Bouchercon
2014 in Long Beach, California, was a terrific mystery conference this year.
Some of the headliners included Jeffery Deaver, J. A. Jance, Eoin Colfer and
Edward Marston. We had ample opportunity to talk with fans of the mystery genre
as well as the leading mystery and crime authors.
Here
are a few sound bites. On one panel, the moderator asked the panelists at the
end, “Are there any last words?” One of the panelists responded, “Are we going
to be killed?”
Eoin
Colfer described how he like to put things in his children’s books that would
make a dad laugh when reading the book to a child. One example was a character
named Colin Oscopy. Eoin explained that a father reading that would laugh and
the child would ask what is so funny. The father would have to think, “There’s
nothing funny about a colonoscopy.”
I
had an opportunity to host the Meet the New Authors Breakfast, where we
introduced 53 new authors who had their first mystery/crime novel published in
2014. Here’s a picture of the audience.
One
Sunday morning I took a walk and watched sunrise with the Queen
Mary in the distance.
Later
that morning, I was on a panel titled Sleuths at Every Age. Here’s a picture with
Becky Masterman, me and Thomas Perry on that panel.
All
in all, a wonderful five days. Now back to writing.
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