Name: As Real as it Gets: What’s Harder to Write, Fiction or True Crime?
Start: 2026-10-23T10:15:00-0600
End: 2026-10-23T11:00:00-0600

As Real as it Gets: What’s Harder to Write, Fiction or True Crime?

Friday October 23, 2026 10:15am - 11:00am MDT

Macleod D

True crime: drama, suspense, heartbreak. Flip side: grieving, angry families and story lines that refuse to conform to deadlines.

Moderators

Stephen Kimber

Award-winning author Stephen Kimber’s Mick Blackwell detective series launches October 6. Traitor’s Game, set in 1940 in Halifax, Canada, the North American city closest to the real war in Europe, is part police procedural, part historical fiction, part spy thriller … and, oh... Read More →

Speakers

Wendy Whitman

Wendy Whitman worked at Court TV and HLN's Nancy Grace show, covering almost every major high-profile murder case in America. Whitman previously worked for comedians Lily Tomlin and George Carlin. She has received three Telly Awards and two GLAAD nominations. Whitman has published... Read More →

Rick Mofina

Rick Mofina is a USA Today, Toronto Star, and Globe and Mail, bestselling author of more than 30 thrillers that have been published in nearly 30 countries. He has twice won the Crime Writers of Canada Award of Excellence. A Barry Award winner, and a multiple finalist for ITW’s Thriller... Read More →

Deborah Levison

Deborah Levison is an author and coffee fiend who ping-pongs between Connecticut and Canada. Her award-winning books include The Crate, a true crime story of a murder involving her family, A Nest of Snakes, inspired by real-life abuses in elite boarding schools, and A Novel Crime... Read More →

Aggie Blum Thompson

Friday October 23, 2026 10:15am - 11:00am MDT
Macleod D 136 8th Avenue SE Calgary, Alberta, Canada T2G 0K6

Bouchercon2026: Calgary

Stephen Kimber

Wendy Whitman

Rick Mofina

Deborah Levison

Aggie Blum Thompson

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Bouchercon2026: Calgary

Stephen Kimber

Wendy Whitman

Rick Mofina

Deborah Levison

Aggie Blum Thompson

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