Schedule of Events
Saturday, June 11
8:30 AM Coffee, Meetup, Book Sales
9:00 AM City Stories, Country Stories: How Place Works in Crime Fiction
A panel conversation with crime and mystery writers about how they build a sense of place into their work.
Panelists: Paul Doiron, Kate Flora, Chris Holm, and Gabriel Valjan
Moderator: Richard Cass
10:30 AM Prose to Moving Picture: Moving Between Stories on the Page and Screen
A panel conversation with writers and filmmakers about how writing for the page and screen inform each other.
Panelists: Ron Currie, Jr., Kathryn Miles, Guy Nicolucci, and more TBA.
Moderator: Jule Selbo
12:00 PM Lunch
12:45 PM 2022 Maine CrimeMaster: A Q&A with Katherine Hall Page
Katherine Hall Page will be presented with this year's CrimeMaster Award and will talk about her long and accomplished career with Barbara Ross. Gayle Lynds will introduce Katherine and Barbara.
1:45 PM Truth or Fiction?
A high-energy game of trying to find the truth and lies in a panel of writers’ stories.
Panelists: Matt Cost, Edwin Hill, Julia Spencer-Flemming, and Caitlin Wahrer
Moderator: Brenda Buchanan
2:45 PM Genre-Blending (and Bending) Mysteries
A panel of writers who have written across different genres and sub-genres compares notes.
Panelists: Steve Almond, Frankie Bailey, Kathy Lynn Emerson, and Gillian French
Moderator: James Ziskin