May 2025
Claire Booth – I’ll be at the Sacramento Book Festival on Saturday, May 31, chatting with readers all day and participating in a 1:30 PM Mystery Panel.
Come see me and many other MWA NorCal Members from 10 AM-4 PM at Shepard Garden and Arts Center, 3330 McKinley Blvd., Sacramento. And if you can, bring a new or gently used book for Mustard Seed School, the Sacramento area school for children experiencing homelessness.
Randal Brandt – I will be moderating “Murder in Mysterious Places” at the 2025 Bay Area Book Festival. The panel takes place on Sunday, June 1, 11:30 AM-12:15 PM, in the Brower Center in downtown Berkeley, and features Cara Black, Gigi Pandian, Michelle Chouinard, and Rachel Howzell Hall.
Thomas Burchfield – My short story “McCain and the Arsonist” has been published in the latest issue of Mystery Tribune.
Owen Hill – An omnibus edition of my crime fiction will come out May 27 from PM Press. The Giveaway: The Clay Blackburn Story includes three novels and a short story. Find it here.
Laurie R. King gets to moderate the panel “Mystery Writers Unmasking Larger Issues” at the Bay Area Book Festival, with Leslie Karst, Jennifer K. Morita, J. Richard Osborn, and D.M. Rowell. Sunday, June 1 at 2:30 in the Brower Center’s Tamalpais Room, 2150 Allston Way. No charge, details here.
James L’Etoile – I am thrilled to meet with the Middle Tennessee Chapter of Sisters in Crime to talk about my “life in prison,” writing process and a deep dive into Face of Greed, the first book in the Emily Hunter series. Zoom link here.
On May 31, I will participate in the second annual Sacramento Book Festival at the Shepard Garden and Arts Center near McKinley Park at 3330 McKinley Blvd, Sacramento, CA There will be a day full of appeals featuring several NorCal Chapter members.
Jennifer Morita – I’ve got some great events coming up, including a couple in the Bay Area. I’ll be talking about writing, my journey to publication, and my award-winning debut novel Ghosts of Waikiki. Hope to see you there!
- May 4 at 11 AM: ITW Presents: Evolution of a Writing Career free virtual event w/Tracy Clark, Allen Eskens, Tess Gerritson & Elena Taylor, register for Zoom link here.
- May 10 at 3 PM: Author Talk & Book Signing at Robbie Waters Library, 7335 Gloria Dr, Sacramento, CA.
- May 31 at 1:30 PM: Sacramento Book Festival Mystery & Crime panel w/Cara Black, Claire Booth, Robin Burcell, Karen Phillips & Cindy Sample, Shepard Garden Arts Center, 3330 McKinley Blvd., Sacramento, CA.
- June 1 at 2:30 PM: Bay Area Book Festival Mystery Writers Unmasking Larger Issues panel w/Leslie Karst, Laurie R. King, J. Richard Osborn & D.M. Rowell, Brower Center Tamalpais Room, 2150 Allston Way, Berkeley, CA.
- June 6 at 5:30 PM: Book Talk at On Waverly bookstore w/Sharon Fujimoto-Johnson, 162 Waverly Place, San Francisco Chinatown.
Cindy Sample – I will be participating on a mystery panel from 1:30 to 2:10 PM during the Sacramento Book Festival at the Shepard Garden & Arts Center. The festival runs from 10 AM-4 PM.
Lisa Towles – My latest thriller, Specimen, has won two industry literary awards:
- The BookFest – First Place Winner
(Category: Mystery – Murder & Crime)
March, 2025 - Pencraft Award – Winner
(Category: Thriller)
April, 2025