Name: Cognitive Dissonance of Noir in Non-traditional settings
Start: 2026-10-24T09:00:00-0600
End: 2026-10-24T09:45:00-0600

Cognitive Dissonance of Noir in Non-traditional settings

Saturday October 24, 2026 9:00am - 9:45am MDT

Glen 203

Noir isn’t limited to gritty big city streets, but are there some places just too nice for noir?

Moderators

Reed Farrel Coleman

Called a hardboiled poet by NPR's Maureen Corrigan, Reed Farrel Coleman is the NY Times bestselling author of thirty-plus novels including six Jesse Stone novels for the estate of Robert B. Parker. He is a four-time Shamus Award recipient for Best PI Novel and a four-time Edgar Award... Read More →

Speakers

Hope Thompson

Hope Thompson is a playwright, scriptwriter, and writer. Her plays have been produced in Canada and the US. and published in anthologies, including by Playwrights Canada Press. A licensed PI, Hope has written numerous true crime scripts for the podcasts Crimehub and Whereabouts Unknown—and... Read More →

Francesco Paola

Francesco was born in Turin, Italy, and raised in Italy, Thailand, and Australia before making his way to the US. In 2019 he spent two years at a cannabis startup in California where the experience led to the ideas for his debut novel, Left on Rancho. His short thriller film, Another... Read More →

Charles Salzberg

Charles Salzberg is a former magazine journalist. His articles have appeared in New York, Esquire, and The New York Times. His first novel, Swann’s Last Song was nominated for a Shamus Award, as was Second Story Man (Beverly Hills Book Award winner), and Canary in the Coal Mine... Read More →

Saturday October 24, 2026 9:00am - 9:45am MDT
Glen 203 136 8th Avenue SE Calgary, Alberta, Canada T2G 0K6

Bouchercon2026: Calgary

Reed Farrel Coleman

Hope Thompson

Francesco Paola

Charles Salzberg

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Bouchercon2026: Calgary

Reed Farrel Coleman

Hope Thompson

Francesco Paola

Charles Salzberg

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