SMFS Members at Left Coast Crime 2024: Seattle Shakedown

 

Left Coast Crime 2024 is in Seattle, Washington, this year and begins Thursday, April 11th. 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. As always, the schedule, locations, participants, and other particulars are subject to change before and during the event. 

For the posted conference schedule go to the website.

Please note that the posted panels have a separate page and are listed here.

Several members are doing Author-Reader Connections. The full list is here. 

 

SMFS meetup is in Evergreen E-I 7:15-8:45, Saturday, for breakfast and conversation.

 

 

Various Events                          

  

Thursday 

9:00 AM  “Author Speed- Dating” in Evergreen D-I. Judith Mathison will attend. 

12:00 PM  Stephen D. Rogers is the moderator for “TL;DR Won’t Be a Problem Here: Satisfying Short Reads” panel in  Grand EF. 

1:15 PM   Robert Lopresti moderates “Twenty Panels in One! YOU choose the Topics” panel in Grand EF. 

2:30 PM  Margaret Lucke is a panelist for "Unexplainable vs. Unexplained: Paranormal Elements in Mysteries” in Grand EF. 

2:30 PM  Charlotte Morganti is a panelist for "Debut Authors: First Time Authors Share Their Stories" in Grand G. 

 

Friday 

9: 00 AM  Judith Mathison is a panelist on “This Ain‘t Perry Mason: Getting Legal Details Right in Fiction” panel in Grand C.

 

4: 00 PM  M. H. Callway is a panelist for “Mix it Up: Writers Who Bend Genres”  in Grand G. 

 

Saturday 

10:15 AM  Michael Bracken is a panelist for  “Not Just Stock: Creating Secondary Characters with Dimension” panel in Grand C.

 

10:15 AM  Vinnie Hansen is the moderator for  “The Whole Story in a Single Sitting: Short Fiction that Satisfies” panel in Grand G. SMFS members Chris Dreith, Smita Harish Jain, and Merrilee Robson are also panelists.

4:00 PM  Ellen Kirschman is a panelist for “Not Dead Yet: Older Sleuths in Mystery" panel in Grand EF.

 

7:00 PM  Banquet Dinner

 

Michael Bracken cohosts a table with Chris Dreith.

 

Robert Lopresti cohosts a table.

 

Merrilee Robson cohosts a table with Charlotte Morganti.

 

Sunday 

9:00 AM   Stephen D. Rodgers is a panelist on the “Setting as Character” panel in Grand C.

 

10:15 AM  Vinnie Hansen is on the “Is It Indie, or Is It … ” panel in Grand EF.

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SMFS Members at Left Coast Crime 2020- -San Diego

Left Coast Crime 2020 is in San Diego this year and begins Thursday, March 12^th.  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. For the  conference schedule go to the website. Please note that the panels have a separate page and are  listed here.

SMFS meetup is at 5:30 PM, Thursday, for drinks.

Various Events

Thursday

1:15 PM  Cynthia Kuhn is a panelist for the “I Am What I Write: Authors drawing on their own backgrounds” panel in Sierra 5-6.

1:15 PM  Frank Zafiro is a panelist for the “I Am What I Write: Authors drawing on their own backgrounds” panel in Sierra 5-6.

1:15 PM  Merrilee Robson is a panelist for "Murder in a Small Town: Adding small community flavor to crime fiction" in Rio Vista E. 

Friday

10:15 AM  Ana Brazil moderates “The Wonder Woman: the Powerful Female Protagonist” panel in Rio Vista E.

10:15 AM   Cynthia Kuhn is a panelist for “Lefty Award Mysteries: Best Humorous Mystery” panel in Rio Vista  A-D.

1:30 PM  Hilary Davidson is a panelist for “Let’s Talk About Sex (in mysteries)  panel in Rio Vista A-D.

1:30 PM  Faye Snowden is a panelist for “The State of Noir. What defines Noir today" panel  in Rio Vista A-D. 

1:30 PM  Travis Richardson is a panelist for “The State of Noir. What defines Noir today" panel  in Rio Vista A-D. 

4: 00 PM . Camille Minichino is a panelist for “Write What You Want to Know: Creating beyond personal experience”  in Sierra 5-6.

4:00 PM   Alan Orloff is a panelist for the “Politics: A deadly business” panel in Rio Vista E.

4:00 PM   Frank Zafiro moderates the  “Inside the Mind of a Cop: Law enforcement officials talk reality versus fiction” panel in Rio Vista F-H.

4:00 PM   Martin Roy Hill is a panelist for “Inside the Mind of a Cop: Law enforcement officials talk reality versus fiction” panel in Rio Vista F-H.

5:00 PM   Stephen Buehler and Travis Richardson host “Short Stories & Writers Groups.”  This is an Author-Reader Connection and one of a number listed here.

Saturday

9:00 A.M.  Faye Snowden is a panelist for “Not your traditional detectives: Female Investigators bucking the hard-boiled rules" panel in Rio Vista A-D. 

10:15 AM  Hilary Davidson is a panelist for  “ Crime Fiction and Reality: How do today’s headlines impact fiction?” panel in Rio Vista E.

Banquet Dinner

Camille Minichino hosts a table with Ann Parker and Margaret Dumas.

Stephen Buehler, and Travis Richardson, are hosting a table with themselves.

Sunday

9:00 AM  M. H. Callway moderates for the “Celebrating the Short Story: when less is more” panel  in Sierra 5-6.

9:00 AM   Rob Pierce is a panelist for the “Celebrating the Short Story: when less is more” panel in Sierra 5-6.

9:00 AM   Kate Thornton  is a panelist for the “Celebrating the Short Story: when less is more” panel in Sierra 5-6.