Interested
in bloodstain pattern analysis, forensic science, how to craft the
perfect crime – or just like to hang out with fascinating storytellers? Then follow the clues to the 4th Annual Mystery Fest Key West, set for June 16-18, 2017 at the DoubleTree Resort by Hilton Grand Key.
During
a weekend of panels, presentations and social events, Fest guests will
learn first-hand how to craft tales of crime, murder and mystery from a
stellar line-up of mystery and suspense luminaries and true-crime
experts and even have the opportunity to pitch their own stories to
several high-profile publishing experts.
Event
headliners for 2017 are John Hemingway, grandson of Ernest and author
of ‘Strange Tribe,’ Keynote Speaker Clifford Irving, investigative
reporter and author of more than 20 novels, including a faux Howard
Hughes “autobiography” for which he served prison time, and Mystery
Writers of America Florida Chapter past-President Randy Rawls.
Featured
presenters include New York Times bestselling author Lisa Black,
award-winning crime and science fiction writer James O. Born,
award-winning ‘cozy’ mystery writer Nancy J. Cohen and New York Times
and USA Today bestselling author Heather Graham, each of whom will also
moderate and appear on panels with mystery/suspense authors David
Beckwith, Robert Coburn, Bill Craig, John Cunningham, Mike Dennis, Lewis
C. Haskell, Susan Haskell and Nora-Jean Perkin, Renee Kumor, Meg
Muldoon, Siera London, Rick Ollerman, Reef Perkins, Ken Rijock, Shirrel
Rhoades, Marjory Sorrel Rockwell, Paul Sinor and Charles Todd.
“In
its first three years our Mystery Fest Key West developed a reputation
not only for the caliber of authors that attend and participate, but the
wide range of mystery genres they represent,” said Shirrel Rhoades,
co-founder of the Fest. “It’s an intimate environment where authors and
fans get to mix and mingle while exploring the craft in a tropical
island paradise.”
Event
highlights include a reception and dinner at the Hemingway Home and
Museum, presentation of the 2017 Whodunit Mystery Writing Competition
and Award, a ghost tour hosted by Heather Graham, a panel on ‘How to
Commit a Perfect Murder,’ author book signings, a ‘mysterious’ special
event at the Custom House Museum, a Bloody Mary Morning breakfast at Key
West’s historic Schooner Wharf Bar and several
back-to-back true-crime workshops led by Florida Keys Law Enforcement
Officers who will present a bird’s eye view of how detectives and CSI
investigators collect and work with evidence in real life.
Registration is just $195 and includes all panels, presentations, social events and four meals. Those who register at mysteryfestkeywest.com by June 1 will also automatically be entered in a drawing to win a walk-on role in bestselling author Meg Muldoon’s next book.
The
2017 Mystery Fest Key West is sponsored by the Monroe County Tourist
Development Council, the Key West Citizen daily newspaper, Mystery
Writers of America – Florida Chapter the Florida Keys Council of the
Arts and supported by the Marion Stevens Fund at the Community Foundation of the Florida Keys and the Helmerich Trust. Event registration is $195 and includes all panels, presentations and four meals. For more information, visit mysteryfestkeywest.com.
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