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party wine nominated for silver falchion!

8/2/2023

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Party Wine, Sofi's story about restructuring the family wine cellar despite dead bodies, is a finalist for a Silver Falchion, Best Investigator category. (A falchion is a sword.) Winners will be announced on August 19th  at Killer Nashville.
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I get to speak on several panels! If you’re attending the conference, look for me here among these other writers:

Friday, August 18th: 2:50pm-3:40pm Writing Believable Amateur Sleuths: Rebecca Butler, Kathryn Lasky, Judy L. Murray, Robi Robbins, Gay Yellen (Magnolia Room)

Friday, August 18th: 3:50pm-4:50pm Description: Too Much or Not Enough: Baron Birtcher, Michael Bradley, K.L. Murphy, Jim Nesbitt, D.R. Ransdell, MayJean Zajac (Azalea Room)

Sunday, August 20th: 10am-10:50am The Ideal Setting for Conflict in Each Scene: Kimberly Collins, Les Edgerton, Tracee de Hahn, Marcy McCreary, D.R. Ransdell (moderator), Mike Rubin (Magnolia Room)

I haven’t attended the conference since 2013, when Andy Veracruz’s first book came out! It will be fun to return, mix in with other writers and readers, and talk about Sofi’s exploits. Perhaps I’ll also come up with a plot for Sofi’s next book! 

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from 2013, my first Killer Nashville!
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