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In A Previous Life: Careers that Morphed into Fiction
Wednesday October 21, 2026 1:45pm - 2:30pm MDT
Macleod D
A career provides much material for writing books. Sometimes, the transition from doer to writer doesn’t go as expected.
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Melissa Yi

Scalpel by day, keyboard by night: Dr. Melissa Yi writes thrillers about Hope Sze, a physician who solves murders and, in her Seven Deadly Sins series, speak to ghosts. Melissa’s doggy detective story, My Two-Legs, won the Derringer Award and was shortlisted for the Macavity Award... Read More →
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avatar for Debra H. Goldstein

Debra H. Goldstein

Judge Debra H. Goldstein is the award-winning author of With Our Bellies Full and the Fire Dying, a collection of her short stories, Kensington’s Sarah Blair mystery series, and standalones Maze in Blue and Should Have Played Poker. She is Vice-President of Sisters in Crime Worldwide... Read More →
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Alex Dekker

Alex Dekker served as an elite member of the U.S. Army Special Forces “Green Berets” for 20 years. He has deployed multiple times to Iraq, Afghanistan, and other locations worldwide, traveled to dozens of countries for work and personal adventures, and is an avid student of history... Read More →
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Malcolm Kempt

Malcolm Kempt is a Canadian novelist who worked as a criminal lawyer in the Arctic for 17 years. His debut thriller, A Gift Before Dying (Crown, 2026) was positively reviewed in the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, Publishers Weekly and Kirkus Reviews. Booklist called it 'the... Read More →
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Michael Rigg

Anthony and Agatha-nominated author Michael Rigg, an attorney for more than four decades, writes mysteries and thrillers set in two very different locations: Virginia Beach (where he lives) and New Orleans (which he visits as often as possible “for research,” including membership... Read More →
Wednesday October 21, 2026 1:45pm - 2:30pm MDT
Macleod D 136 8th Avenue SE Calgary, Alberta, Canada T2G 0K6

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