2011 Crime Bake Schedule
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 2011

*** We have six master classes this year. Three from 3:30-4:15 PM, three from 4:30-5:45 PM.
*** Master Classes - Require pre-registration, fee (3 tracks)
PAGES BEING UPDATED OFTEN (The schedule is a work in progress and subject to change.)

2:00 -   Check In
3:00 - 4:15  
MASTER CLASS 1

*(Additional fee; limited to 40 participants)

Crafting a Thriller from Alpha to Omega

with Michael Palmer
MASTER CLASS 2

*(Additional fee; limited to 40 participants)

Keep It Short: Why Short Stories Still Have a Future – And How to Write Them

with Michael Cooper (Wiecek)

Master Class 3

*(Additional fee; limited to 40 participants)

Writing the traditional mystery

with Kate Flora

4:30 - 5:45  
MASTER CLASS 4
*(Additional fee; limited to 40 participants)

The Creative Brain Workshop

with Shelley Carson

MASTER CLASS 5
*(Additional fee; limited to 40 participants)

Character Buildling

with Gerry Boyle

MASTER CLASS 6
*(Additional fee; limited to 40 participants)

Point of View: What’s Best for You?

with Gary Braver
3:00 - 6:00   Meet and Greet Receptions sponsored by New England Chapters of MWA and SinC in the Canton Room.
- Both are open to all
6:30 - 7:30 PM   Pizza Welcome Party - open to all
WELCOMING REMARKS: Sheila Connolly and Margaret McLean
7:30 - 8:50  

Seminar I
(No extra fee - Open to all registrants)

Social media, and how it is reshaping the book business
Three perspectives:
Dorie Clark, independent publicist
Shawn Nicholls, director of digital marketing for HarperCollins
Mary Alice Gorman and Richard Goldman, owners of Mystery Lovers Bookshop in Oakmont, PA, and organizers of the Festival of Mystery
MODERATOR: Hank Phillippi Ryan

Seminar II

(No extra fee - Open to all registrants
Pre-registration needed)

Practice your manuscript pitch

with Lynne Heitman
and Paula Munier
9:00 - 11:00  
The Late Show: The Book to Movie Experience
Screening and talk: From Never Tell a Lie to And Baby Will Fall
with Hallie Ephron.

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SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 2011

8:00 - 8:40   Check In/Continental Breakfast
8:40 - 8:50  
Welcoming Remarks
Sheila Connolly and Margaret McLean
8:50 - 9:00  
Presentation of the Al Blanchard Award
Leslie Wheeler
9:00 - 9:50   Top Guns: Five of Mystery’s Best
Discuss the Keys to Success
Barry Eisler
Nancy Pickard
Michael Palmer
Donald Bain and Renee Paley-Bain
MODERATOR: Roberta Isleib
9:50 - 10:10  
Break/Book Signing
10:10 - 11:15  
TRACK I

Forensics: Art Theft
Anthony Amore, Director of Security for the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum and former federal agent, expert on investigating art fraud and fanous heists, and author of STEALING REMBRANDTS: THE UNTOLD STORIES OF NOTORIOUS ART HEISTS
INTRODUCER: Leslie Wheeler
TRACK II

The Inside Scoop: Mystery Booksellers 20 Years
An Interview with Mary Alice Gorman and Richard Goldman. Twenty years ago they opened The Mystery Lovers Bookstore and they are still going strong, drawing the biggest names in the business to their corner of Pennsylvania. They run the after-Malice Festival of Mystery; they’ve been honored with the Raven Award. Hear their perspective on trends in the mystery genre and how the book business is changing for the folks who hand sell them.
INTERVIEWER: Hallie Ephron
11:15 - 11:25  
Break
11:25 - 12:30   Meet the Agents - split sessions

TRACK I

Meet the Agents I
MODERATOR: Paula Munier
TRACK II

Meet the Agents II
MODERATOR: Jan Brogan
12:30 - 1:40   Lunch & guest of honor interviews with Barry Eisler & Nancy Pickard
INTRODUCTIONS: Sheila Connolly and Margaret McLean
1:40 - 2:00  
Book signing with Guests of Honor and
Al Blanchard Award winner and DEAD CALM (Level Best) authors
2:00 - 2:50  
TRACK I

We’re Not Making This Up (true crime):

Anthony Amore
Michele McPhee
Jessica Speart
Douglas Starr
MODERATOR: Kate Flora
TRACK II

Living in the Suburbs Can be Murder:

Vicki Doudera
David Handler
Nicholas Kilmer
J. E. Seymour
MODERATOR: Barbara Ross
2:50 - 3:10  
Break/Book Signing
3:10 - 4:00  
TRACK I

Your Protagonist is a What?:

Spencer Quinn (Peter Abrahams)
Bruce Macbain
Clea Simon
Steve Ulfelder
MODERATOR: Frankie Bailey

TRACK II

Oh the places you'll die (location location location):

Steven Anable
Toby Ball
Brunonia Barry
Stacy Juba
MODERATOR: Larry Light
4:00 - 4:20  
Break/Book Signing
4:20 - 6:05  
TRACK I

One on one pitch session (pre-registration required)
5-minute pitch sessions with agents and editors
WRANGLER: Paula Munier
TRACK II

Ask the experts
Experts TBA
6:00 - 7:00  
Cocktail Party
7:00 - 11:00  
Tenth Anniversary Crime Bake Gala
Sleuths, Spies, and Private Eyes Banquet and Costume Party
(pre-registration, fee)
Grab your knitting bags, martinis, and trench coats and celebrate the 10th Annual New England Crime Bake at the Sleuths, Spies, and Private Eyes Banquet and Costume Party. Engage in cryptic conversation while dining with the likes of Miss Marple, James Bond, and Sam Spade. Just remember to watch your back in the cocktail lounge and on the dance floor.
$55.00/person


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SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 2010

7:00 - 8:00  
Yoga for Writers
Michele Dorsey
8:00 - 8:45  
Breakfast with the Authors
WELCOME: Sheila Connolly and Margaret McLean
8:45 - 9:00  
Flash Words Winners; Book Raffle

9:00 - 9:50  
TRACK I

A Terror in Every Plot:

Ben Coes
Daniel Palmer
Randall Peffer
Len Rosen
MODERATOR: Barry Eisler
TRACK II

I’ve Got a Secret

Brunonia Barry
Chris Knopf
Jennifer McMahon
Lea Wait
MODERATOR: Nancy Pickard
9:50 - 10:10  
Break/Book Signing
10:10 - 11:00  
TRACK I

Torn from the Headlines:

Gary Braver
Mike Cooper
Rosemary Herbert
Margaret McLean
MODERATOR: Ruth McCarty
TRACK II

Keeping Us On The Edge Of Our Chairs:
The fine art of suspense

Peter Abrahams
Gerry Boyle
Hallie Ephron
Michael Palmer
MODERATOR: Jan Brogan
11:00 - 11:20  
Break/Book Signing
11:20 - 12:30   Forensics: How CSI Gets it Wrong
Douglas Starr, co-director of the Boston University Center for Science and Medical Journalism and author of The Killer of Little Shepherds: A True Crime Story and the Birth of Forensic Science.”
INTRODUCER: Sharon Daynard


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