Resort Authors to Appear at Twin Cities Book Festival

Resort to Murder authors William Kent Krueger, Michael Allan Mallory, Carl Brookins, and Jess Lourey will be appearing on a panel on mystery writing at the Twin Cities Book Festival. Others on the panel include Erin Hart, Sujata Massey, Raymond Benson, and Julie Kramer. Numerous other Resort authors can be found at the vendors' tables including Sisters in Crime, Penury Press. You can buy a copy of Resort to Murder and Silence of the Loons at the Nodin Press booth.
The book festival includes many panels, talks, activities for children, and a huge used book sale.See the festival schedule here: http://www.raintaxi.com/bookfest.
On another note, William Kent Krueger will deliver the keynote address at the Minnesota Library Association annual convention October 14th, in Duluth.

Write of Spring VIII

Write of Spring Author Schedule

Get your autographed copy of Resort to Murder and meet the authors at Write of Spring, Once Upon a Crime's annual celebration of Minnesota mysteries!

Saturday, March 20th, 12-4 pm

604 West 26th Street (off Lyndale Avenue South).

Copies of Silence of the Loons, Minnesota Crime Wave's first anthology, will also be available.

12:00

Joel Arnold, Judith Yates Borger, Laura Childs, Katie DeCosse, Pete Hautman, Monica Ferris, Libby Fischer Hellmann, Priscilla Herbison, Kathleen Hills, William Kent Krueger, Jackie Maher, David Oppegaard, Deborah Woodworth

1:00

Carl Brookins, Gary Bush, Jan Dunlap, Margaret Frazer, Brian Freeman, Ellen Hart, Jenifer LeClair, Victoria Houston, Camille Hyytinen, Andrea Sisco, Beth Solheim, Roger Stelljes, Richard Thompson

2:00

Barbara DaCosta, Pat Dennis, Barbara Fister, Steve Horwitz, David Housewright, Chuck Logan, Larry Millett, Julie Schaper, Rick Shefchik, Anthony Neil Smith, Steve Thayer, Christopher Valen, Lance Zarimba

3:00

KJ Erickson, William Fietzer, Lois Greiman, Judith Koll Healey, Dean Hovey, Julie Kramer, Michael Allan Mallory, Sujata Massey, Scott Pearson, Susan Runholt, Marilyn Victor, JP White

Review of Resort to Murder

Resort to Murder was recently reviewed by Sarah Terzo at Helium:

"I am a sucker for anthologies, especially mystery anthologies, and I was intrigued by the premise of Resort to Murder. The theme of the anthology is that every story takes place on a resort in Minnesota. The book features writers from Minnesota who are spinning yarns about their own state. Although I've never been that far West, I was intrigued. I felt it was an interesting theme for an anthology. I also thought that it would be nice to explore the work of some new' authors, writers who I had not read before...." more

Write of Spring March 28th

Once Upon a Crime welcomes Resort to Murder writers to its annual Write of Spring. For details, see their website.

Resort to Murder Editors Television Show

Meet Resort to Murder editors and authors Ellen Hart, Carl Brookins, and William Kent Krueger (AKA Minnesota Crime Wave) as they discuss reading, writing, and the mystery scene with guests Pete Hautman, Mary Logue, Robert Alexander and others. Catch this innovative and informative program on local cable teleivion CTV-15 or on the Minnesota Crime Wave website.

New Anthology Announced

Minnesota Crime Wave has issued a call for submissions to MURDER ON A STICK, its newest anthology, due for release in August 2009. Yes, as the title and release date imply, the key element of these stories will be the Minnesota State Fair. The fair, which this year opens August 21st and runs through Labor Day, is one of the biggest state fairs in the country, and features everything under the sun—from bees to beef to butterheads, and more kinds of food on a stick than you can imagine!

Aspiring writers can read the call and view the quirky list of clues to include at Carl Brookin's blog. The deadline for submissions is October 1, 2008. If you're a reader and want to savor the suspense of finding the story clues later when the book comes out, DON'T read the blog entry!

Resort to Murder's Jess Lourey Interviewed

Resort to Murder author Jess Lourey was interviewed by Minnesota Crime Wave recently. Click here to get a glimpse into the mind of this wonderful writer and her thoughts on mysteries.