This is an amendment to what I already posted, adding a few nifty things.....

Thursday 3.30-4.30pm, Room 9
"Down These Mean Streets: Crime Fiction"
How has Crime Fiction evolved since the days of Dashiell Hammett and Raymond Chandler? Traditional noir, cross-genre novels, and chick-lit cloaked in a veil of mystery offer a variety of ways for readers to play armchair detective now.
Featuring Max Allan Collins, Keith R.A. DeCandido, Maryelizabeth Hart, Charlie Huston, Richard Morgan, Gary Phillips, Greg Rucka, and Nathan Walpow

Thursday 5-6pm, Room 3
"Smart Pop Books"
A discussion of BenBella's series of essays about pop culture phenomena.
Featuring Amy Berner, Don DeBrandt, Keith R.A. DeCandido, K. Stoddard Hayes, Nancy Holder, Kevin Andrew Murphy, and Glenn Yeffeth.

Thursday 6-7pm, under the sails
Autographing (also including the folks in the "Smart Pop" panel).

Friday 3-5pm, Serenity fan table
Autographing.

Saturday 12-1pm, Room TBA
"Pro/Fan Trivia"
Comics pros go up against comics fans in comics trivia, moderated by me. Guaranteed good time, or we'll shoot Len.
Featuring Keith R.A. DeCandido, Tom Galloway, David Oakes, John Sardegna, Hal Shipman, Mark Waid, Len Wein, and two other pros TBA.

Saturday 1-2pm, Pocket Books booth
Autographing.

Sunday 12-1pm, Room 6B
"Licensed to Thrill: Media Tie-in Novelists Speak"
From Star Trek and Star Wars to CSI and Monk, some of fiction's best-selling novels are media tie-ins. Join an all-star panel of licensed scribes as they share secrets from the familiar worlds they work to expand in print.
Featuring Max Allan Collins, Keith R.A. DeCandido, Nancy Holder, David Mack, Andy Mangels, Jeff Marriotte, and Bobbi JG Weiss.

Sunday 1-2pm, under the sails
Autographing (also including the folks in the "Licensed to Thrill" panel).

Hoping to do something at the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund booth, too.....

Current Mood: chipper
Current Music: "The Rumor" by The Band