“LOCKED AND LOADED: Set Your Sights on Writing Success”
August 14
5:00-10:00 pm
Gala Cocktail Reception
(*must be 21 to attend)
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August 15
8:00 am – 5:00 pm
Conference
(registration opens at 7:30 am)
KEYNOTE SPEAKER
INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLING AUTHOR:
SARA PARETSKY
REGISTER FOR WRITENOW! 2015
AWARD-WINNING AUTHORS:
HILARY DAVIDSON |
SIMON WOOD |
MICHAEL KORYTA |
JENNY MILCHMAN |
ACQUIRING EDITOR FOR MIDNIGHT INK
TERRI BISCHOFF |
SCREENWRITING TRACK
CHRISTINA COX |
DEBORAH J LEDFORD |
PROFESSIONAL CONTENT EDITOR
CAROL TEST |
SPEAKER BIOS:
SPECIAL APPEARANCE BY: award winning author JENNY MILCHMAN and NY Times bestselling author MICHAEL KORYTA.
Jenny is the author of Cover of Snow, which won the Mary Higgins Clark Award. Her novel, As Night Falls, was released in June. Michael is the New York Times bestselling author of 11 suspense novels. His recent thriller Those Who Wish Me Dead was named the summer’s best thriller by Amazon.
SIMON WOOD
is a California transplant from England. He’s a former racecar driver, a
pilot, an endurance cyclist and an occasional PI. He shares his world
with his American wife, Julie, and way too many pets and livestock. He’s
the Anthony Award winning author of over a dozen books. His titles
include Accidents Waiting to Happen, Paying the Piper, Terminated,
the Aidy Westlake series. His latest thriller is THE ONE THAT GOT AWAY.
He also writes horror under the pseudonym of Simon Janus. SimonWood.net
HILARY DAVIDSON has
won the Anthony Award, the Derringer Award, the Crimespree Award, and
two Ellery Queen Reader’s Choice Awards. Her life of crime started in
2007, when she published her first short story in Thuglit.
Toronto-born and NYC-based, Hilary uses her background as a travel
journalist in her Lily Moore mystery series, setting stories in places
such as Peru and Mexico. Her latest book is the hardboiled BLOOD ALWAYS
TELLS, her first non-series novel. She is also the author of 18
nonfiction books. HilaryDavidson.com
TERRI BISCHOFF
joined Midnight Ink as Acquiring Editor in October 2009. She leads all
editorial directions and creates the seasonal lists. She has
dramatically increased the number of titles per season, publishing 36
titles per year, as well as expanded the type of multiple Award-Winning
and Award-Nominated crime fiction Midnight Ink has published. MidnightInkBooks.com
Screenwriter and Producer, CHRISTINA COX, is best known as the star of Blood Ties for Lifetime, and Defying Gravity for ABC. Internationally recognized for her guest-starring roles on Arrow, Dexter, NCIS, 24, NCIS: LA, 24, and numerous other appearances, Christina also appears in The Chronicles of Riddick and Better Than Chocolate.
As Lead Producer for Roving Spoke Productions and Fancypants Pictures,
she is currently involved in developing feature films for her original
screenplays.
Screenwriter and Producer, DEBORAH J LEDFORD, is the award-winning author of the Inola Walela/Steven Hawk suspense series, including: CAUSING CHAOS, STACCATO, and the Hillerman Sky Award Finalist and NM-AZ Book Awards Finalist, SNARE. Book three of her series, CRESCENDO,
is the Anthony Award Nominee for Best Audiobook. Narrated by Christina
Cox, the recording is presented by Deborah’s production company, IOF
Productions Ltd. She is also a Lead Producer for Fancypants Pictures. DeborahJLedford.com
*Professional Content Editor, CAROL TEST, is an award-winning short story writer and former editor-in-chief of Sonora Review.
She earned her MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Arizona
and taught fiction workshops at the college level for a decade. She
currently empowers authors to get works-in-progress publication-ready. WritingCycle.com
YOUTH PROGRAM – SinC Desert Sleuths is implementing a Youth Program designed to encourage and develop tomorrow’s top writers and devoted readers. Those participating in the Youth Program will attend the conference, Saturday, August 15th at a discounted price. Youth program attendees
must be 14 to 20 years of age and provide verification of student
status. [Youth Program does not include attendance at August 14th
cocktail reception.]
The event will be held at the iconic Hotel Valley Ho ~ 6850 E Main St, Scottsdale, AZ
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