Schedule of Events

Friday, June 9

5:00 PM Appetizers, Cash Bar & Book Sales

5:45 PM 2023 Maine CrimeMaster: A Q&A with Carla Neggers

Carla Neggers will be presented with this year's CrimeMaster Award and will talk about her long and accomplished career with Julia Spencer-Fleming.

7:00 PM Two Minutes in the Slammer

An amazing collection of Maine crime writers will share two minute pieces from recent work. The winner and runner(s)-up for the CrimeFlash Fiction contest will also share their work. Robert Kelley will MC.

Saturday, June 10

8:30 AM Coffee, Meetup, Book Sales

9:00 AM HISTORY’s Echoes: Crime fiction and Nonfiction Rooted in Real Life

A panel conversation with crime and mystery writers about how they write about and are inspired by events that actually happened, whether in fiction or nonfiction.

Panelists: Cheryl Head, Jim Ziskin, Carolyn Wilkins, and Kathryn Miles
Moderator: Jessica Ellicott

10:30 AM Plot Across Genre

A panel conversation with crime and mystery writers about how they think about plot working in their different genres and sub-genres.

Panelists: Gillian French, Gayle Lynds, Chris Holm, and Julia Spencer-Fleming
Moderator: Jule Selbo

12:00 PM Lunch

12:30 PM A Special Award Presentation & Q&A TBA

1:30 PM Love & Death: Writing Romantic Suspense

A panel conversation with mystery and romance writers about the joys and sorrows of trying to write about their characters loves and losses.

Panelists: Carla Neggers, Susan Vaughan, Susan Stoker, and Paul Doiron
Moderator: Matt Cost

2:45 PM Why That Series?

A panel of writers who have written across different genres and sub-genres compares notes.

Panelists: Nicole Asselin, Kathryn Lasky, Katherine Hall Page, and Dick Cass
Moderator: Barbara Ross

3:45 PM Book Sales & Signing

4:00 PM What I Hate About Writing

A mega-panel and freewheeling conversation with the audience about the sorrows, difficulties, and joys of writing.

Panelists: Carla Neggers, Kathy Lynn Emerson, and many more
Moderator: Brenda Buchanan