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Sustaining a Detective Character Across a Series
Saturday October 24, 2026 1:30pm - 2:15pm MDT
Macleod D
How long can one human being keep going? How are they a different person at the close of their careers?
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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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avatar for James W. Ziskin

James W. Ziskin

Anthony, Barry, and Macavity award-winner James W. Ziskin is the author of the Ellie Stone Mysteries. His books and short stories have also been finalists for the Edgar, Agatha, Lefty, and Sue Grafton Memorial awards. His latest novel is The Prank (July 2026). A picture clipped from... Read More →
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Kathy Reichs

Kathy Reichs is actually Dr. Kathy Reichs, one of only eighty-two forensic anthropologists ever certified by the American Board of Forensic Anthropology. For years she consulted to the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner in North Carolina, and she continues to do so for the Laboratoire... Read More →
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Robert Rotenberg

Robert Rotenberg is the author of eight bestselling novels. His books have been published in more than nine languages. He is also a full-time criminal lawyer in Toronto, as well as a screenwriting and writing teacher. (He loves to teach). Known as "Canada’s John Grisham,” some... Read More →
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James Benn

James R. Benn is the author of the Billy Boyle WWII mystery series and five stand-alone works. He worked in the library field for thirty years before leaving to write full-time. The Billy Boyle series is published by Soho Press. The New York Times called it “spirited wartime storytelling... Read More →
Saturday October 24, 2026 1:30pm - 2:15pm MDT
Macleod D 136 8th Avenue SE Calgary, Alberta, Canada T2G 0K6

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