It's just been announced that Lee Child will be the featured speaker at the Virginia Festival of the Book's Crime Wave program, to be held next March in Charlottesville.
The VA Book Festival is a wonderful five day-long festival devoted to authors, books and publishing. On Saturday, they have a whole day devoted to crime fiction. I went last year for the first time and really enjoyed myself.
You get a chance to meet a lot of great writers, readers, publishing people, librarians and other people who love books -- and, best of all, it's free!
You do have to buy the tickets to the luncheon that Lee is speaking at, but most of the other events, including the panels, have no charge. You just show up.
Last year's line-up included people like Michael Connelly, Jeff Deaver, John Lescroart, Karin Slaughter, Michele Martinez, Bob Morris, Nancy Martin, Susan McBride, and a bunch of other people I can't remember off the top of my head.
I will probably be there again next year, moderating a couple of panels. So if you've always wanted to heckle me, here's your chance.
If you live anywhere near Charlottesville, or are interested in making the trip, I highly recommend it. (And if you plan to go, I suggest buying tickets to the Crime Wave luncheon early -- it's sure to sell out.)
Hope to see some of you there!
I'll see you there, only this time I will forgo sharing in Michael Connelly's late-night snack of Krispy Kreme donuts fried and flattened on a hamburger grill with butter on top. The indigestion lingers ...
Oh wait, maybe that came from listening to you moderate a panel...
Posted by: bob Morris | September 22, 2006 at 12:06 PM
Your joke would be funnier if you'd bothered to come to one of my panels! :p
I still can't believe you guys ate that. John Lescroart and I discussed it, but neither of us was brave (foolish?) enough.
Posted by: David J. Montgomery | September 22, 2006 at 12:17 PM