Noir at the Bar
Noir at the Bar
This year’s Maine Crime Wave wraps up with a thrilling hour of short crime and mystery stories on Saturday, June 5th at 7 PM on Zoom. Maine crime writer Brenda Buchanan will host the event that features award-winning writers Tess Gerritsen, Alexia Gordon, and James Ziskin, as well as Crime Wave conference participants and writers Janet Anderson-Murch, Emily Bernhard, Vaughn Hardacker, Robert Kelley, Maureen Milliken, and Jule Selbo.
This event is open to the public. Crime Wave conference attendees will receive the link automatically; all others should RSVP below.
Featured Readers
Trained as a medical doctor, Tess Gerritsen built a second career as a crime novelist. Her 30 novels include the Rizzoli and Isles series, on which the TV series "Rizzoli & Isles" is based. Her novels are translated into 40 languages and more than 30 million copies have been sold. tessgerritsen.com
A writer since childhood, Alexia Gordon continued writing through college but put literary endeavors on hold to finish medical school and Family Medicine residency training. Her medical career established, she returned to writing fiction. Gordon won a Lefty Award and multiple Lone Star Literary Bloggers’ Choice Awards, was nominated for an Agatha Award, became a finalist for a Silver Falchion Award, and was chosen one of Suspense Magazine‘s best debuts of 2016. She blogs with the Miss Demeanors and the Femmes Fatales, and hosts the Cozy Corner podcast. alexiagordon.net
James W. Ziskin is the author of the Anthony and Macavity Award-winning Ellie Stone Mysteries. His short story, “The Twenty-Five-Year Engagement,” is a finalist for the 2021 Edgar Award, while his latest novel, Turn to Stone, is shortlisted for the 2021 Sue Grafton, Lefty, and Barry Awards. jameswziskin.com
Host
Brenda Buchanan brings years of experience as a journalist and a lawyer to her crime fiction. She has published three books featuring Joe Gale, a newspaper reporter who covers the crime and courts beat, and is now hard at work on new projects. brendabuchananwrites.com