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Crime Writing with a Social Conscience
Friday October 23, 2026 11:30am - 12:15pm MDT
Glen 206
Tough times produce tough stories. That doesn’t mean stories which are hard to read don’t keep us enthralled.
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James L'Etoile

James L'Etoile uses twenty-nine years behind bars to influence his award-winning crime fiction. He is a former associate warden in a maximum-security prison, a hostage negotiator, and director of California’s parole system. His novels have been shortlisted or awarded the Lefty... Read More →
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James Queally

James Queally is a veteran criminal justice reporter at the Los Angeles Times and arbiter of fact from nonsense. He is the author of the Russell Avery novels from Counterpoint Press, which follows the ex-journalist turned P.I. as he digs into police killings, wrongful convictions... Read More →
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Sara Paretsky

Sara Paretsky revolutionized the mystery world in 1982 when she introduced her Chicago detective, V.I. Warshawski, in Indemnity Only. Twenty-one V.I. novels followed, along with two non-series novels and two non-fictions. In 1986 she created Sisters in Crime, now a worldwide organization... Read More →
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Robin Yocum

Robin Yocum is known for his fiction set in the Ohio Valley. He’s the author of 7 novels and 2 true crime books. His latest novel, The Last Hitman, was released in 2025 by Crooked Lane Books. Favorite Sons was the 2011 USA Book News Book of the Year for Mystery/Suspense. A Brilliant... Read More →
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Raquel V. Reyes

Raquel V. Reyes is the first Latina to be traditionally published in the cozy mystery genre. Mango, Mambo, and Murder won a LEFTY for Best Humorous Mystery & is being adapted for the screen as Miami Spice. Her novels have been nominated for Agatha and Anthony Awards. Her short stories... Read More →
Friday October 23, 2026 11:30am - 12:15pm MDT
Glen 206

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