Name: Unforgettable Sleuths
Start: 2024-10-18T19:15:00-0700
End: 2024-10-18T21:00:00-0700

Friday October 18, 2024 7:15pm - 9:00pm PDT

Part of Litquake's Words Around the World
Sponsored by NORLA, Norway House, and Center for the Art of Translation/Two Lines Press
Co-presented with Mystery Writers of America-NorCal

Clever crimes and tight plotting can only get you so far—when it comes to a mystery novel or series’s staying power, it’s the detective who counts. Four masterful suspense novelists introduce their unforgettable protagonists—from a supernaturally talented forensic photographer to the granddaughter of a serial killer. Nordic Noir master Thomas Enger (Stigma) and National Book Award nominee Ramona Emerson (Exposure) are joined by Michelle Chouinard (The Serial Killer Guide to San Francisco) and Nina Simon (Mother-Daughter Murder Night), whose Bay Area–set mysteries feature home-grown amateur sleuths. Vera Chan moderates this talented lineup, who will also give aspiring writers a few clues about how to create super sleuths of their own. Doors at 6:30PM. $18 / $15 early bird through 10/13
Book sales for this event coordinated by Telegraph Hill Books.

Moderators

Vera Chan

Veteran journalist, published author and aspiring novelist Vera HC Chan has worked at the nexus of journalism and technology, from small papers to the world's biggest online destinations (Yahoo! and Microsoft's MSN), and is now as director of news & media at Steelwork, a narrative... Read More →

Authors and Participants

Ramona Emerson

Ramona Emerson is a Diné writer and filmmaker originally from Tohatchi, New Mexico. Her debut novel, Shutter, was longlisted for the National Book Award and the Bram Stoker Award, nominated for the Edgar for Best First Novel, a finalist for the PEN America Open Book Award, the PEN/Hemingway... Read More →

Thomas Enger

Born in 1973, he lives in Oslo, divorced. He has two kids (ages 18 and 23). He has degrees in sports, history, and journalism. He worked as a journalist for about 10 years before making his debut as an author in 2010. Since then he's written 16 novels, published in well over 30 countries... Read More →

Nina Simon

Nina Simon writes crime fiction about strong women. She is the New York Times-bestselling author of Mother-Daughter Murder Night. This big-hearted whodunnit is a Reese's Book Club pick and a "best of 2023" selection for Amazon, Barnes & Noble, CrimeReads, and LibraryJournal. Before... Read More →

Michelle Chouinard

Michelle Chouinard (M.M. Chouinard) is the USA Today and Publishers Weekly bestselling author behind The Detective Jo Fournier thrillers and the standalone psychological thriller The Vacation. Also, her amateur-sleuth series, The Serial-Killer Guide to San Francisco, is set to be... Read More →

Friday October 18, 2024 7:15pm - 9:00pm PDT
The Lost Church

Words Around the World

Litquake 2024

Vera Chan

Ramona Emerson

Thomas Enger

Nina Simon

Michelle Chouinard

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