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Authors & Other
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Murder In The
Grove 2008 is proud to present as our Guest of Honor
and recipient of Idaho's Bloody Pen Award
for her significant
contributions to the field of mystery fiction,
author of the J.P. Beaumont and Joanna Brady series,
as well as stand-alone thrillers, the very popular...
J. A. JANCE
The conference is for both mystery fans and writers of mystery, thriller, and romantic suspense fiction.
Activities include:
author panels
writing
workshops
forensic and criminology workshops
one-on-one
appointments with evaluation of your manuscript by
top agents
Thursday
night just-for-fun walking
tour/orientation of downtown Boise
Friday night book, reading
and dessert party with all speakers at Barnes & Noble bookstore
"Boise Tour bus" (aka "fun bus") ride
to Barnes & Noble offered for all authors and attendees
Saturday luncheon and
award ceremony
Lunchtime
address by Guest of Honor, J.A. Jance
Announcement of Murder
In The Grove Mystery Writing Contest award winner
Saturday evening
reception
Plus, as
part of our Writer's Package we offer a Friday
full-day "master class"
writers' workshop
- this year's topic will be on
Writing
the Thriller
and will be
taught by one of the leading thriller writers
in the country, NY Times bestselling author
David
Morrell
Mr.
Morrell will also be presenting a talk, free to the public, called
“Book to Movie Night with David Morrell: The Making of Rambo”
based on his experiences working with Hollywood. It will be held
Thursday, June 5, 7:30 p.m., at Hotel 43, 981 Grove Street, Boise.
The conference will be held at the Boise Centre
on the Grove, 850 Front Street, Boise, Idaho. See
Downtown Map for location. Conference participants are invited to
stay at the Hotel 43, which is adjacent to the Centre in downtown
Boise. Click here for hotel and Centre on the
Grove information.
PRICING:
The cost of $115 includes all
Saturday conference workshops and panels,
luncheon, and evening reception.
NEW IN 2008:
we are offering a "Writer's Package" for $215 which
includes:
1. ALL regular Murder in the
Grove conference events,
2. PLUS an all-day Friday writer's master class,
3. PLUS a one-on-one agent appointment.
PLEASE NOTE, the agent appointments are given,
by request, on
a first-registered, first-served basis until all appointments have been
filled. People signing up late for the Writer's Package might NOT
receive an individual appointment if none remain.
Members of Partners in Crime Boise and
other sponsors receive a discount of $10 off the above prices.
CONTEST FOR MYSTERY WRITERS:
The
Popular Fiction Association of Idaho, Inc. is sponsoring a
contest
for writers of mystery, suspense, thriller and romantic suspense fiction. You must be
unpublished in novel length fiction to enter. Complete rules, deadlines, and prizes can be
found at Contest.
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Need more information?
For more information on
registration, manuscript submission, appointments, hotel reservations and speaker proposal
submissions, e-mail
us
by clicking here.
Also, visit
Murder in the Grove at My Space
for comments, blogs, and information from committee members and
attendees. Guest bloggers are discussing topics
related to writing crime fiction, reading
crime fiction, researching crime fiction, publicizing crime fiction, and
the publishing industry.
Go to:
http://myspace.com/murderinthegrove
Note to Authors and Others Interested in Participating in
Workshops and Panels:
We offer
compensation for participants. See
Invitation
to Speak for details.
To relive the 2007 conference in photos...
here's the
MURDER IN THE GROVE 2007 PHOTO ALBUM
plus,
here's the
MURDER IN THE GROVE 2006 PHOTO ALBUM
and,
here's
the MURDER IN THE GROVE 2005 PHOTO ALBUM
Murder In The Grove is
sponsored by Partners in Crime Boise, a chapter of the national
organization Sisters in Crime, and by Coeur du Bois, a chapter of the
national organization Romance Writers of America
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