Virginia Festival of the Book

Once again this year, I'll be participating in the Virginia Festival of the Book, one of the country's best-run and most entertaining literary festivals. I attended last year for the first time and really enjoyed myself. The Festival is interesting, it's eclectic and it's free! You can't beat that.

I'm moderating two panels this year, both on Saturday, March 24th:

10:00am - Murder in the Mid-Atlantic

Mystery writers Raymond Austin (Your Turn to Die), John Billheimer (Stonewall Jackson's Elbow), Ellen Crosby (The Merlot Murders), John Lamb (The Mournful Teddy), and Vicki Lane (Art's Blood) discuss their fiction set in this region.

4:00pm - Sex, Lies, and Violence

With mystery and thriller writers Barry Eisler (The Last Assassin), Matthew F. Jones (Boot Tracks), Lisa Unger (Twice), M.J. Rose (The Venus Fix), and Robert Walker (City for Ransom).

They both look like they should be interesting panels, so I'm looking forward to them. The second panel, in particular, looks good...'cause, you know, we'll have the chance to talk dirty.

Among the other crime authors in attendance will be Lee Child, Tess Gerritsen, Laura Lippman, George Pelecanos, John Hart, Bob Morris, David Simon and many more. If that doesn't get you excited, you must not like crime fiction.

If any of you are going to be in Charlottesville, or live anywhere near there, it's definitely worth a trip. Please stop by and say hello.