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International Thrillers
Friday October 23, 2026 11:30am - 12:15pm MDT
Macleod D
Sponsored by Crooked Lane Books: Why do we need thrillers when we have the news? Because fictionalized situations help us understand different points of view.
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James Byrne

James Byrne is the pen name of Dana Haynes, who lives and writes in one of the coolest cities on Earth: Portland, Oregon. He has published 13 mysteries and thrillers, including Chain Reaction, released in 2025 and nominated for Best Series Mystery by the International Thriller Writers... Read More →
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Joe Battaglia

Joe Battaglia is a storytelling powerhouse with three decades of Olympic-fueled journalism. For over 20 years, he helped shape NBC Olympics’ coverage—from Beijing 2008 to Sochi 2014—capturing athletes’ sweat, shattered dreams, and euphoric triumphs. A veteran journalist, producer... Read More →
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Mark Greaney

Mark Greaney is the #1 NYT Bestselling Author of The Gray Man series, the 15th of which, The Hard Line, was released in February 2026. The film version of his first novel, The Gray Man, was released in July 2022 starring Ryan Gosling and Chris Evans. He is also the author or co-a... Read More →
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Libby Fischer Hellmann

Libby Fischer Hellmann left a career in broadcast news in Washington, DC and moved to Chicago a long time ago, where she, naturally, began to write gritty crime fiction. She soon began writing historical fiction as well. Eighteen novels and twenty-five short stories later, she claims... Read More →
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Jennifer Sadera

Jennifer Sadera worked at national women’s magazines Woman’s World and Redbook before writing novels. Her debut domestic suspense, I Know She Was There won the 2025 gold medal IPPY Award for Best Suspense/Thriller and 2025 Judges’ Top Pick in Killer Nashville’s Silver Falchion... Read More →
Friday October 23, 2026 11:30am - 12:15pm MDT
Macleod D 136 8th Avenue SE Calgary, Alberta, Canada T2G 0K6

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