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The Past is Another Country: Balancing Research and Reader Engagement
Thursday October 22, 2026 3:00pm - 3:45pm MDT
Macleod D
What is a good balance between historical accuracy and story telling?
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Guy Mace

Guy Mace is a debut author recently signed by Emily Bestler Books. He's a mechanical engineer and venture capitalist that travels extensively around the world, collaborating with people of various cultures, languages, and backgrounds. His passions include history, adventure, and all... Read More →
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avatar for Susanna Calkins

Susanna Calkins

Susanna Calkins, a historian and educator, writes the award-winning Lucy Campion historical mysteries set in 17th century London and the Speakeasy Murders set in 1920s Chicago. Her fiction has been nominated for the Mary Higgins Clark Award, as well as the Agatha, Anthony, and the... Read More →
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Eleanor Kuhns

Eleanor Kuhns is the author of the 2011 Minotaur/Mystery/Writers of America first mystery prize for A Simple Murder. Since then she has written eleven more Will Rees mysteries, with the newest title The Long Shadow of Murder. She has also written the Bronze Age Crete Mystery series... Read More →
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Paddy Hirsch

Paddy writes thrillers and mysteries, including the Lawless New York series, set in early 1800s New York. His latest novel is Primed, a transatlantic revenge thriller set in Belfast and Los Angeles. When he’s not writing about financially-motivated murders, Paddy works as a Murrow... Read More →
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Ann Parker

Ann Parker writes the award-winning Silver Rush historical mystery series set in the 1880s American West and short stories set where and when her fancy takes her (lately those have been historical-mystery-fantasy mashups about a detective who "walks through time" to solve crime of... Read More →
Thursday October 22, 2026 3:00pm - 3:45pm MDT
Macleod D 136 8th Avenue SE Calgary, Alberta, Canada T2G 0K6

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