MALICE DOMESTIC 24 : April 27-29, 2012
Hyatt Regency Hotel, Bethesda, MD
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Guest of Honor:
Jan Burke |
Toastmaster:
Dana Cameron |
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Malice Remembers:
Tony Hillerman |
Poirot Award:
Lee Goldberg |
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| Lifetime Achievement: Simon Brett |
Amelia Award:
Elizabeth Peters Photo Credit: Shmulik Almany at ImageLink |
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Fan Guest of Honor:
Ruth Sickafus
Plus lots of other mystery authors and fans!
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Here we have:
The fabulous DUFFY BROWN
Author LOIS WINSTON
Me with KATE STINE and BRIAN SKUPIN from Mystery Scene magazine
Me with Meredith Cole and Beth Groundwater
Me, Duffy Brown (who also writes as Dianne Castell) and Dorothy St. James:
Sorry about the quality of this one - it's the panel called "Elvis and the Commies: Sidekicks Who Provide Comic Relief."
Far left is the moderator, Catriona (pronounce Katrina) McPherson
Dandy Gilver and the Proper Treatment of Bloodstains
Next (l to r) is Lois Winston
Assault with a Deadly Glue Gun
Next is Lane Stone
In the red feather boa is "Debbie Sue" aka Deborah
Mama Sees Stars (Mace Bauer Mystery Series #4)
And finally Joelle Charbonneau:
I apologize for the quality of these. They were taken in a part of the hotel that had red carpets and red walls, and apparently it turned all of us red, too. It was hard to get a good picture because of the odd lighting.
The first devilish-looking group me me with Molly Macrae and Sarah Wisseman:
The next picture is Andrea Penrose (who also writes romance as Cara Elliott)
And finally, me (talking, as usual) with the fabulous Dru Ann Love.
First picture:
Hilary Davidson, Amanda Flower and Tracy Kiely
Murder Most Persuasive (Elizabeth Parker Series #3)
Next is a lovely new friend from England, EILEEN ROBERTSON, and two tablemates from Oklahoma who sold jewelry at the conference.
The next is more tablemates at the Agatha Awards dinner, two fans (one local, one from Canada) and our table host, Canadian author R.J. Harlick:
Picture 1: A tablemate whose name I didn't catch, plus authors Maggie Toussaint and Barbara Graham:
Next picture - Carole Nelson Douglas, Queen of Bling (love it!!)
Cat in an Ultramarine Scheme (Mightnight Louie Series #22)
Me with Caroline Todd (half of "Charles Todd")
The Confession (Inspector Ian Rutledge Series #14))
First picture: Donna Andrews, one of the winners of the Agatha grant (sorry, I didn't catch her name), Hank Phillippi Ryan and Katherine Hall Page
The Body in the Boudoir (Faith Fairchild Series #20)
Next are the speakers at another panel discussion I attended, "Haunting Secrets in Spooky Places: Modern Gothic Mysteries."
Left to right:
Lillian Stewart Carl
Vicky Delany
Malice Guest of Honor Jan Burke
Disturbance (Irene Kelly Series #11)
Moderator C. Ellett Logan
Alma Katsu
J. D. Shaw
The next picture is Sandra Parshall:
Becke, thanks for sharing great pics, even the not so great ones.
I love the novels of Jan Burke, was she a great speaker too and I saw many of our friends like the lovely Hank Philippi Ryan, I love her.
I actually got to meet an author yesterday too, Marie Bostwick, she writes the Cobbled Court Quilt series and she has some stand alones too.
A Single Thread (Cobbled Quilt Series #1)
A Thread of Truth (Cobbled Quilt Series #2)
A Thread So Thin (Cobbled Quilt Series #3)
Threading the Needle (Cobbled Quilt Series #4)
Ties That Bind (Cobbled Quilt Series #5)
she was a wonderful speaker.
I for one am glad you're back
This is from another panel discussion, called "The New Nick and Noras: Mixing Romance and Murder."
Left to right:
Kathleen Ernst
The Heirloom Murders (Chloe Ellefson Mystery Series #2)
Christina Freeburn
Barbara Graham
Moderator Stephanie Evans
Elizabeth J. Duncan
And our old friend KATE CARLISLE
One Book in the Grave (Bibliophile Series #5)
These are awful pictures - it was a huge room and I was pretty far back. I zoomed the camera lens, but I don't think it helped much.
The title for this event was "Another Shirt Ruined: An Interview with our First Amelia Award Honoree, Elizabeth Peters." The "interview" (more of a comic skit) featured Dorothy Cannell, Parnell Hall, Joan Hess and Daniel Stashower. And, of course, Elizabeth Peters, aka Barbara Michaels, aka Barbara Mertz.
Silhouette in Scarlet (Vicky Bliss Series #3)
She Shoots to Conquer (Ellie Haskell Series #14)
Goodbye, Ms. Chips (Ellie Haskell Series #13)
$10,000 in Small, Unmarked Puzzles
Deader Homes and Gardens (Claire Malloy Series #18)
Fricka wrote:
dulcinea3 wrote:
Well, Becke, looks like you had a great time, met a lot of old friends, and a few new ones, too! I would have loved to have seen Elizabeth Peters! Since she is the first recipient of the Amelia award, can we assume that the award is named after her awesome character Amelia Peabody? Is there a particular reason why someone would win that award? Sorry to hear about Rhys Bowen - I hope she had a speedy recovery!
Ditto, dulcinea3. It's almost overwhelming, the number of authors who were attending. Thanks to my participation on this forum, I actually recognize a lot of the names now! becke, that was so cool that you were riding on the same elevator with Charlaine Harris! Have to say, though, that person who commented on your probably liking the Barbara Michaels books best too was a bit catty. I also notice that he(or she) did not join in telling Charlaine that he/she liked her books too, but changed the subject rather craftily.
I'm like you, though-- I do like the Sookie Stackhouse books that CH writes, but I also really like her Aurora Teagarden series and the Harper Connolly one, too. BTW, I read that there's going to be a filmed version of the Harper Connolly books--think it's for a television series, but don't remember all the exact details.
As for the wonderful EP-- I've read her Amelia Peabody series of books, the Jacqueline Kirby series, and the Vicky Bliss too, and even her stand-alone mystery novels, like Devil-May-Care. I also read her non-fic books on Egypt, under her real name of Barbara Mertz. Very educational and so enjoyable to read, esp. after reading the Amelia books.
I've never read her non-fiction books - great suggestion!
Temples, Tombs, and Hieroglyphs
Temples, Tombs and Hieroglyphs
The first one is hardback, the others are paperback.
As to the number of authors at the conference, it was pretty overwhelming, especially at first. After awhile I started flat out staring at name tags rather than be discreet about it. There were several authors I saw briefly and hoped to connect with later, but never got a chance. (Like Janet Bolin and Dana Cameron, for example.) But it was still a blast!
