Author Category | Mystery
«Back to Authors and Guests Paco Ahlgren BOOK:Discipline PRESENTING:Saturday 11:20 Congaree Meeting Room A&B; Saturday 4:30 p.m. Richland Meeting Room A&B www.pacoahlgren.comPaco Ahlgren is an author, musician, and has worked as a financial analyst for sixteen years. He has spent the last two decades examining the connections between quantum physics and its implications on modern scientific, economic, financial, and psychological theories, as well as its incontrovertible similarities to Eastern philosophies and religions--most notably, Taoism. Discipline, his first novel, is a confluence of these passions. READ MORE CATEGORIES: Fiction Mystery Literary First Novel |
 Tasha AlexanderBOOK:A Poisoned Season PRESENTING:Saturday 2:00 p.m. Richland Meeting Room A&B; Saturday 4:00 p.m. The Hilton Columbia Center; Sunday 12:45 p.m. Richland Meeting Room C www.tashaalexander.comTasha Alexander attended the University of Notre Dame, where she signed on as an English major in order to have a legitimate excuse for spending all her time reading. Following graduation, she played nomad for several years, eventually settling with her family in CATEGORIES: Fiction Mystery |
 JT Ellison BOOK:All the Pretty Girls PRESENTING:Saturday 4:00 p.m. The Hilton Columbia Center; Sunday 2:00 p.m. Lexington Meeting Room; Sunday 4:10 p.m. Richland Meeting Room C www.jtellison.comJT Ellison is a thriller writer based in Nashville, Tennessee. Her short stories have appeared in Demolition Magazine, Flashing in the Gutters, Mouth Full of Bullets, Spinetingler Magazine and the forthcoming Killer Year anthology. She is the Friday columnist at Murderati.com and is a founding member of Killer Year. All the Pretty Girls is her first novel in the Taylor Jackson series. CATEGORIES: Fiction Mystery Thriller |
 AJ Hartley BOOK:On the Fifth Day PRESENTING:Saturday 11:20 Congaree Meeting Room A&B; Saturday 2:00 p.m. Richland Meeting Room C http://www.ajhartley.net/A.J. Hartley was born and raised in England, has worked as an archaeological student in Jerusalem and an English teacher in Japan, and is now the Distinguished Professor of Shakespeare at the university of North Carolina at Charlotte. He is the author of The Shakespearean Dramaturg, the editor of the performance journal Shakespeare Bulletin, and the director of the Shakespeare in Action Centre at UNC Charlotte. He is also the USA Today and New York Times best selling author of the historically grounded mystery/thrillers The Mask of Atreus and On the Fifth Day. His next thriller will be called What Time Devours, and he has a new fantasy series coming out early 2009 with Tor. CATEGORIES: Fiction Mystery Thriller Crime |
 Gwen Hunter BOOK:Sleep Softly PRESENTING:Saturday 11:20 Lexington Meeting Room B; Saturday 2:00 p.m. Richland Meeting Room A&B www.gwenhunter.comGwen Hunter has authored 16 books, sold in 22 countries, under three pennames, including the acclaimed Rhea Lynch, MD series, the Delande saga novels, Shadow Valley (finalist for the Mary Higgins Clark Award for best mystery), Blackwater Secrets (2007), and Sleep Softly (2008). Writing fantasy under the name Faith Hunter (www.faithhunter.net) she has penned the Enclave series: BloodRing, Seraphs, and Host about the Rogue Mage, Thorn St. Croix. Gwen works full-time in a rural hospital, studies ancient scripture, travels RV-style with her husband and two Pomeranians, makes jewelry, and is learning to swift-water-kayak. CATEGORIES: Fiction Mystery Paranormal Southern Fiction |
 Con Lehane BOOK:Death at the Old Hotel PRESENTING:Saturday 10:00 a.m. Richland Meeting Room A&B; Sunday 2:00 p.m. Congaree Meeting Room A&B www.conlehane.comCon Lehane’s New York City-based mystery novels, featuring bartender Brian McNulty, have been praised by Ken Bruen, Kinky Friedman, S.J. Rozan, and others. His latest offering, Death at the Old Hotel, published in June, received plaudits from Publishers Weekly, Kirkus Reviews, Booklist, The New York Times, and the Wall Street Journal. The first book in the series, Beware the Solitary Drinker, was a 2002 Publishers Weekly Best Mystery Novel and Forward Magazine Best Novel Silver Award winner. The second, What Goes Around Comes Around, was likened to Lawrence Block’s early Matt Scudder mysteries by George Pelecanos and others. A former bartender, union organizer, and college professor, Lehane holds a Master of Fine Arts degree in fiction from CATEGORIES: Fiction Mystery Crime |
 Cara Black BOOK:Murder on the Rue de Paradis PRESENTING:Saturday 11:20 Congaree Meeting Room A&B; Saturday 4:00 p.m. The Hilton Columbia Center; Sunday 3:00 p.m. Congaree Meeting Room A&B www.carablack.comCara Black lives in CATEGORIES: Fiction Mystery |
 Julia Spencer-Fleming BOOK:All Mortal Flesh PRESENTING:Saturday 10:00 a.m. Richland Meeting Room A&B www.juliaspencerfleming.comA military brat, Julia Spencer-Fleming grew up in places as diverse as Montgomery, Rome, Stuttgart and Syracuse. Her debut novel, In the Bleak Midwinter, won the St. Martin’s/Malice Domestic, Dilys, Agatha, Anthony, Macavity and Barry Awards. Out of the Deep I Cry was an Edgar and Anthony Award finalist. Her latest, All Mortal Flesh, is an Anthony, Agatha, Nero, Macavity, Gumshoe and RT finalist. Julia lives in the Maine countryside with three kids, two dogs and one husband. She was once officially forgiven all sins committed at a con by an enthusiastic reader. Her upcoming book is entitled I Shall Not Want. READ MORECATEGORIES: Fiction Mystery Thriller Crime |
 Cathy Pickens BOOK:Hush My Mouth PRESENTING:Saturday 11:20 Lexington Meeting Room B www.cathypickens.comCathy Pickens’ family has called CATEGORIES: Fiction Mystery Southern Fiction |
 Harlan Coben BOOK:The Woods PRESENTING:Sunday 3:00 p.m. Ballroom http://www.harlancoben.com/Winner of the Edgar Award, Shamus Award and Anthony Award - the first author to win all three – international bestselling author Harlan Coben’s critically-acclaimed novels have been called “ingenious” (New York Times), “poignant and insightful” (Los Angeles Times), “consistently entertaining” (Houston Chronicle), “superb” (Chicago Tribune) and “must reading” (Philadelphia Inquirer). His most recent novels, The Woods, Promise Me, The Innocent, Just One Look, No Second Chance, Tell No One and Gone for Good have appeared on the top of all the major bestseller lists including the New York Times, London Times, Le Monde, Publishers Weekly, Los Angeles Times, Wall Street Journal and USA TODAY -- and many others throughout the world. His books are published in thirty-seven languages around the globe and have been number one bestsellers in in nearly a dozen countries. READ MORE CATEGORIES: Fiction Mystery Thriller Crime |