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The Spark that Lights the Fire
Thursday October 22, 2026 9:00am - 9:45am MDT
Glen 201
Celebrate that ah-ha moment when historical research solves character or plot problems that seemed unsolvable.
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Katherine Glover

Katherine Glover spent her childhood flying between St. Paul and Santa Barbara, and now lives in Hollywood. She's an award-winning playwright and journalist who's hard at work on her second novel, a post-apocalyptic queer political fantasy/amateur sleuth locked room whodunnit. She... Read More →
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Abir Mukherjee

Abir Mukherjee is the Times bestselling author of the Wyndham & Banerjee series of crime novels set in colonial-era India. His books have been translated into fifteen languages and won various awards including the CWA Dagger for best Historical Novel, the Prix du Polar Européen... Read More →
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Kevin Sands

Since escaping from university with a pair of degrees in theoretical physics, Kevin Sands has worked as a researcher, a business consultant, a teacher, and a professional poker player. He lives in Ontario, Canada. He is the author of the bestselling The Blackthorn Key and Thieves... Read More →
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William Kent Krueger

William Kent Krueger is the author of twenty-two novels in the New York Times bestselling Cork O’Connor mystery series. His 2013 stand-alone novel Ordinary Grace won the Edgar Award for Best Novel. This Tender Land, a stand-alone novel published in 2019, spent six months among the... Read More →
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Charles Todd

Charles Todd is the NTY Best Sellin author of the Inspector Ian Rutledge Series and the Bess Crawford series. Coming soon, A Christmas Witness Novella 10-21-25 and A Day of Judgement 3-10-26 followed by a Bess Crawford Mystery. He has published over forty books and twenty short-stories... Read More →
Thursday October 22, 2026 9:00am - 9:45am MDT
Glen 201

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