MARCH 2020
March 12-15, 2020 - CANCELED
Left Coast Crime
San Diego, CA
Guests of Honor: Rachel Howzell Hall, T. Jefferson Parker; Toastmaster: Matt Coyle; Ghost of Honor: Raymond Chandler; Fan Guest of Honor: Mysterious Galaxy
March 18-22, 2020 - CANCELED
Virginia Festival of the Book’s Crime Wave
Charlottesville, VA
Special Guests: Ian Rankin, John Grisham
March 21, 2020 - CANCELED (Moved Online)
Murder and Mayhem in Chicago
Chicago, IL
Keynote Speakers: William Kent Krueger, Shari LaPena, Laura Lippman, and Gregg Hurwitz
March 25-29, 2020 - CANCELED
Sleuthfest
Boca Raton, FL
Guest of Honor: Catriona McPherson; Faculty: Frankie Y. Bailey, Chantelle Aimée Osman, Alex Segura
APRIL 2020
April 18-19, 2020 - RESCHEDULED TO OCTOBER 3-4, 2020
Los Angeles Times Festival of the Book
Los Angeles, CA
MAY 2020
May 1-3, 2020 - CANCELED
Malice Domestic
Bethesda, MD
Guest of Honor: Julia Spencer-Fleming; Toastmaster: Jeff Cohen; Lifetime Achievement: Ellen Hart; Fan Guest of Honor: Dina Wilner
May 3-5, 2020 - POSTPONED (May go online)
Newcastle Noir
Newcastle, UK
Special Spotlight Guests: LJ Ross, Mari Hannah, Jane Casey, Yrsa Sigurðardóttir, and Liz Nugent
May 27-29, 2020 - RESCHEDULED TO JULY 22-24
Book Expo America
New York, NY
JUNE 2020
June 4-7, 2020 - POSTPONED OR CANCELED (TBD)
Crimefest
Bristol, UK
Special Guests: Robert Goddard, Lynda La Plante, Laura Lippman, and Zoë Sharp.
June 5-7, 2020
International Festival of the Roman Noir
Frontignan, France
June 28-30, 2020 - POSTPONED; DATES TBA
Mystery Fest Key West
Key West, FL
JULY 2020
July 7-11, 2020 - CANCELED
Thrillerfest
New York, NY
Thrillermaster: Diana Gabaldon; Other Featured Guest Authors: John Sandford, Michael Connelly, Joseph Finder, Veronica Roth.
July 16-19, 2020
Public Safety Writers Conference
Las Vegas, NV
July 23-26, 2020
Theakson Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival - CANCELED
Harrogate, UK
Special Guests: Martina Cole, Mick Herron, Lisa Gardner, Mark Billingham, Michael Connelly, Kathy Reichs, and Elly Griffiths.
July 30 – August 2, 2020
Book Passage Mystery Writers Conference
Corte Madera, CA
Special Guests: Cara Black, Conference Co-Chair
AUGUST 2020
August 6-9, 2020
MurderCon/Writers Police Academy
Raleigh, NC
Special Guest: David Baldacci
August 6-9, 2020
Pulpfest
Pittsburgh, PA
Special themes this year include the centennial of author Ray Bradbury’s birth; the 100th anniversary of BLACK MASK — the pulp where the hardboiled detective story took root; and the 120th anniversary of the birth of WEIRD TALES artist Margaret Brundage.
August 8, 2020
Suffolk Mystery Authors Festival
Suffolk, VA
Special Guest: Catriona McPherson
August 15-31, 2020 - CANCELED
Edinburgh Book Festival
Edinburgh, Scotland
Special Guests TBA
August 20-23, 2020
Killer Nashville
Nashville, TN
Special Guests: David Morrell, Joyce Carol Oates, Alexandra Ivy
August 28-30, 2020
Creatures, Crimes, and Creativity
Columbia, MD
Special Guests: Hank Phillippi Ryan, James Grady, Kathleen Barber
SEPTEMBER 2020
September 10-13, 2020
Noirwich Crime Writing Festival
East Anglia, UK
Special Guests TBA
September 10-13, 2020 - CANCELED
Noir Con 2020
Los Angeles, CA
September 12-13, 2020
Morecambe & Vice Crime Writing Festival - CANCELED
Morecambe, UK
Special Guests TBA
September 15-19, 2020
International Agatha Christie Festival
Torquay, UK
September 18-20, 2020 - CANCELED
Bloody Scotland
Stirling, Scotland
Special Guests: TBA
OCTOBER 2020
October 3-4, 2020 (Rescheduled from April 18-19)
Los Angeles Times Festival of the Book
Los Angeles, CA
October 15-18, 2020 - CANCELED (May go online)
Bouchercon
Sacramento, CA
Guests of Honor: Scott Turow, Walter Mosley, Anne Perry, Anthony Horowitz, Cara Black, Janet Rudolph; Toastmaster: Catriona Mcpherson
NOVEMBER 2020
November 14, 2020
Perfect Crime
Liverpool, England
Special Guests include Ann Cleves and Elly Griffiths
November 20-21, 2020
Iceland Noir
Reykjavik, Iceland
