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Friday October 23, 2026 1:45pm - 2:30pm MDT
Glen 208
What are the advantages and disadvantages of writing a place you know well versus a place you don’t?
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Nick Wilkshire

Nick Wilkshire is a lawyer and the author of seven novels, including a mystery series set in Havana, Moscow, and Tokyo and The Hunt (Fall 2025), a thriller set in the Yukon. Drawing on his experience of places where he has lived and explored, his fiction combines atmospheric settings... Read More →
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Alex Finlay

Alex Finlay is the bestselling author of several acclaimed novels, including the 2026 instant national bestseller, The Anniversary. His work has been translated into twenty-eight languages and sold around the world. Alex’s books have been optioned or in development for film and... Read More →
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Connie Johnson Hambley

Connie Johnson Hambley‘s short stories appear in the Anthony Award-winning Mystery Writers of America’s anthology Crime Hits Home as well as Mystery Magazine and several Best New England Crime Stories. Her journalism credits include Bloomberg Business Week, Financial Advisor... Read More →
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Caroline Cleveland

A native South Carolinian, Caroline Cleveland grew up in the small town of Walterboro and credits her love of reading to that quieter way of life. Her love of the written word led her to law school and then to private practice in Charleston. Her debut, When Cicadas Cry was published... Read More →
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Catherine McKenzie/Mack

USA Today and Globe & Mail bestselling author of Every Time I Go On Vacation, Someone Dies.
Friday October 23, 2026 1:45pm - 2:30pm MDT
Glen 208 136 8th Avenue SE Calgary, Alberta, Canada T2G 0K6

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