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Watch panel videos on our own California Crime Writers 2021 channel or click on the specific sessions below. Please note the session with Dr. Elizabeth Murray was *not* recorded at her request. The Exquisite Joy of Finding Out How to Research Your NovelFeaturing: Anne Perry, Jeffery Deaver, Naomi Hirahara, S.A. Cosby Some Like it Hot Adding Romance and Sex to Your MysteriesFeaturing: Victoria Thompson, Deborah Crombie, Toby Neal, Pamela Samuels Young Police Procedurals 2021 Social Justice and the PandemicFeaturing Rachel Howzell Hall, Faye Snowden, Ausma Khan, Isabella Maldonado A Conversation with Guest of Honor Cara BlackPlus ça change – the more it changes, the more it stays the same with moderator Jessica Kaye Publishing in a Pandemic A Glimpse of Future Opportunities & Challenges with Jane Friedman |
“Snapshots” from Special Presentations
“Snapshots” from Police Procedurals 2021: Social Justice and the Pandemic
Thanks again to our panelists Isabella Maldonado, Rachel Howzell Hall, Ausma Zehanat Kahn, Faye Snowden and moderator Jessica Kaye.
“Snapshots” from Some Like it Hot: Adding Romance and Sex to Your Mysteries
Thanks again to our panelists Deborah Crombie, Pamela Samuels Young, Toby Neal, Victoria Thompson and moderator Paula Bernstein.
“Snapshots” from The Exquisite Joy of Finding Out: How to Research Your Novel
Thanks again to our panelists Anne Perry, S.A. Cosby, Naomi Hirahara, Jeffrey Deaver and moderator Anne Louise Bannon.
Fill Your Bookshelves with #CCWC21 Authors
Support great mystery authors, the craft, and independent booksellers in one fell swoop: Bookshop is an online bookstore with a mission to financially support local, independent bookstores. We’re happy to group the latest and the best books from our authors here, so fill up your “cart” at https://bookshop.org/shop/ccwconference.
You can also browse even more by heading to the PANELISTS page and click on the authors’ names for links to their sites. Good reading!
Get schooled with Dr. Elizabeth Murray’s 24-Course FORENSIC HISTORY: CRIMES, FRAUDS, AND SCANDALS
You’d think our bag of tricks would be empty by now, what with the conference coming up this Saturday on June 12. If you registered, rest assured you will be getting a Mail Chimp alert soon on how to call in. And if you registered and have not won any of our random giveaways, rest assured you’re in the running for our penultimate giveaway. (Yes, penultimate. We got another doozy on conference day.)
Instead of a book, this time you’re in for some schooling: A Professor at Mount St. Joseph University, Dr. Elizabeth (Beth) Murray is certified by the American Board of Forensic Anthropology and has participated in hundreds of forensic cases in southwest Ohio and Kentucky, as well as in national and international investigations.
Dr. Murray is generously giving away 24 (!!) enthralling sessions on fascinating histories and crimes from the last century. Let’s just quote from the Great Courses page and wish you good luck!
Modern history is filled with terrible crimes, baffling hoaxes, and seedy scandals. The infamous Jack the Ripper slayings. The alleged survival of Anastasia Romanov, the youngest daughter of the murdered Tsar. Seven-time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong’s public fall from grace. The Chicago Tylenol poisonings and the copycat crimes that followed.
These events have the power to captivate us with their mystery and shock us with views into the darkest parts of the human psyche. As a society, we seek resolution of these crimes and scandals, to bring their perpetrators to justice and hopefully prevent such events from occurring again.
Step into the world of forensic science and study the most fascinating historical crimes and mysteries from the last two centuries in Forensic History: Crimes, Frauds, and Scandals. Delivered by acclaimed Professor Elizabeth A. Murray of Mount St. Joseph University, a forensic anthropologist with nearly 30 years of experience in the field, these 24 lectures are a remarkable blend of storytelling and science—a whirlwind tour that takes you from the gas-lit streets of Victorian London to the mountains of Puerto Rico to small-town America. As you journey around the world and into the past, you’ll re-examine modern history’s great crimes and scandals using the tools and insights of forensic science. In doing so, you’ll learn how cutting-edge advancements in science and technology are applied to investigations and how to evaluate evidence and think like a forensic scientist.
Congrats to our A DEADLY DIVIDE book giveaway winner, Michelle White
Can you believe #CCWC21 is only days away? So much is happening around the world, and we’re grateful that you’ll spending some of that time with us.
One of those people is Michelle White of California, and her registration gets her a winning slot in our giveaway. She’ll be receiving A DEADLY DIVIDE by Ausma Khan, who will be appearing in the panel Police Procedurals 2021: Social Justice and the Pandemic with Faye Snowden, Rachel Howzell Hall, Isabella Maldonado and moderator Jessica Kaye.
See you all June 12!
Don’t feel split because you didn’t win: Get A DEADLY DIVIDE today through Bookshop, which supports independent bookstores.
Congrats to our winner Jeanine Blanchard for winning THEY ALL FALL DOWN
We love giving books and we’re glad our winners are happy to get them. The latest is Jeanine Blanchard of California, who gets a copy of THEY ALL FALL DOWN by Rachel Howzell Hall.
The LA native will be on the panel Police Procedurals 2021: Social Justice and the Pandemic with Faye Snowden, Ausma Kahn, Isabella Maldonado and moderator Jessica Kaye.
Want to get a leg up on all these great books? Get ALL FALL DOWN today through Bookshop, which supports independent bookstores.
Congrats to our FAILURE TO PROTECT book giveaway winner, Noah Beurskens!

Beurskens is the winner of FAILURE TO PROTECT by Pamela Samuels Young, appearing the Some Like it Hot: Adding Romance and Sex to Your Mysteries.
No FOMO here: Get FAILURE TO PROTECT today through Bookshop, which supports independent bookstores.