Events

Fri 6/3  12pm-1pm  “Meet the Authors Lunch” (this is a ticketed event, ticket includes lunch & book) Lunch with "Ladies on the Lam”: mystery authors Jane K. Cleland, Rosemary Harris, and Stefanie Pintoff Enjoy a catered lunch while you can chat with a trio of mystery authors.  A ticket purchase is required for this event and covers lunch and a $14 Flyleaf gift certificate. Meet “The Ladies on the Lam”: Jane K. Cleland writes the multiple award-nominated and Independent Mystery Booksellers Association best-selling Josie Prescott Antiques Mystery series from St. Martin’s Minotaur.  The series has been reviewed as an Antiques Roadshow for mystery fans.  The sixth in the series, Deadly Threads, is a tale of vintage clothing, a cat who fetches, and betrayal.  The seventh, All Dolled Up and No Place to Die, will be published in 2012. “Josie” stories have also appeared in Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine, including “Killing Time,” which was an Agatha and Anthony finalist. Consigned to Death was selected by Library Journal as a “core title” for librarians looking to build a cozy collection, one of only 22 titles listed, along with novels by Agatha Christie and Dorothy L. Sayers. Jane also chairs the Wolfe Pack’s literary awards, which include the Nero Award and the Black Orchid Novella Award, granted in partnership with Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine. She is a past chapter president of the Mystery Writers of America/New York Chapter and a past director of the Mystery Writers of America/ National. Jane also teaches college courses and multiple writing workshops. www.janecleland.net . Rosemary Harris started writing mysteries after reading a newspaper article about a mummified body found near her home. Her debut novel, the Agatha and Anthony-nominated, Pushing Up Daisies, was the first title in the Dirty Business series (Minotaur) and was followed by The Big Dirt Nap, Dead Head and Slugfest (May 2011) When not writing Rosemary enjoys gardening, kayaking and hiking; she’s visited more than 70 national parks and recreation areas (favorites are Yosemite, Glacier and Canyonlands) and she recently trekked to Everest Base Camp in Nepal. As of this writing, she’s been on six Habitat for Humanity builds in China, Tanzania, El Salvador, Mexico, and post-Katrina New Orleans. Inspired by these, Rosemary and her husband Bruce have built a library in central Tanzania. Visit the Chalula Library page on Rosemary’s website www.rosemaryharris.com. Stefanie Pintoff was the winner of the Edgar Award for her first novel, In the Shadow of Gotham. A Curtain Falls, second in the mystery series where early criminal science meets the dark side of old New York is followed by Secret of the White Rose which will be out in May. Her writing has also earned nominations for the Anthony, Macavity, and Agatha awards. Now a full time writer, she lives on Manhattan's Upper West Side with her husband, daughter, and their family dog.