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2016 New England Crime Bake

Diane Vallere

Author
Los Angeles, California

dianevallere.com

After two decades working for a top luxury retailer, Diane Vallere traded fashion accessories for accessories to murder. MASKING FOR TROUBLE, her fourteenth book, came out in October 2016. Diane is the president of Sisters in Crime. She writes the Samantha Kidd, Madison Night, Costume Shop, and Lefty-Nominated Material Witness Mysteries. She started her own detective agency at age ten and has maintained a passion for shoes, clues, and clothes ever since.

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Welcome Pizza Party Grand Ballroom

7:30pm EST

Break TBA

7:45pm EST

Seminar 1—Brand You: The Importance of Honing Your Brand as a Writer Grand BallroomChris Tieri

9:00pm EST

Death, Desserts, and Debutants Prefunction Area

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8:30am EST

Welcoming Remarks of the Cochairs Grand BallroomRay Daniel • Sharon Daynard

8:45am EST

Presentation of the Al Blanchard Award TBALeslie Wheeler

9:00am EST

Opening Panel— Our Big Guns and How They Got There Grand BallroomSharon Daynard • Joseph Finder • William Kent Krueger • Leslie Meier • Barbara Shapiro

10:10am EST

Track 2—The Challenges of Writing Multiple Series Junior BallroomLucy Burdette • John Corrigan (DA Keeley) • Liz Mugavero • Diane Vallere • Lea Wait

11:00am EST

Book Signing/Break Prefunction AreaEmily Arsenault • Toby Ball • Lucy Burdette • Hallie Ephron • Jessica Crockett Estevao • Jane Haertel aka Sadie Hartwell and Susannah Hardy • John Corrigan (DA Keeley) • Edith Maxwell • Liz Mugavero • Paula Munier • Diane Vallere • Lea Wait

11:20am EST

Track 2—If We Knew Then What We Know Now Grand BallroomRay Daniel • Donna Andrews • Brendan DuBois • Hank Phillippi Ryan • Lea Wait

12:30pm EST

Lunch and Guest of Honor Talk--High Roads and Low: A Writer's Journey Grand BallroomWilliam Kent Krueger

1:45pm EST

Track 3–Reading Like a Writer: Agatha Christie's The Murder of Roger Ackroyd Westwood RoomJulie Hennrikus

3:10pm EST

Track 1—Creating Your Town Junior BallroomBarbara Ross • Sheila Connolly • William Kent Krueger • Leslie Meier • Marian McMahon Stanley

4:20pm EST

Track 3—Recording a Podcast Westwood RoomToby Ball • Lara Bricker • Kevin Flynn • Rebecca Lavoie

6:00pm EST

Cocktail Party Prefunction Area

6:30pm EST

Saturday Night Dinner—Let Loose with the Moose at the Pinewood Broiler Grand Ballroom

8:00am EST

Breakfast and Flashwords Grand Ballroom

9:00am EST

Expert Session 1–Canine CSI Grand BallroomRoger Guay

10:20am EST

Wheel of Why: Spin the Wheel, Create the Story! Grand BallroomJulie Hennrikus • Bruce Robert Coffin • Sheila Connolly • Hallie Ephron • Jane Haertel aka Sadie Hartwell and Susannah Hardy • William Kent Krueger • Hank Phillippi Ryan

11:30am EST

Expert Session 2–Building a Platform with Podcasting Grand BallroomToby Ball • Lara Bricker • Kevin Flynn • Rebecca Lavoie