Updated 9-17-07

Wednesday

September 26^th

12noon Upstairs lobby

Registration/Help desk open

Cook Arteaga La Perouse

	Young Writers Workshops	For Librarians Only	Adult Writers Workshops*
1pm	Making Dreams Real What it takes to be a writer and where it starts, with authors Kelley Armstrong and Laura Benedict.	The War Time Mystery: Reader Advisory Panel Author Diana Gabaldon and a reader panel discuss wartime settings in novels.	Staying Power With authors Thomas Perry and Charlaine Harris
2pm	Writing Crazy Local Alaskan author Barbara Brown’s interactive workshop for young writers.	Real Men Read A lighthearted look at men and reading, brought to you by David Wright, fiction librarian with The Seattle Public Library and co-author of Booklist's He Reads / She Reads column.	Marketing, Contests and JOANs (Journey of a Novel) With authors Jackie Ivie and Mike Doogan and editor Morgan O’Reilly.
3pm	Four Authors at Work Jordan Dane, Kelli Stanley, Rhodi Hawk and Bill Cameron talk about the craft and business of writing.	Crime on my Mind Author Gary Warren Niebuhr gives an overview of the history of the mystery genre.	Websites and Publicity Webmistress Sonya Senkowski and publicist Rebecca Goodrich talk about promoting your novel online and off.

To register for the writers workshops, email Marcy Gentemann at marcy@mgentemann.com.

To register for the librarians workshop, email Stetson Momosor at momosorsp@muni.org.

Young Writers Workshops and For Librarians Only free of charge.

*$10 charge for the Adult Writers workshops taken at the door.

All proceeds go to the Suzan Nightingale Literacy Fund.

4p Registration/Help desk closed

4-6p Shuttle to Alaska Wildberry/Sourdough Mining Company, from the 5^th Avenue entrance

of the Egan Center

6-8p Cook

Volunteer training

Thursday

September 27^th

8a Upstairs lobby

Registration/Help desk open

Hospitality Suite Open

8:30a Bookstore/dealer’s room open

	Cook	Arteaga	La Perouse
9a	We Don’t Get No Respect Authors Charlaine Harris, Jason Starr, Yrsa Sigurdardottir, and Robert Ward talk about why crime fiction is never on the Pulitzer Prize shortlist. Moderator: Theodore Hertel, Jr.	How to Build a Small Press in 10 Easy Lessons Poisoned Pen Press staff Jessica Tribble, Nan Beams and Rob Rosenwald talk about what they’ve learned in 10 years of publishing.	Reviewers Crime fiction reviewers Sara Berger, Leslie Doran, Maggie Mason and Anthony Rainone explain why they say all those mean things about all those great books. Moderator: Sally Fellows
10a	The Politics of Murder Authors G.M. Ford, Michael Norman, Jessica Speart and Skye Moody discuss social, political and economic context in crime fiction. Moderator: Eric Stone	Kids Love a Mystery Authors Shirlee Smith Matheson, Claire Carmichael McNab, Karen Laubenstein and Kathleen Ernst talk about writing crime fiction for juvenile readers. Moderator: Kathy Hughes	Ethnic ‘Tec Authors Victoria Heckman, Marilyn Meredith, Sara Hoklotubbe and Deborah Turrell Atkinson discuss the ethnic detective. Moderator: Sandi Ault
11a	The Author and the Internet Authors Jason Pinter, Patricia Smiley, Aliza Sherman Risdahl and Frank Wydra talk about how 21^st century tech affects a profession invented in 1350. Moderator: L.C. Hayden	How Far Will They Go? Authors Declan Hughes, Thomas Perry, Harley Jane Kozak, and Eileen Dreyer take turns reading two minutes of either sex or violence from their novels. Discussion follows. Moderator: Jonathan Santlofer	History in Jeopardy A forensic game show starring authors Kathy Lynn Emerson, Jeri Westerson, Rhys Bowen and Patricia Wynn. Moderator: Suzanne Arruda

Noon

Upstairs lobby

-Pamyua dance lesson

Hospitality Suite

-Box lunches. Choice of garlic chicken on focaccia, almond chicken salad on croissant, and

marinated vegetable wrap, served with pasta salad, chips, brownie and soft drink.

	Cook	Arteaga	La Perouse
1p	My Name is Sherlock Holmes Authors James Hime, Leslie Klinger, and Michael Kurland and librarian Michael Masliah discuss the enduring romance between the great Holmes and his fans. Moderator: Laurie King	All-Nighters: The Books You Can’t Put Down Small press and magazine editors Ruth Jordan, Janet Rudolph, Barbara Franchi, and Chris Aldrich talk about those under-the-radar great reads you might have missed. Moderator: Ted Fitzgerald	The Perfect Corpse Authors Helen Barer, Margaret Lucke, Michael Jecks and Jeffrey Leever talk about how they decide who should die. Moderator: Sherita Saffer Campbell
2p	The New Noir Authors Sean Doolittle, Vicky Hendricks, Julia Spencer-Fleming and Bill Cameron discuss how societal shifts and marketing forces have stretched and twisted the very definition of what noir is. Moderator: Brian Thornton	Malice in Wonderland Authors Kate Grilley, Sharan Newman and Mike Doogan talk about what it takes to make your book stand out from all the others on the shelf. Moderator: Sue Henry	The Book Club Roger Sobin, Mary Burton, John Maddox Roberts, and Alexandra Sokoloff talk about what book clubs can do for the crime fiction author. Moderator: Gary Warren Niebuhr
3p	Books to Film Authors Robert Levinson, Robert Fate, Meredith Anthony and Troy Cook describe the alchemical transubstantiation of the crime fiction novel to the screen. Moderator: Chris Grabenstein	Outsiders Authors Greg Rucka, Michael Siverling, Michael Koryta and Jutta Motz talk about why traditional detectives are such loners. Moderator: Sean Doolittle	A Dreadful Record of Sin Authors Michael Bowen, John Billheimer, Ellen Byerrum and Julia Pomeroy talk about small-town murder. Moderator: Daniel Hale

4-6p Shuttle to Alaska Wildberry/Sourdough Mining Company, from the 5^th Avenue entrance

of the Egan Center

5p Bookstore/dealer’s room closed

Registration/Help desk closed

Hospitality Suite closed

6-7:30p Lobby/La Perouse Room

Welcome to Anchorage Reception

*Barry Awards

*Macavity Awards

*introduction of Authors to the Bush

*introduction of Anthony Award nominees

8pm Cook/Arteaga Rooms

Special Guest of Honor Diana Gabaldon

Open to the public for $10 each. All proceeds go to the Suzan Nightingale Literacy Fund.

Front rows reserved for registered Bouchercon attendees

Friday

September 28^th

7:30a McKinley Suite Parlor, Hilton

Bouchercon Standing Committee meeting

8a Upstairs lobby

Registration/Help desk open 8a

Hospitality Suite Open

8:30a Bookstore/dealer’s room open

	Cook	Arteaga	La Perouse
9a	CSI:Alaska Retired Alaska state trooper Tom Brennan, author of Cold Case and Forty Below, talks about some of Alaska’s most notorious murders.	All Over the Map What’s that storyline doing in Molly Brown’s Colorado?  Authors Ann Parker, Tim Maleeny, Simon Wood and Rita Lakin discuss time and place in the crime fiction novel. Moderator: Judy Clemens	Achieving Critical Mass Authors Marcia Talley, Roberta Isleib, Irene Marcuse and Gayle Wigglesworth talk about where they get their ideas. Moderator: Rebecca Tope
10a	CSI:Alaska Dr. Abby Chidambaram describes how scientists are cracking cases with the help of cutting edge DNA technology.	The Significant Other Remember when detectives used to be loners? Authors Lori Avocato, Nancy Bush, Michelle Gagnon, and Donna Moore talk about love and the modern PI. Moderator: Cathy Pickens	Witchy Women A conversation with paranormal bestsellers Charlaine Harris and Kelley Armstrong Moderator: Donna Andrews
11a	CSI:Alaska Walter J. Gilmour, retired major, Alaska State Troopers, and co-author of “Butcher, Baker,” talks about Baker Bob, Alaska’s first serial killer.	Agents Literary agents Rich Henshaw, Joshua Bilmes, Dominick Abel, Vicky Bijur and David Hale Smith talk about what New York publishers really want. Moderator: Rich Henshaw	Setting the Scene Authors Charles Benoit, Stephen Booth, Sharan Newman, and Ruth Dudley Edwards talk about why on earth they put their characters there on earth. Moderator: Laurie King

Noon

Upstairs lobby

*Pamyua dance lesson

Hospitality Suite

*Box lunches. Choice of roasted turkey wrap, country fried chicken, and chef’s choice vegetarian option, served with cole slaw, whole fruit, brownie and soft drink.

	Cook	Arteaga	La Perouse
1pm	CSI:Alaska Dr. George Taft, retired director of the Alaska state Crime Lab and co-author of Forensic Science Today, talks about the science behind the solutions to today’s crimes.	Odd Jobs This is not your mother’s PI. Authors Jane Cleland, Marion Moore Hill, Hailey Lind, and Ashna Graves talk about the librarian/ columnist/art restorer/antique appraiser/museum curator as detective. Moderator: Earlene Fowler	Cops and Courts Mike Doogan, JoAnna Carl, CJ Box and Sheila Toomey describe how a reporter’s reality worms its way into crime fiction. Moderator: Michael Armstrong
2pm	CSI:Alaska Alaska State Trooper cold case homicide investigator and retired captain of detectives Bill Gifford walks us through a cold case.	Raising the Genre Flag Authors David Corbett, Laura Lippman, James Sallis and Dana Cameron talk about what genre fiction is and why it exists in the first place. Moderator: SJ Rozan	The History Mystery Authors Sharon Rowse, Claire Langley-Hawthorne, Robert McCammon and Ken Kuhlken tell us why everyone loves a history mystery. Moderator: Donis Casey
3pm	CSI:Alaska Dr. Donald Rogers, retired Alaska state medical examiner, talks about forensic pathology. Think stippling.	Define Hardboiled Authors Denise Hamilton, Steven Torres, Sam Reaves, and Kirk Russell talk about what makes a Spade a Spade. Moderator: Chris Knopf	Editors Five editors, Andrew Gulli, Sarah Durand, Kelley Ragland, Kristen Weber and Barbara Peters, tell us how what’s on the shelves at Barnes & Noble gets there.

4-6p Shuttle to Alaska Wildberry/Sourdough Mining Company, from the 5^th Avenue entrance

of the Egan Center

5p Bookstore/dealer’s room closed

Registration/Help desk closed

Hospitality Suite closed

6-7:30p Lobby/La Perouse Room

Poisoned Pen Reception

*introduction of Anthony Award nominees

Shamus Awards Banquet, Sourdough Mining Company, $40.

Email RRandisi@aol.com for details.

The event is open to the public, but seating is limited.

8pm Cook/Arteaga

American Guest of Honor Thomas Perry, 8p

Open to the public for $10 each. All proceeds go to the Suzan Nightingale Literacy Fund.

Front rows reserved for registered Bouchercon attendees

Saturday

September 29^th

8a Upstairs lobby

Registration/Help desk open 8a

Hospitality Suite Open

8:30a Bookstore/dealer’s room open

	Cook	Arteaga	La Perouse
9a	The Hot Seat Moderator Rhys Bowen asks authors Lisa Jackson, Jonathon King, Larry Karp and Kent Krueger "Could you ever kill?" and other uncomfortable questions.	Bad Boys and Dirty Girls Authors Rhodi Hawk, Kelli Stanley, Simon Wood and Jason Pinter discuss the seductive nature of villains and anti-heroes. Moderator: Jordan Dane	Alaska Track The Real Guardians They’re the true heroes of Discovery’s “The Deadliest Catch.” They pull people from sinking ships in gale-force winds. Rescue swimmer John Hall tells about saving lives for a living.
10a	Geezer Noir Authors Sue Henry, Frederick Ramsay, Victor Gischler and [JoAnna Carl] talk about the mature detective. Moderator: Mary Saums	Size Doesn’t Matter Authors Toni Kelner, Dana Cameron, Adam McFarlane and Tim Wohlforth talk about the short story’s place in crime fiction. Moderator: Andrew Gulli	Alaska Track The Man Who Chases Critters When there’s a moose in the wading pool or a grizzly in the garage, who you gonna call? State Fish and Game biologist Rick Sinnott is the go-to guy when wildlife encounters turn a little TOO wild.
11a	The Book Tour Authors Diana Gabaldon, SJ Rozan, Earlene Fowler and Eric Stone talk book tour war stories. Tips for newbies spoken here. Moderator: Laura Lippman	What’s So Funny About Murder? Authors Tim Myers, Peter Guttridge, Lawrence Light and Jennifer Jordan discuss humor in the crime novel. Moderator: Nathan Walpow	Alaska Track Alaska’s Big Weird Life “Alaska Bizarre” author Mr. Whitekeys presents unbelievable truths from the Weirdest State in the Union. It's the Alaskan presentation that the Department of Public Relations does NOT want you to see.

Noon

Upstairs lobby

*Pamyua dance lesson

Hospitality Suite

*Box lunches. Ham and pepper jack cheese wrap, almond chicken salad on croissant, marinated vegetables on focaccia, served with potato salad, whole fruit, cake and soft drink.

Downstairs lobby

*Bouchercon’s own Celebrity Chef Kirsten Dixon demonstrates her recipe for Baby Harry’s Beignets, and announces the winner of the Bouchercon 2007 Writing Contest

	Cook	Arteaga	La Perouse
1p	The Longest Undefended Border Canadian authors Vicki Delany, Lou Allin, Louise Penny and Debra Purdy Kong talk about how US/Canadian politics informs their novels. Moderator: John Straley	That First Novel Authors Gabriella Herkert, Laura Benedict, Ken Isaacson and Michael Wiley talk about getting up to go. Moderator: Susan Arnout Smith	Alaska Track Judging Alaskans Judge John Suddock, Judge Phillip Volland, and Judge Michael Wolverton talk about what happens when Alaskan law and Alaskan lawbreakers collide. Moderator: Sheila Toomey
2p	Author, Agent, Editor Author Dana Stabenow, agent Rich Henshaw and editor Kelley Ragland talk about the business of writing. Moderator: Adrian Muller	Bouchercon Surprise	Alaska Track Freezing, Sweating and Hurting at 40 Below Iditarod Race veterinarian Dr. Phillip Meyer and four-time Iditarod champion Martin Buser discuss the realities (and joys) of running the Last Great Race. Moderator: Marcy Gentemann

3:30p Cook

Are the book and the bookstore as we know and love them them on their way out?

Fan Guest of Honor, bookseller, editor and publisher Barbara Peters delivers

“A State of the State of Publishing” address.

Open to the public for $10 each

Front rows reserved for registered Bouchercon attendees

4-6p Shuttle to Alaska Wildberry/Sourdough Mining Company, from the 5^th Avenue entrance

of the Egan Center

5p Bookstore/dealer’s room closed

Registration/Help desk closed

Hospitality Suite closed

7p Cook/Arteaga/La Perouse

Anthony Awards Banquet

*Lifetime Achievement Award honoree James Sallis address

*Anthony Awards

*Live auction with auctioneers Chris Grabenstein and Donna Andrews.

All proceeds go to the Suzan Nightingale Literacy Fund.

9p Bluesapalooza with Mr. Whitekeys

and the Fabulous Spamtones

Sunday

September 30^th

9a Registration/Help desk open

Bookstore/dealer’s room open

Hospitality Suite open

10am Cook

Alaska Search and Rescue Dogs demonstration

11:30a Cook/Arteaga/La Perouse

Closing ceremonies

*Pamyua concert

12Noon Registration/Help desk closed

Bookstore/dealer’s room closed

Hospitality Suite closed

1-4pm Caesar salad class

Marx Brothers Café, $50

Limited space, for reservations call (907) 278-2133

3pm Cyrano’s Playhouse

Deathtrap

Reservations at centertix.com or (907) 263-ARTS

Author’s Choice

They could read. They could do Q&A. They could sign, sing, dance or recite bawdy poems.

Author’s choice.

Thursday

	Space 6	Space 7	Space 8
9am	Toni LP Kelner	Lori Avocato	Michelle Gagnon
9:30am