PSA: ITW's Brunch & Bullets

The following is a public service announcement.

International Thriller Writers (ITW) presents Brunch & Bullets on May 5th in Greenwich CT at 11AM.

Where readers (young and not so young) break bread with thriller writers and live to tell the tale!

On May 5th, International Thriller Writers is honoring ITW's own R.L. Stine with a Silver Bullet Award for the amazing contribution he has made to fostering the love of reading in tens of millions of young people over the course of his wondrous career.

Special kids' meals will be available and, more importantly, so will R.L. Stine himself!

Authors in attendance for the adults in the group, will be Michael Palmer, Doug Preston, Joseph Finder, Stephen Coonts, Lincoln Child, F. Paul Wilson, Jim Fusilli, Wendi Corsi Staub, Peter Spiegelman, Peter Blauner, Chris Grabenstein, Jon Land, Carla Negers, Lawrence Light, M.J. Rose and Linda Fairstein (tentative).

Where: The Hyatt Regency Greenwich in Greenwich, Connecticut.
When: May 5th @ 11:00am - 2:30pm.
Why: To entertain and help raise money for Reading is Fundamental. 25% of the event's net proceeds will be donated to local chapters of Reading Is Fundamental.
Plus: The registration fee includes a $25 voucher good at the book signing that will close the event at 2:30.

Register here:
http://www.regonline.com/Checkin.asp?EventId=116819

PSA: Killer Year 2008

The following is a public service announcement.

If you are thriller/mystery/suspense writer whose debut novel is being published in 2008, go to http://2008.killeryear.com to learn more about Killer Year 2008.

Killer Year began in 2007 as a group of debut thriller/suspense authors who banded together to help promote each other. In the end thirteen authors were involved. Efforts that they used in promotion included the Killer Year blog, Killer Year website, a chap book mailed to several hundred independent booksellers, organizing Killer Year panels at various conferences and bookseller events, and producing a Killer Year anthology which will be published by St. Martin's in 2008.

For their hard work, they've received major press coverage, radio interviews and feature articles as well as the sponsorship of ITW.

So get ready, because 2008 is gonna be another Killer Year.

For more details go to http://2008.killeryear.com.

Application deadline is June 15, 2007.

About

David J. Montgomery writes about authors and books for several of the country's largest newspapers, including the Chicago Sun-Times, Washington Post, Philadelphia Inquirer and Boston Globe.

In the past, he has contributed to such publications as USA Today, the South Florida Sun-Sentinel, Kansas City Star, Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel and National Review Online.

He lives in the Washington, DC suburbs with his wife and daughter.

Email David J. Montgomery

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