March 2025
Dale Berry – I will be at Left Coast Crime–Rocky Mountain High in Denver CO, on the “Visual Elements: Graphic Novels and Comics” panel, Sunday, March 16, 10:15 AM.
Mysti Berry – I am thrilled to be on a panel with Sara Paretsky, Tracy Clark, Margot Douaihy, and moderated by Nina Simon. The panel is “Balancing Storytelling with Support of Basic Rights,” Friday March 14 at 4 PM at Left Coast Crime Rocky Mountain High Jinks (Denver).
Claire Booth – I will be appearing on two panels at Left Coast Crime in Denver: “Rural Settings” at noon on Thursday, March 13, and “Lefty Best Novel Nominees” at 11:30 AM on Friday, March 14.
My latest Sheriff Hank Worth mystery, Home Fires, is nominated for the Lefty Award for Best Novel.
Rhys Bowen – Rhys Bowen and her daughter Clare Broyles are releasing their fourth co-written Molly Murphy novel, Silent as the Grave, on March 11. It takes place in the early days of silent movies with lots of fascinating details on how movies were made. The launch party is at the Poisoned Pen in Scottsdale.
Diana R. Chambers – I will be at the following locations in March.
- March 1 – 4 PM – In conversation with Robin Somers about The Secret War of Julia Child and “Location, Location, Location,” as well as Julia’s place in Women’s History Month. Hosted by Sausalito Books by The Bay and SinC NorCal, 100 Bay Street, Sausalito.
- March 6 – 12-2 PM – At Orinda Books in a luncheon talk, 276 Village Square, Orinda.
- March 14 – 2:45 PM – I will be in a panel, “Using Real Life in Fiction,” with Robin Somers, Elizabeth Crowens, Georgia Jeffries, moderated by Sara J. Henry.
- March 23 – 2 PM – I will speak about The Secret War of Julia Child, WW2, and Women’s History Month at the Sebastopol Public Library, 7140 Bodega Avenue, Sebastopol.
Mark Coggins – I am excited to report I acquired Raymond Chandler’s last typewriter. Read about it on The Rap Sheet.
Michael Cooper – My novel, Wages of Empire, having already won the Grand Prize for the 2022 CIBA Rossetti Award for YA fiction, and first place honors for the 2022 CIBA Hemingway Award for wartime fiction, was selected as “Distinguished Favorite” for the 2024 NYC Big Book Award, and the audiobook selected as “Distinguished Favorite” for the 2025 Independent Press Award. The second book in this series, Crossroads of Empire, came out a few months ago having won first place in the 2023 CIBA Hemingway Award for wartime fiction.
June Gillam – In celebration of Women’s History Month and Conclave’s eight Oscar nominations, June Gillam is launching Fallen Kings: Unholy Secrets on Audible. Find it here.
Vinnie Hansen – My P.I. story “Justice Served” will be published on the blogazine Tough, 3/24/25. See what happened when Vinnie used her husband’s long-ago LSD trip at SeaWorld in a story.
Alice Henderson – William Morrow will release my thriller The Vanishing Kind on March 4, 2025, in hardcover, audiobook, and ebook. It’s the fourth book in the Alex Carter wildlife biologist thriller series. In it, Alex encounters anti-immigrant vigilantes, rugged terrain, and threatening intruders in New Mexico while searching for a sleek, powerful, and furtive animal—the jaguar.
And on February 18, 2025, William Morrow released the paperback edition of third book in the series, A Ghost of Caribou, where Alex encounters an unsolved murder and a town in turmoil while in search of an elusive mountain caribou in the rainforests of Washington state.
Dwight Holing – I will be a panelist discussing “Creating Believable Characters” on March 13 at the Left Coast Crime Writers Conference – Rocky Mountain High Jinks, Westin Denver Downtown.
Claire Johnson – I will be attending Left Coast Crime and am on the panel, Creating Strong Characters, moderated by Tom Larsen with fellow panelists Michael T. Cooper, Sue Hinken, and Meredith Taylor, on Saturday, March 15 @ 9 AM in Lawrence AB. Hope to see you there!
Ellen Kirschman – It’s a busy month for me.
- March 4 – 6:00 p.m. CT – I’ll be zooming with the Twin Cities chapter of Sisters-in-Crime. I’ll be in conversation with Cassandra Myers about my latest Dot Meyerhoff mystery, Call Me Carmela. If you’re local, please come by
- March 6 – 7:00 p.m. – I’ll be at Books Inc, Town and Country shopping center, Palo Alto.
If you’re local, please come by.
- March 12-16 – I’ll be at Left Coast Crime.
- Join me on Saturday at 10:15 a.m. for the panel titled “Senior Sleuths,” and again at 4:00 p.m. when I’ll be moderating a conversation about Psychological Suspense: Delving into the Minds of Characters with MWA NorCal colleagues Vinnie Hansen, Catriona McPherson and others.
- March 29 – I’ll be giving an online webinar for members of the Public Safety Writers Association.
- April 3 – I will zoom with the Fire Spouse Connection of Portland, Oregon.
- April 6 – 1-3:00 p.m. – I’ll be interviewing retired firefighter Christy Warren, author of Flashpoint: A Firefighter’s Journey through PTSD. Lafayette Library, 3491 Mt. Diablo Blvd, Lafayette, CA.
Audrey Lee – On Sunday, March 23, I will be signing copies of Edgar-nominated The Mechanics of Memory between 2 and 4 PM at the Barnes & Noble in Walnut Creek. Please stop by and say hello!
James L’Etoile – Here is my schedule.
- March 3 – 4 PM Pacific time, I will join the Poisoned Pen Bookstore in a virtual event to discuss River of Lies. Event link. Book link.
- March 5 – 1 PM I will meet with the Heritage Book Club in El Dorado Hills
- March 13-16 I will attend Left Coast Crime in Denver, Colorado.
- Author Speed Dating along with Baron Birtcher, on March 13.
- Writing the Serial Killer Panel at 3:45 pm, March 13.
- Best Mystery Lefty Nominee panel along with NorCal member Claire Booth, at 11:30 AM.
- Join Claire Booth, Elena Taylor, and me at an Author Connection (ticketed) at the nearby Blue Agave restaurant. The authors will provide chips, dip, salsa, and books.
Jennifer Morita – I will be at Left Coast Crime in Denver, CO, March 12-16. Here’s where you can find me in March.
- March 12 – 6:30 PM: Noir at the (K9) Bar with Jeff Bashoff and Maria Kelson, hosted by The Read Queen at Romero’s K-9 Club & Tap House, 985 S Public Rd. in Lafayette.
- March 14 – 10:15 AM: Lefty Debut Nominees panel moderated by Lucinda Surber with Peter Malone Elliott, Cindy Goyette, Audrey Lee and K.T. Nguyen.
- March 14 – 6 PM: Cafe Noir at the Tattered Cover Book Store with Wes Browne, Mindy Carlson, Maria Kelson, Alex Kenna, Cayce Osborne and D.M. Rowell, hosted by David Heska Wanbli Weiden.
- March 15 – 10:15 AM: Killer Characters panel moderated by Janet Dawson with Christine Carbo, Aaron Philip Clark and Leslie J. Hall.
Jennifer Standridge aka Jenni Stand – My new novel, Death is in the Cards, (Pond Investigations Mystery series, book 2) by Jenni Stand, was released February 18, 2025. Find it here.
Kelli Stanley – I just sold The Reckoning to Severn House in a two-book deal. Should be out next January! This was a tough book for me—it’s more personal than most.