This coming weekend, Anchorage is hosting Bouchercon 2007: the World Mystery Convention. Some of the biggest names in crime fiction will be there, including many names you will find on our bookshelves. And thanks to the Alaska Sisters in Crime, one of those authors will be visiting Ketchikan next week. The Sisters in Crime sponsors an "Authors in the Schools" program that helps connect published authors with Alaskan communities. The authors very kindly donate their time, and the Sisters in Crime pay for the transportation costs (which, as we all know, can be quite hefty). This wonderful program will be benefiting a number of schools here in town, as well as the public library. We're all looking forward to hosting Denise Hamilton.
Denise Hamilton is a former reporter for the L.A. Times, and she incorporates both her experience with journalism and her familiarity with Los Angeles into her stories. Her protagonist is an L.A.-based journalist, and her stories are suspenseful and tightly written, full of inside knowledge and gritty reality. To meet increased demand, we have added a couple more of her books to the collection. You still have a chance to pick up Last Lullaby or The Jasmine Trade before meeting Ms. Hamilton herself at 6:30 pm on Tuesday, Oct. 2. So be sure to mark your calendar for a week from today, bring your well-thumbed copy of her book, and look forward to an interesting evening with a top mystery author!
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