SMFS at Bouchercon DALLAS

Bouchercon Dallas 2019 begins this Thursday in Dallas, Texas at the Hyatt Hotel. This is the 50^th Bouchercon and numerous SMFS members will be attending and actively participating on panels, book signings, and more. The list below features just some of the many activities featuring SMFS list members.

Various Events

Wednesday

Michael Bracken is organizing a meetup of SMFS members. Michael and his wife will meet those interested at 6 PM in the hotel lobby. Look for Michael’s sign.

Thursday

8:30 PM Noir at the Bar will include Terry Shames and other authors. This will be in Monduel’s Bar in the Hyatt.

Friday

7:00 AM  James l’Etoile and Andrew Welsh-Huggins participates in the “Speeddating Breakfast Session 1” in Landmark B.

11:00  AM  SMFS President Kevin R. Tipple will hand out Derringer Award Medals to Gigi Pandian and Alan Orloff. The SMFS part of the awards hour will occur at the close of the “Round-Up Awards” evengt in Landmark B.

11:00 AM  The radio drama, “The Ghost Town Mortuary Gregory Hood Play” by Anthony Boucher will be performed by James L’E’toile, Gige Pandian, and Terry Shames among others in Ladmark D.

Saturday

7:00 AM  “Speeddating Breakfast Session 2” includes Susan Bickford, Lisa Lieberman, and Cathi Stoler in Landmark B.

Panels

Thursday 

9:30 AM  Kaye George participates on the “How Do I Self-Publish” panel in Pegasus.

9:30 AM  G. M. Malliet participates on the “Why I Wrote What I wrote” panel in Reunion G-H.

11:00 AM  Terry Shames participates on the “ The Magical Macguffin” panel in Reunion A.

11:00 AM Lisa Leiberman participates on the “Defining Your Novel” panel in Reunion B.

1:00 PM  James E’toile participates in the “Don’t Quit Your Day Job” panel. 

1:00 PM  Mary Stojak participates on the “Does Length Matter” panel in Landmark C. 

4:00 PM  Barb Goffman moderates a panel on “Short and Sweet but Sometimes Dark” panel with SMFS members John Floyd, R. T. Lawton, Mysti Berry, James Lincoln Warren, and Michael Bracken participating in Reunion A. 

4:00 PM  Andrew Welsh-Huggins participates on the “I Won’t Write That” panel in Reuniion A-B. 

Friday 

2:30 PM  Craig Faustus Buck particaptes on the “Location, Location, Location: The Importance of Setting”  panel in Reunion E.   

4:00 PM  Mark Troy paricaptes on  “The Perfect Setting Panel” in Reunion E.

Saturday 

9:30 AM  Susan Bickford participates on the “Murder Is Everywhere” panel in Reunion C. 

9:30  AM  Alan Orloff participates on the “What’s So Great About Critique Groups?” panel in Reunion E. 

1:00 PM  Cathi Stoler participates on the “A Good Family” panel in Reunion F.

4:00 PM Barb Goffman and Art Taylor participate on “Anthony Awards-Best Short Story Nominees” panel in Pegasus.

For more on the complete schedule of events at Bouchercon go here.

Several SMFS members who are also MWA members are participating in book signings hosted by the MWA. For more information, go here.