April 2026
Cara Black – Event with Michelle Chouinard
Saturday, April 11, 2026, Noon
ALAV Authors’ Luncheon
Garrè Vineyard, Restaurant, & Event Center
7986 Tesla Rd.
Livermore, CA
Tickets cost $72 and benefit the Assistance League of Amador Valley. Get tickets here.
Mark Coggins – My August Riordan short story, “What Happens in Vegas,” appears in the anthology A Coterie of Dicks which was just released by Murderous Ink Press.
Linda Gunther – I was honored to have my short murder mystery play Stella Flowers, Private Investigator, produced and performed in Cedar Springs, Michigan by the Cedar Springs Players. The performances were on March 6-8 at the historic Kent Theater in Cedar Springs. I have authored six published suspense novels and a memoir titled A Bronx Girl (growing up in the Bronx in the 1970’s). In 2025, I started writing short plays, with several being performed across the country in late 2025 and in early 2026. This new genre for me has proved to expand my repertoire to now include script writing for stage and film.
Claire M. Johnson – I will have a table with copies of my books for sale at the Sacramento Book Festival on Sunday, April 19. I will also be a panelist! Find me in the Freedom Lounge @ 2:30-3:15 PM where we will be discussing Historical Fiction: Strong Women Throughout Time, with Shelley Blanton-Stroud (M), Jasmin ‘Iolani Hakes, and Vanitha Sankaran.
Leslie Karst – My mystery, Murder, Local Style, releases April 7 from Severn House: Retired caterer Valerie Corbin investigates a suspicious poisoning in this third Orchid Isle mystery, featuring a feisty queer couple who swap surfing lessons for sleuthing sessions in tropical Hilo, Hawai‘i.
Laurie R. King has a busy few weeks coming up:
- April 26: the Authors Salon, Menlo Park, CA—breakfast, lunch, a panel, and a book signings with fellow authors Bruce Henderson and Jessica Barrows Beebe. A fundraiser for the Peninsula Volunteers Inc. Tickets here.
- May 2: Laurie and Leslie S. Klinger, talking Sherlock Holmes and the Creatures of Oxford, in Oxford—yes, the one in England. Tickets here.
- May 8-9: Thriller Fest, New York, with a panel on May 9 on Villains followed by a signing.
James L’Etoile – On Saturday, April 4, at 10 AM, I will present a workshop on What Authors Need to Know About What Really Happens in Prison for the Sin-C NorCal Chapter. You can register here and avoid the pesky felony conviction that may come from your own research.
- Saturday, April 19, I will attend the Sacramento Book Festival at the Scottish Rite Center in Sacramento and participate in a panel aptly titled, In Our Backyard, Sac Set Mysteries with Cindy Sample, Karen Phillips, Kathleen Ashy, and Simon Wood at 1:30 PM.
- Tuesday, April 28, I will moderate a Symposium panel to celebrate the 80th Annual Edgar Awards. The panel, titled Feds and 5-0: writing about law enforcement with Lee Goldberg, Adam Plantinga, Joanna Schaffausen, Matthew Spenser, Kevin Wade, and John Wirth. Held at the Marriott Marquis Times Square.
- I will attend ThrillerFest and on Saturday, May 9, I’m honored to moderate an all-star thriller panel with Robert Dugoni, Joseph Finder, Mark Greaney, Tosca Lee, and Mark T. Sullivan. Then it’s my turn on the hot seat with Raymond Benson, Will Dean, Anne-Sophie Jouhanneau, and Hannah Morrissey – Author, with Dan Vidra. Should be a blast!
Jennifer Morita – I will be at the Sacramento Book Festival on April 19 at the Scottish Rite Masonic Center, 6151 H Street in East Sacramento. My panel on How Different Professions Make Great Detectives with Claire Booth, Cindy Fazzi, Richard Meredith, and Terry Shames will be from 3:30 to 4:15 in the Freedom Lounge, followed by a book signing. I will also have a table at the festival throughout the day.
On April 25, I will be signing Ghosts of Waikiki at the Stevens Creek Barnes & Noble, 3600 Stevens Creek Blvd in San Jose, from noon to 5 PM.
Stephen Murphy – I will be reading and signing my latest legal thriller, Beneath the Gavel at Simple Pleasures Café, 3434 Balboa St. (at 35th Ave.), San Francisco on Monday, April 27, at 6 PM. It is a cozy café where I have written most of my books for the last 35 years. Please join me for what should be a fun event.
Rob Osler – My novel, The Case of the Missing Maid, is shortlisted for the 2026 Lambda Literary Award (Lammy) for Best LGBTQ+ Mystery.
Gigi Pandian – I signed a three-book deal with Storm Publishing to bring back my debut series character treasure-hunting historian Jaya Jones, in a new spin-off series.
The first book in the Scottish Treasure Hunt Mysteries will be out in summer 2027.
Faye Snowden – My third Detective Raven Burns novel, A Killing Breath, launches at Alameda Books, Inc.
I will be interviewed by Mysti Berry at the free event on April 16, at 6:30 PM.
RSVP here.
Victoria Zackheim – Death Times Seven has a pub date of 4/14, published by Ballantine/Random House. This is the novel Anne Perry was writing when she fell ill. I was asked to complete it after her death.