Name: First Contact
Start: 2026-10-24T14:45:00-0600
End: 2026-10-24T15:30:00-0600

First Contact

Saturday October 24, 2026 2:45pm - 3:30pm MDT

Macleod D

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Ryan Aldred

Ryan Aldred is the author of the Bar on a Beach mystery series and The Extractor thriller series. His debut novel Rum Luck was shortlisted for two Arthur Ellis awards and a Bony Blithe. He also writes interactive fiction including video games and tabletop adventures. Ryan previously... Read More →

Speakers

Kathleen Barber

Kathleen Barber is the author of Truth be Told, which was adapted by Reese Witherspoon's Hello Sunshine into a series that ran for three seasons on AppleTV+, Sisterhood Above All(in collaboration with TikTok influencer with Amayah Shaienne), Follow Me, and Both Things are True. A... Read More →

Bonnie Kistler

Bonnie Kistler is the Edgar Award-nominated author of Shell Games and several other psychological suspense thrillers. Her novels have been optioned for film and streaming TV adaptations and have been translated into a dozen foreign languages. A former Philadelphia trial lawyer, she... Read More →

Hart Hanson

Hart Hanson is best known for creating the television series Bones (based on books by Kathy Reichs) which ran for 12 seasons, the longest-running scripted hour-long series in Fox history. Hart started writing in his native Canada for CBC television shows The Beachcombers, North ... Read More →

Saturday October 24, 2026 2:45pm - 3:30pm MDT
Macleod D 136 8th Avenue SE Calgary, Alberta, Canada T2G 0K6

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Ryan Aldred

Kathleen Barber

Bonnie Kistler

Hart Hanson

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Bouchercon2026: Calgary

Ryan Aldred

Kathleen Barber

Bonnie Kistler

Hart Hanson

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