Event Details
April 2010
28Apr - 28Apr
2010 Edgar(r) Symposium | New York, National
Date: Wednesday, April 28, 2010
Location: Lighthouse International – Benay Venuta Hall – 2nd Floor
111 E 59th Street (between Lexington and Park Avenues)
New York, NY 10022
What: An entire day of top-notch panels. Novice or pro, you will benefit from hearing the experts discuss their strategies for all facets of writing and publishing.
On-site Bookstore: Partners & Crime will be selling the latest novels by the panelists. Signings will follow each panel.
Below is a schedule preview (subject to change).
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Symposium Schedule
8:15 - 8:50: Registration & Continental Breakfast
8:55 – 9:00: Welcome – MWA’s Executive Vice President – LARRY LIGHT
9:00-10:00: Writing the Breakout Mystery
Teacher: DONALD MAASS, Agent & Author (Writing the Breakout Novel)
Top literary agent and writing guru presents his one-hour workshop on writing the breakout mystery.
10:15 -11:15: Dialogue: Telling vs. Showing
Moderator: REED FARREL COLEMAN, Two-time Edgar® Nominee & Former MWA EVP (Tower)
Panelists: ROBERT ARELLANO, 2010 Edgar® Best PBO Nominee (Havana Lunar)
KATHLEEN GEORGE, 2010 Edgar® Best Novel Nominee (The Odds)
ATTICA LOCKE, 2010 Edgar® Best First Novel Nominee (Black Water Rising)
GEORGE MASTRAS, 2010 Edgar® Best TV Episode Nominee (Breaking Bad)
Best selling authors discuss the exception to the rule: when it is better to tell than to show.
11:30 – 12:30: Short Stories vs. Novels: The Long and Short of It
Moderator: S.J. ROZAN, Edgar® Winning Author (The Shangahi Moon)
Panelists: ACE ATKINS, 2010 Edgar® Best Short Story Nominee (Crossroad Blues)
DANA CAMERON, 2010 Edgar® Best Short Story Nominee (Boston Noir)
TONI L.P. KELNER, Author (MWA Presents: Crimes by Moonlight)
Writing both short stories and novels – two different kinds of magic.
12:30 – 1:30: Lunch Break
1:30-2:30: Fact vs. Fiction – Falling in Love With Your Research
Moderator: HANK PHILLIPPI RYAN, MWA National Board Member and Author (Drive Time)
Panelists: MEGAN ABBOTT, 2010 Edgar® Best PBO Nominee (Bury Me Deep)
STEFANIE PINTOFF, 2010 Edgar® Best First Novel Nominee (In the Shadow of Gotham)
LANEY SALISBURY, 2010 Edgar® Best Fact Crime Nominee
(Provenance: How a Con Man and a Forger Rewrote the History of Modern Art)
JOAN SCHENKAR, 2010 Edgar® Best Critical/Bio Nominee
(The Talented Miss Highsmith: The Secret Life and Serious Art of Patricia Highsmith)
The pitfalls of falling in love with your research and how to avoid them.
2:45-3:45: Writing Juvenile & Young Adult Mysteries
Moderator: CHRIS GRABENSTEIN, Author (Rolling Thunder)
Panelists: PETER ABRAHAMS, 2010 Edgar® Best Young Adult Nominee (Reality Check)
MICHAEL BEIL, 2010 Edgar® Best Juvenile Nominee (The Red Blazer Girls: The Ring of Rocamadour)
MARY DOWNING HAHN, 2010 Edgar® Juvenile Nominee (Closed For the Season)
SCHUYLER HOOKE, Senior Editor, Random House Children’s Books
SOPHIE LITTLEFIELD, 2010 Edgar® Best First Novel Nominee (A Bad Day For Sorry)
Best-selling authors discuss why the Juvenile & Young Adult market is so hot and why some write for both.
4:00 – 5:00: From the Writer’s Desk: Q&A with Lee Child & Laura Lippman
Interviewer: OLINE COGDILL, Journalist & Reviewer
Panelists: LEE CHILD, 2009 MWA President, Author (Gone Tomorrow)
LAURA LIPPMAN, 2010 MWA President, Author (Life Sentences)
Cost: $90 members, $125 non-members - with a $35 retroactive discount for those who join Mystery Writers of America within 30 days after Symposium.
You may also pay online using PayPal or via the MWA Store: http://www.mysterywriters.org/?q=mwastore
Please sign up at: http://www.theedgars.com/symposium.html
Signing Guidelines: All books to be signed must be purchased on site.
More info at : http://www.theedgars.com/symposium.html
Date: Wednesday, April 28, 2010
Location: Lighthouse International – Benay Venuta Hall – 2nd Floor
111 E 59th Street (between Lexington and Park Avenues)
New York, NY 10022
What: An entire day of top-notch panels. Novice or pro, you will benefit from hearing the experts discuss their strategies for all facets of writing and publishing.
On-site Bookstore: Partners & Crime will be selling the latest novels by the panelists. Signings will follow each panel.
Below is a schedule preview (subject to change).
________________________________________
Symposium Schedule
8:15 - 8:50: Registration & Continental Breakfast
8:55 – 9:00: Welcome – MWA’s Executive Vice President – LARRY LIGHT
9:00-10:00: Writing the Breakout Mystery
Teacher: DONALD MAASS, Agent & Author (Writing the Breakout Novel)
Top literary agent and writing guru presents his one-hour workshop on writing the breakout mystery.
10:15 -11:15: Dialogue: Telling vs. Showing
Moderator: REED FARREL COLEMAN, Two-time Edgar® Nominee & Former MWA EVP (Tower)
Panelists: ROBERT ARELLANO, 2010 Edgar® Best PBO Nominee (Havana Lunar)
KATHLEEN GEORGE, 2010 Edgar® Best Novel Nominee (The Odds)
ATTICA LOCKE, 2010 Edgar® Best First Novel Nominee (Black Water Rising)
GEORGE MASTRAS, 2010 Edgar® Best TV Episode Nominee (Breaking Bad)
Best selling authors discuss the exception to the rule: when it is better to tell than to show.
11:30 – 12:30: Short Stories vs. Novels: The Long and Short of It
Moderator: S.J. ROZAN, Edgar® Winning Author (The Shangahi Moon)
Panelists: ACE ATKINS, 2010 Edgar® Best Short Story Nominee (Crossroad Blues)
DANA CAMERON, 2010 Edgar® Best Short Story Nominee (Boston Noir)
TONI L.P. KELNER, Author (MWA Presents: Crimes by Moonlight)
Writing both short stories and novels – two different kinds of magic.
12:30 – 1:30: Lunch Break
1:30-2:30: Fact vs. Fiction – Falling in Love With Your Research
Moderator: HANK PHILLIPPI RYAN, MWA National Board Member and Author (Drive Time)
Panelists: MEGAN ABBOTT, 2010 Edgar® Best PBO Nominee (Bury Me Deep)
STEFANIE PINTOFF, 2010 Edgar® Best First Novel Nominee (In the Shadow of Gotham)
LANEY SALISBURY, 2010 Edgar® Best Fact Crime Nominee
(Provenance: How a Con Man and a Forger Rewrote the History of Modern Art)
JOAN SCHENKAR, 2010 Edgar® Best Critical/Bio Nominee
(The Talented Miss Highsmith: The Secret Life and Serious Art of Patricia Highsmith)
The pitfalls of falling in love with your research and how to avoid them.
2:45-3:45: Writing Juvenile & Young Adult Mysteries
Moderator: CHRIS GRABENSTEIN, Author (Rolling Thunder)
Panelists: PETER ABRAHAMS, 2010 Edgar® Best Young Adult Nominee (Reality Check)
MICHAEL BEIL, 2010 Edgar® Best Juvenile Nominee (The Red Blazer Girls: The Ring of Rocamadour)
MARY DOWNING HAHN, 2010 Edgar® Juvenile Nominee (Closed For the Season)
SCHUYLER HOOKE, Senior Editor, Random House Children’s Books
SOPHIE LITTLEFIELD, 2010 Edgar® Best First Novel Nominee (A Bad Day For Sorry)
Best-selling authors discuss why the Juvenile & Young Adult market is so hot and why some write for both.
4:00 – 5:00: From the Writer’s Desk: Q&A with Lee Child & Laura Lippman
Interviewer: OLINE COGDILL, Journalist & Reviewer
Panelists: LEE CHILD, 2009 MWA President, Author (Gone Tomorrow)
LAURA LIPPMAN, 2010 MWA President, Author (Life Sentences)
Cost: $90 members, $125 non-members - with a $35 retroactive discount for those who join Mystery Writers of America within 30 days after Symposium.
You may also pay online using PayPal or via the MWA Store: http://www.mysterywriters.org/?q=mwastore
Please sign up at: http://www.theedgars.com/symposium.html
Signing Guidelines: All books to be signed must be purchased on site.
More info at : http://www.theedgars.com/symposium.html
