Palmetto Chapter SinC at SC Book Festival

Jenny Milchman, Sasscer Hill, Suze Maze

Cathy Pickens, Raegan Teller, C. Hope Clark

Midday on Saturday at the SC Book Festival, the new Palmetto Chapter of SinC gathered at Longhorn’s restaurant across from the convention center and had a leisurely meet-and-greet with the authors from the KILLER THRILLERS and CRIME AND PUZZLEMENT panels. Former SinC National President Cathy Pickens also attended. Jenny Milchman let us give away an ARC of her latest novel, which went to Maxine Henry, writer and librarian, who was celebrating her first submitted short story. We were so pleased to have about forty people gathering to talk about books and writing. Looking forward to a repeat event next year!

Crime and Puzzlement at SC Book Festival

Reba White Williams, Sandra Brannan, PGB, CJ Lyons, Amanda Kyle Williams

The outstanding SC Book Festival CRIME AND PUZZLEMENT panel had Sandra Brannan (whose brilliant Liv Bergen mystery thrillers have been described by Library Journal as “good and scary”), C.J. Lyons (the NY Times and USA Today best-selling author of 29 novels, including one co-authored with Erin Brokovich), Amanda Kyle Williams (whose Keye Street has been called “the best fictional female PI since Sue Grafton’s Kinsey Millhone”), and Reba White Williams (whose protagonist in Bloody Royal Prints finds that a fellowship at the Art Museum of Great Britain leads to royal intrigue when a friend is accused of murder). Terrific authors!

Killer Thrillers at SC Book Festival

Jamie Mason, Jenny Milchman, PGB, Lori Rader-Day, James O. Born

The 2015 SC Book Festival’s fabulous KILLER THRILLERS panel featured James O. Born (who has recently co-authored Border War with Lou Dobbs and was debuting a new series with Scent of Murder, which provides a realistic view of police K-9s), Jamie Mason (whose first novel Three Graves Full has been called “ripping good” and whose second, Monday’s Lie, is characterized as delivering more of the “Hitchcockian menace”), Jenny Milchman (who won the prestigious Mary Higgins Clark award for her first novel Cover of Snow) and Lori Rader-Day (whose first novel, The Black Hour, has been nominated for an Anthony award).