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John with Buster Keaton

May 2013

May 3rd-5th
Malice Domestic Conference
Hyatt Hotel
Bethesda, MD

March 2013

March 21-24
Left Coast Crime Conference
Cheyenne Mountain Resort
Colorado Springs, CO

Monday, March 18
Time: 7:00 pm
Poisoned Pen Bookstore
4014 N. Goldwater #101
Scottsdale, AZ 85251

February 2013

Wednesday, February 20
Time: 7:15 pm
Menlo Park Library
800 Alma Street
Menlo Park, CA 94025

November 2012

Monday, November 19
7:00 PM
Los Altos Library
13 South San Antonio Road
Los Altos, CA 94022

November 17
Men of Mystery Luncheon
Irvine Marriott Hotel
Irvine, CA

October 2012

October 26th-28th
Magna Cum Murder
Mystery Convention
Horizon Convention Center
401 South High Street
Muncie, IN 47305

Tuesday, October 23
Afternoon, Drop-In Signing
Mysterious Bookshop
58 Warren Street
New York, NY 10017

Monday, October 22
Time: 7:00 pm
One More Page Bookstore
Arlington, VA 22213

Saturday, October 20
Time: 2:00 pm
Book Carnival
348 S. Tustin Ave.
Orange, CA 92866

Friday, October 19
Time: 7:00 pm
Mysterious Galaxy
7051 Claremont Mesa Blvd
San Diego, CA 92111

Wednesday, October 17
Time: 6:30 pm
Murder by the Book
2342 Bissonnet
Houston, TX 77005

Monday, October 15
Time: 6:00 pm
Cabell County Library
455 Ninth Street
Huntington, WV 25701

October 13th
West Virginia Book Festival
Charleston Civic Center
Charleston, WV

Friday, October 12
Afternoon, Time TBA
Montgomery WV Public Library
507 Ferry Street
Montgomery, WV 25136

Thursday, October 11
West Virginia Library Association Banquet
(Literary Merit Award Recipient)
Stonewall Lodge
Roanoke, WV

Wednesday, October 10
Time: 6:00 pm
Foul Play Mystery Bookshop
27 E. College Avenue
Westerville, Ohio 43081

Tuesday, October 9th
Time: 7PM
Dover Public Library
525 N. Walnut Street
Dover, OH

Monday, October 8
Time: 7:00 pm
Cleveland Heights Library
2345 Lee Road
Cleveland Heights, Ohio 44118

October 6th-8th
Bouchercon Mystery Convention
Cleveland Marriott Renaissance Hotel
24 Public Square
Cleveland, OH 44113

March-April 2012

March 29th-April 1st
Left Coast Crime Mystery Convention
Sheraton Grand Hotel
Sacramento, CA


(Outside Mystery Bookstore in Westwood, California)

September 2011

September 15-17, 2011
Bouchercon Mystery Convention
St. Louis Renaissance Grand Hotel
800 Washington Avenue
St. Louis, Missouri 63101

May 2011

Friday May 13, 2011
Time: Noon
Aunt Agatha’s Mystery Book Store
213 S. 4th Avenue
Ann Arbor, Michigan 28104

Sunday May 1, 2011
Time: 10:15 AM
Malice Domestic Conference
Hyatt Regency Hotel
One Bethesda Metro Center
7400 Wisconsin Avenue
Bethesda, Maryland 20814


(Signing at Aunt Agatha's Bookstore in Ann Arbor, Michigan)

March 2011


Saturday March 26, 2011
Left Coast Crime Mystery Convention
La Fonda Hotel
Santa Fe, New Mexico

October 2010


October 16, 2010
Bouchercon Mystery Convention
Hyatt Regency Hotel
5 Embarcardero Center
San Francisco, CA 94111



{With wife Carolyn (left) and fans
at Partners & Crime Bookstore in New York City}

May 2010

Saturday May 1, 2010
Time: 1:30 pm
Malice Domestic Conference
Crystal Gateway Marriott
Washington, DC

(John's name tag appears to be hitting on fellow mystery author Harley Jane Kozak at a recent Left Coast Crime Conference.)

March 2010

March 11-14, 2010
Left Coast Crime Mystery Convention
Omni Hotel
251 South Olive Street
Los Angeles, California


{With authors Ron Franscell (left) and John Lescroart (center)
at Mendocino Writer's Workshop}