Jeffery Deaver
The Virginia Festival of the Book is planning another “Crime Wave” on Friday, March 23 and 24 in Charlottesville. Leading the way is “The Art of the Thrill” with Steve Berry (The Jefferson Key) and Lisa Gardner (Catch Me) who will appear together on March 23 at 8 pm in the Albemarle County Office Building.
Saturday, March 24 includes a full day of panels beginning at 10 am and featuring mystery and thriller writers at the Charlottesville Omni. With exception of the Luncheon, all panels are free with seating first come, first served.
In the middle of the panels is the annual “Crime Wave” Luncheon with Jeffery Deaver (Carte Blanche: The New James Bond Novel) who has written more than 28 mystery and thriller series and a number of stand-alone novels. This is the only event during “Crime Wave” that requires a ticket, which can be purchased at VaBook.org.
Other panels include the following.
- 10:00 am – Add Murder to My Resume: Ellen Crosby (The Sauvignon Secret), Lorna Barrett (Sentenced to Death), G.M. Malliet (Wicked Autumn), Mollie Cox Bryan (Scrapbook of Secrets), Ellery Adams (The Last Word), and Lucy Arlington (Buried in a Book).
- 10:00 am – Murder, Murder Everywhere: James Church (The Man With the Baltic Stare), Corban Addison (A Walk Across the Sun), Thomas Kaufman (Steal the Show), and Greg Lilly (Scalping the Red Rocks) write about location and character.
- 2:00 pm – High Body Count: Mary Burton (Before She Dies), Austin Camacho (The Piranha Assignment), Sandra Parshall (Under the Dog Star), and Del Staecker (Chocolate Soup).
- 2:00 pm – Thrilling Me Softly: Matthew Jones (A Single Shot), Jane Bradley (You Believers), John Milliken Thompson (The Reservoir), Gary Kessler (What the Spider Saw), and John Gilstrap (Threat Warning) describe how they create thrillers
- 4:00 pm – Masters of Crime Reveal Their Secrets: A conversation with Jeffery Deaver (Carte Blanche: The New James Bond Novel) and J.A. Jance (Left for Dead).
Lisa Gardner
Steve Berry
Ellen Crosby
G.M. Malliet