2003 SCHEDULED AUTHOR EVENTS

March 22

Once Upon a Crime bookstore. Local crime writers event, noon-5:00 p.m.  A half block east of  26th  Street and Lyndale Avenue, Minneapolis, MN

April 9

Friends of American Writers Awards ceremony to receive 2nd Place Prize for The Dead Survivors as the best adult novel by an American writer from, or writing about, the Midwest.  Union Club, Chicago, Ill (Reserved Event)

April 30  6:30 pm

Once Upon a Crime, Publication Party, Minneapolis, MN

26th Street just east of Lyndale

May 3

Minnesota Library Association annual retreat (private event at the MN Landscape Arboretum)

May 6  6:00-8:30 pm Uncle Edgar's, 2864 Chicago Avenue, Minneapolis, MN
May 10  2:00 pm M is for Mystery, San Mateo, CA
May 12  6:30 pm Mystery Lovers Bookshop, Oakmont, PA (check their website www.mysterylovers.com for details)
May 13 Store signings in New York City
May 16  7:00 pm Mystery One, 2109 N. Prospect Avenue, Milwaukee, WI
May 17  1:00 pm Booked for Murder, 2701 University Avenue, Madison, WI
May 19  6:00-7:30 pm

Matt's Bar, 35th and Cedar, Minneapolis, MN

(Check with the Paperback Exchange, 50th and Penn, Minneapolis, MN for stock signed at Matt's.)

May 29- June 1

Mayhem in the Midlands.  Mystery writers and readers conference, Omaha, Nebraska.  Registration required: www.omahapubliclibrary.org/mayhem/

June 2  6:00 pm

Barnes & Noble, 2201 Preston Rd, Plano, TX   6:00 pm sign, 7:00 pm Book Club Discussion

June 6  6:00 pm

Murder by the Book, 2348 Bissonet, Houston, TX

June 9  7:00 pm

Barnes & Noble,  12635 WIH 10, Ste. 545, San Antonio, TX
June 12  7:00 pm Barnes & Noble, 4909 West Waco Drive, Waco, TX  7:00 Mystery Book Club Discussion
June 14  1:00-2:30 pm Ridgedale Mall Center Court, Hwys 394 & 61, Minnetonka, MN   Local writer event sponsored by Waldenbooks

June 19   6:00 pm

Mysterious Galaxy  7051 Clairmont Mesa Blvd, San Diego, CA

June 21  Noon Mysteries to Die For, 2940 Thousand Oaks Blvd, Thousand Oaks, CA
June 21  3:00 pm The Mystery Bookstore, 1036 Broxton Avenue, Los Angeles, CA
June 24  4:30 pm Clues Unlimited, 123 South Eastbourne Drive, Tucson, AZ (and featuring Sophie the Perfect Pig)

June 25   7:00 pm

Poisoned Pen, 4014 N. Goldwater, Scottsdale, AZ

June 28  11:00-1:00 pm B. Dalton, 1309 9th Avenue SE, Watertown, SD
July 12  1:00-2:00 pm Northern Lights, 307 Canal Park Drive, Duluth, MN
September 16  7:00 pm Penn-Lake Library, 88th & Penn Ave. S., Bloomington, MN
September 23  7:00 pm Excelsior Library, 343 3rd Street, Excelsior, MN
September 27  10:30 am St. Olaf Homecoming, Northfield, MN, with authors Erin Hart and P.J. Tracey (check www.stolaf.com for details)
October 3-5 South Dakota Book Festival, Deadwood, SD

October 11-12

Fall Mystery Tea Retreat sponsored by Bookin’ It Bookstore, Little Falls, MN and the Linden Hill retreat center (www.lindenhill.com ) . (Reserved Event)

October 13  7:00-9:00 pm Edina Library, 5280 Grandview, Edina, MN

October 16-19

Bouchercon Mystery Conference, Las Vegas, Nevada, open to writers and fans.  Registration required.

October 30  5:30 pm St. Joseph's Hospital Benefit.  Dinner with Authors KJ Erickson and Erin Hart.  St. Joseph's Hospital Auditorium, 69 W. Exchange St., St. Paul, MN