SMFS at Bouchercon 2023

Bouchercon 2023: San Diego begins this Wednesday in San Diego, California, at the Marriott Marquis San Diego Marina. 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. Please remember that times and room locations as well as panelists and other details are subject to change. More information can be found at the official website. 

 

Events 

Wednesday Evening

8:30 pm. Various SMFS members participate in the Cozies and Cocktails event.

 

Thursday Morning

7:00 AM  Various SMFS list members participate in Author Speed Dating.

 

12:30 PM    Crime Trivia with James L’Etoile (Author Spotlight).

 

2:30 PM   Curtis Ippolito, among others, discuss writing about their different regions of California (Author Spotlight).

 

Thursday Evening  

 

During opening ceremonies, Past President Robert Lopresti will present Derringer medals to the 2023 Derringer Award winners that are in attendance. More information on the winners and the categories they won in can be found here. 

6:00 PM  Various SMFS list members will be participating in the signing of the Bouchercon anthology, Killin’ Time in San Diego.

 

8:30 PM Various SMFS list members will be participating in the signing and launch party of the anthology, Crime Under the Sun.

 

Friday Morning

 

8:30 AM  Whet Your Appetite with Two Cozy Culinary Writers: Edith Maxwell aka Maddie Day will chat about her popular cozy series, and food, of course! (Author Spotlight)

 

11:45 AM  Various SMFS list members participate in Author Speed Dating.

 

Saturday

 

7:00 AM   Various SMFS list members will be participating in the Speed Dating event.

 

8:00 AM  Josh Pachter talks about anthologies inspired by singer/songwriters (Author Spotlight).

 

3:00 PM   Robert Lopresti: How Librarians Tracked A Rare Book Thief (Author Spotlight)

 

 

Panels

 

In addition to all the various panels below, fellow SMFS list member and Bouchercon 2023 Chair, Kim Keeline, reports that she will be at various “Bouchercon 101” or “Ask Me Anything” sessions each morning as well as attending other events.

 

Wednesday

 

2 PM   Michael Bracken moderates the panel, "Short Stories: Crime and Detection in a Smaller Form." Scheduled participants include SMFS list member Claire A. Murray among others.

4:30 PM  Judith Ayn moderates the panel, “Pacific Northwest Crimes (and authors).”

 

4:30 PM  Vinnie Hansen, among others, participate on the “Ticking Clock: Authors of Thrillers and Suspense Talk About Pace” panel.

 

4:30 PM  Warren Moore, among others, participate on the “Noir: Shining the Light on Dark Fiction” panel.

 

Thursday 

10:20 AM  Lori Robbins, among others, participate on the “Close Read: Panelists Analyze Short Passages of Writing” panel.

 

10:20 AM  Kevin Burton Smith moderates the panel, “You Can’t Kill Me – Why the PI Novel Won’t Die.” Andrew Welsh-Huggins, among others, participate.

 

10:20 AM  Art Taylor interviews Toastmaster Naomi Hirahara.

 

12:45 PM  Sybil Johnson, among others, participate in the panel "Entrepeneurial Detectives: Small Business Owners Who Solve Crime"

 

12:45 PM  Robert Lopresti moderates the panel, “20 Panels in One: Panelists Take a Shot at Answering As Many Panel Topics as Possible.”

 

2:00 PM  Edith Maxwell, among others, participate on the panel, The Hook: Books, Victorian Architecture, and Other Excitement  in Cozy Mysteries.”

 

3:15 PM  Mysti Berry moderates the panel, “Social Justice & Page-turners: Stories That Have it All.” 

 

Friday 

9:00 AM   Craig Faustus Black, among others, participate on the "Hollywood & Writers: Working for TV or the movies Plus Publishing Stories" panel.

 

9:00  AM  Mysti Berry, Josh Pachter, and Art Taylor, among others, participate on the “Anthony Short Story Anthology” panel.

 

9:00 AM Peggy Rothschild, among others, participate on the panel, "Mysterious Animals: Wild Creatures and Pets Bring Excitement to the Story."

 

10:20 AM   Michael Bracken moderates the panel, " Anthony Short Story." Scheduled SMFS list member participants include Barb Goffman, Bruce Robert Coffin, Curtis Ippolito, E.A. Aymar, and Gabriel Valjan.

 

1:00 PM  Teresa Inge, among others, participate on “The Legacy of Nancy Drew & the Hardy Boys” panel.

 

1:00 PM   Alan Orloff moderates the panel, “Best Children’s/YA Novel Anthony Award Nominees.” Fleur Bradley, among others, participate.

 

1:00 PM  Josh Pachter, among others, participate on the “"Openings That Kill It" panel.

 

1:00 PM    Joseph S. Walker participates on the panel, "Short Stories: The Joys of Mysteries in Bite Sized Form” as do fellow SMFS list members, R. T. Lawton, Melinda Loomis, James A. Hearn, and Art Taylor.

 

2:00 PM  M. L. "Matt" Buchman, among others, participate on the panel, “Find Your Next Favorite Author.” Hosted by Authors on the Air, how and why three successful authors turned indie publisher and launched six magazines. (Late add and not listed in the official schedule.)

 

6:10 PM  Barb Goffman, among others, participate on the “Liars Panel.”

 

Saturday

 

7:30 AM  Bonnar Spring, among others, participate on the panel, “Vanished: The Missing, the Dead, and the Ones They Left Behind.”

 

8:55 AM  Edith Maxwell, among others, participate on the panel, “Eating Your Way Thru a Book: Culinary Mysteries.”

 

10:10 AM T eresa Inge, among others, participate on the panel, “Authors and Their Childhood Reading: Nancy Drew & More.” This is offsite at the San Diego Public Library Downtown.

 

10:10 AM  G.M. Malliet, among others, participate on the panel, “Place as Character: How to Write a Great Setting.”

 

10:10 AM  Alan Orloff, among others, participate on the “Keep the Reader Turning Pages: Thrillers and Suspense” panel.

 

1:00 PM  Leigh Perry, among others, participate on the "Inhuman:  Vampires, Werewolves or other Supernatural Happenings” panel.

 

2:20 PM  Fleur Bradley, among others, participate on the “Mysteries for the Younger Set: What the Cool Kids Read.”

 

3:35 PM  Kathy Krevat moderates the panel, “A Community as Warm as the Cuisine.”

 

Sunday

 

9:00 AM  Leigh Perry moderates the panel, "Laugh It Up:  Humor Where the Bodies Drop.”

 

9:00 AM  Bonnar Spring moderates the panel, “Supporting Acts – How supporting characters develop, adapt and add to the world.”  M. L. "Matt" Buchman, among others, participate.

 

10:15 AM   Robert Lopresti, among others, participate on the “Librarians:  What they wished readers and writers knew” panel.

 

11:30 AM  Judith Ayn, among others, participates on the “Legal Crimes: The Law in Fiction” panel.

 

11:30 AM  Julie Leo and Rob Pierce. among others, participate on the “Long and the Short of It” panel.