The Thrill Begins

Denver is hosting Left Coast Crime this year, and Thrill Begins members and advisors are getting ready for “Murder on the Rocks!”

CJ Lyons, already a star in the Centennial state from her keynote speaker gig at the Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers’ Conference, will be launching LIFELINES at LCC. CJ’s signing schedule includes two events on March 5^th–a 5 PM signing at Denver’s Murder by the Book, and a 7 PM launch at High Crimes in Boulder–and a March 6^th signing at the famous Tattered Cover bookstore in the historic LoDo section of Denver.

At the conference itself, CJ will be participating in a “Writers on Writing” segment with a class on how to write thrillers Thursday afternoon (12:30-1:15); moderating a hardboiled panel on Friday morning (8:30-9:15), and talking about the art of the thriller on Friday afternoon (3:45-4:30) with fellow ITW members Jeff Buick, Laura Caldwell, Linda Richards and Theresa Schwegel.

Bill Cameron, ITW Debut Author advisor and Killer Year member, has been nominated for a Rocky for his debut novel, LOST DOG. Bill will be moderating the juicy panel “Sex and Violence: Is too much ever enough?” on Friday morning (11 - 11:45) with fellow Killer Year author Marcus Sakey and writers Tasha Alexander, David Corbett, and Eric Stone. He’ll also be pondering the thin line between truth and fiction on a panel Sunday morning (8:45-9:30).

J.T. Ellison, another Killer year member and author of the scintillating ALL THE PRETTY GIRLS, will be delving into Forensics on a Friday afternoon panel with Julie Hyzy, Neil Plakcy and Chris Grabenstein (3:45-4:30), as well as answering “Where Do These People Come From?” on Saturday morning (9:45-10:30).

Laura Benedict, whose paranormal thriller ISABELLA MOON debuted in September to great acclaim, will be participating in “Mind Games and Manhunts: Psychological Thrillers” on Thursday afternoon (3:45-4:30).

Kelli Stanley, whose debut Roman noir NOX DORMIENDA will be out in July, will be discussing history at the MWA Past Perfect panel Friday morning (11-11:45) and answering questions about noir (and giving away chap books at both events) at “Shades of Black: Noir at 50 Paces” Saturday afternoon (3:45-4:30) with Jason Starr, Con Lehane, Cornelia Read and Ken Kuhlken.

In addition to all this, you can come schmooze with ITW debut writers CJ, Bill, Laura and JT, at the New Author Continental Breakfast on Friday morning from 7:30-8:30, and come hear them natter on in Endless Conversation with other authors and the audience at various times on Friday and Saturday (Kelli: Friday 1:45-2:15; Bill: Saturday 1:15-1:45; JT: Saturday 2:15-2:45).

We hope you’ll come out to support these Thrill Begins authors if you’re heading for “Murder on the Rocks”!