Yes, many in the crime fiction community are still basking in the warm glow from Bouchercon, but the conference season isn't over just yet. Coming up this very weekend, October 29 - 31 in Muncie, Indiana, is the annual Magna cum Murder event. This year's guests of honor are mother/son writing duo Charles and Caroline Todd (to be interviewed by Jon Jordan), whose book A Duty to the Dead received a 2010 Macavity Award Nomination in the Sue Feder Historical Mystery category. There will be many mystery writers on hand for panels and signings, and a keynote address from J. Steven White, who is on the faculty of the Graduate Program at New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts and the Shakespeare Lab at the Public Theatre and has the distinction of directing fight scenes in more than 100 professional productions for ballet, film, and theatre.
Also this weekend, the Men of Mystery festival in Irvine, California, will host more than 50 male mystery writers, "everything from legal thrillers to surfer P.I.'s." The featured morning speakers are Gregg Hurwitz and Christopher Rice, and the afternoon speaker is Don Winslow. Plus, there will be plenty of time for socializing and signings.
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