Find us at Bouchercon

The gang from Mystery Playground is going to Bouchercon, the world's largest mystery convention, next week. The convention is being held in Long Beach, California, November 13-16. Kim, Kerry and I will be together and we'll reporting as much as we can. 

This is an optimistic and ambitious group, and we always think we can get more done than we actually can, so I can promise you that there will be more posts after the convention is over. 

If you are at Bouchercon, come find us at a panel and introduce yourselves. 

Here's where you'll be able to find us...

Your Intrepid Bloggers: 

Deborah Lacy

That's me in-between Carol and Mary Higgins Clark at Bcon 2012

A Place by Any Other Name (Promenade 104A)
Friday, 10:00 am
John Connolly, Tammy Kaehler, William Kent Krueger, Mark Pryor, Julia Spencer Flemming, Moderator: Deborah Lacy

Shaken, Not Stirred: Bars and Booze as Settings and Plot Devices(Regency C)
Friday, 1:30 pm
Eoin Colfer, William Lashner, Con Lehane, Johnny Shaw, Marshall Thornton, Moderator: Deborah Lacy

Major Crimes (Promenade 104 C)
TNT's Major Crimes: Behind the Scenes The Cast and Crew from TNT's Major Crimes talk about how their show portrays the art of the deal in the American justice system while providing a glimpse of how the show is developed, written and filmed. 

Kim Hammond

Doesn’t Play Well with Others (Regency B)
Thursday 2:30 pm
How Dysfunctional Characters Enhance Plots and Series
Moderator Kim Hammond, Darrell James, Brad Parks, Twist Phelan, Mara Purl, Jeri Westerson

Murder Among the Medical Profession (Regency A)
Saturday, 8:30 am
Moderator Kim Hammond, John Burley, Annette Dashofy, Linda Reid, Andy Siegel


Kerry Hammond

All About the Fans (Regency D)
Super Fans and How They Got Involved
Friday 10:00 AM
Moderator Brad Parks, Al Abramson, Kerry Hammond, Dru Ann Love, Doris Ann Norris, Janet Rudolph

Friends of Mystery Playground:

Laura K. Curtis
Four Funerals and a Disappearance (Regency A)
Detectives Who’ve Lost Loved Ones
Saturday, 4:30
Moderator Laura K. Curtis, Linwood Barclay, Peter James, J.A. Jance, Katia Lief, Stuart Neville


Catriona McPherson
Simon Wood, Toastmaster Interview (Regency A)
Friday 11:30 am
Simon Wood, our Toastmaster, will be interviewed by Catriona McPherson
Moderator Catriona McPherson, Simon Wood

The Lure of Secret Work (Promenade 104 C)

Talking Spies, Espionage, and Special Ops

Moderator Catriona McPherson, Marc Cameron, John Gilstrap, Sarah Lovett, Francine Mathews (Stephanie Barron), Stephen Templin

Terrie Farley Moran
Long and Short of It (Promenade 104 B)
Friday 1:30 pm
Writing Short Stories and Full-Length Novels

Moderator Terrie Farley Moran, Dana Cameron, Jeffery Deaver, Brendan DuBois, Toni “Leigh Perry” Kelner, Simon Wood

A Strange Mixture (Regency D)
Sleuthing and Other Pastimes
Moderator Clare Toohey, Beverly Allen, Terrie Farley Moran, Don Passman, Susan Shea, Tracy Weber

Cathi Stoler

PIs Coast-to-Coast (Seaview ABC)

Friday 8:30 am

(M) Kevin Burton Smith, Anthony Bidulka, Rex Burns, Greg Herren, Thomas Sawyer, Cathi Stoler

Clare Toohey
A Conversation Among Authors (Promenade 104 A)
Friday, 3:00 pm
Moderator Clare Toohey, Sue Grafton, Charlaine Harris, J.A. Jance, Sara Paretsky

A Strange Mixture (Regency D)
Sleuthing and Other Pastimes
Saturday 10:00 am
Moderator Clare Toohey, Beverly Allen, Terrie Farley Moran, Don Passman, Susan Shea, Tracy Weber

Tammy Kaehler
A Place by Any Other Name (Promenade 104A)
Friday, 10:00 am

John Connolly, Tammy Kaehler, William Kent Krueger, Mark Pryor, Julia Spencer Flemming, Moderator: Deborah Lacy

All Guest of Honor Panel (Regency ABC)
Panel with Jeffrey Deaver, J.A. Jance, Edward Marston, Eoin Colfer, Simon Wood, & Al Abramson. 
Sunday 11:30 am 

Moderator Tammy Kaehler, Al Abramson, Eoin Colfer, Jeffery Deaver, J.A. Jance, Edward Marston, Simon Wood