennessee - workshop and panel on Friday
  • Sept. 11: lunch group, South Burlington library, Vermont
  • Sept. 19-22: Bouchercon, Albany, New York - panel Friday 1:50 pm.
  • Oct. 19: Boston Book Festival, panel "The Plot Conjurers" with Steve Ulfelder, Linda Barnes, Hallie Ephron, Mike Wiecek, Peter Abrahams
  • Nov. 6: Clifton Park-Halfmoon Public Library, Clifton Park, NY
  • Nov. 16: Greece Public Library, Greece, New York
Shoot me an email if you'd like to book me for a store, library, or bookclub event.

2012 appearances:

  • Suspense Night, St. Louis County Library, April 18, 7 pm - with Reed Farrel Coleman, Duane Swierczynski, Frank Bill
  • Booktopia (Books on the Nightstand), Northshire Bookstore, Manchester, Vermont, April 20-22 - public invited to A Celebration of Authors, 6-9 pm Saturday, April 21
  • MWA Symposium, NYC, April 25- SJ Rozan, moderator
  • MWA Agents & Editors party, 5:15 PM, NYC, April 25
  • Malice Domestic, Baltimore, April 27-29 - panel 10:40 am Saturday
  • Greece Public Library, Greece, NY, May 5
  • Moore Free Library, Newfane, Vermont, May 9
  • Backspace Conference, NYC, May 25
  • Champlain College, book club gathering, June 21
  • Mysteries and More, Nashville, book club - Skype visit, June 26
  • Spirit Lake library, Spirit Lake, Iowa - Skype visit, July 31
  • Lake Champlain event, Westport, NY, book signing, Aug. 11
  • Whitingham Library, Jacksonville, Vermont, Sept. 13, 7 pm
  • Northshire Bookstore mystery and thriller reading group, Manchester, Vermont, Sept 20, 2 pm?
  • Arlington Library, Sept. 26, 7 pm
  • Bouchercon, Cleveland, Oct. 3-7
  • Southern Festival of Books, Nashville, Oct. 12-14
  • Booktopia Santa Cruz, Oct. 19-20 (as guest, not author)
  • Fair Haven Library, Oct. 29, 7 pm
  • Crime Bake, Nov. 9-11, Dedham, Mass, panel 10:10 am Nov. 10

2011 appearances:

  • Oct. 11: Mystery Book Club, Ridgeland Library, Madison, MS (Skype)
  • Oct. 13-15: Brattleboro Literary Festival, Brattleboro, VT: Sunday, Oct. 15, 2-3:15 pm, Brooks Memorial Library with Caroline Leavitt