Sisters in Crime Rock the Barnes and Noble

We had quite a great day at the Barnes and Noble UCONN bookstore in Hartford, CT. It was an Author Fest for members of Sisters in Crime, a group of mystery authors meeting the store browsers and selling and signing their books.

Store manager Laurie Bompart and crew made us feel welcome and did a ton of publicity to ensure a successful day.

Ursula Wong by just one of our notices

A new fan for my Zack Taylor series buying his first book of the series- he also bought from at least four other authors!

Some authors had friends drop by. Here's Connie Johnson Hambley with a fan.

We had a spacious area to set up and display our books.

The authors sat in pairs at table displays on both levels.

Here's Marian Lanouette and Ursula Wong

Coralie Jensen and Lisa Lieberman

Katy Lee and Kathy Orzech

 Mark Dressler and Sharon Healy-Yang

Peggy Gaffney and Nikki Wollfolk

Robin Ray and Maureen Boyle

Steve Liskow and Sarah Osborne

Each author got to go to the podium and talk about themselves or their work. Some read excerpts from their books. 

Here's Connie Johnson Hambley

To see an interview with Connie, click here

Ursula Wong

 To see an interview with Ursula, click here

 Coralie Jensen

 Jane Haertel/Sadie Hartwell

 Kathy Orzech

 Katy Lee

Lisa Lieberman

Marian Lanouette

 To see an interview with Marian, click here

 

 Mark Dressler

Maureen Boyle

Nikki Woolfolk

Peggy Gaffney

 Penny Goetjen

Robin Ray

 Sarah Osborne

 Sharon Healy-Yang

Kari Lemor

Sisters in Crime Presents Geoff Symon Forensics Talk

Thanks to our local chapter of the Sisters in Crime, we had a great seminar of Forensics for Fiction by expert Geoff Symon. For more than 20 years as a federal law enforcement special agent, Geoff Symon has been using his expertise and experience to put away the bad guys. Now he's begun lecturing and consulting with authors in genre fiction communities to help bring verisimilitude and meaningful detail to the depiction of crime and investigation.
What a great class it was. Those who write mysteries and crime should know the details of crime scenes and forensic evidence.
If you couldn't make the class, you can still get Geoff's books on various subjects.

Here's Edith Maxwell, local SinC chapter President and Lisa Haselton. 

They put this event together and made it a great day!

To see an interview with Edith, click here

Here are books published by local Sisters in Crime members in the last year. 

Note the awesome cover for A Sharp Medicine, Top center on the left.

Thanks to Hans Copek, who puts these posters together.

Many good writers in attendance.

Here's Connie Johnson Hambley, being helpful

To see an interview with Connie, click here

And Arlene Kay, foreground

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And debut author Joanna Schaffhausen

To see an interview with Joanna, click here

 

We had a full room of interested authors and guests

Geoff is an active, polished, and engaged speaker who likes to move around

While we got to sit and ask thousands of questions.

Then Geoff got to meet his new fans.

Here's Ursula Wong

To see an interview with Ursula, click here

 

With Marian Lanouette

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And with Connie

Then others got in on the act, getting books signed and continuing to ask questions