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John with Buster Keaton

November 2015

Saturday, November 14th
9 am to 4 pm
Men of Mystery Luncheon
Irvine Marriott Hotel
18000 Von Karman Avenue
Irvine, CA 92612

October 2015

October 8th to 11th
Bouchercon Conference
Sheraton Raleigh Hotel
421 S. Salisbury Street
Raleigh, NC 27501

May 2015

Saturday, May 2
9:00 am
Authors' Alley
Malice Domestic Conference
Hyatt Hotel
Bethesda, MD

Tuesday, May 12
6:00 pm book discussion (DISMAL MOUNTAIN)
7:15 pm author appearance
RECYCLE BOOKS
275 East Campbell Avenue
Campbell, CA 95008

November 2014

Bouchercon Conference
November 13th to 16th
Hyatt Regency Long Beach
200 S. Pine Avenue
Long Beach, CA 90802

September 2014

Saturday, September 20, 2014
11:30 AM
Ohio River Festival of Books
Big Sandy Conference Center
Huntington, WV 25701

June 2014

Saturday, June 21, 2014
1:00PM to 5:30 PM
Mystery-Thriller Day
Kepler's Books
1010 El Camino Real
Menlo Park, CA 94025

April 2014

Tuesday, April 8, 2014
1:30 PM
Filoli Fireside Chats
Filoli Gardens
Woodside, CA 94062

March 2014

Saturday March 23, 2014
10:15 AM to 11:00 AM
LEFT COAST CRIME
Portola Hotel and Spa
Monterey, CA

Sunday, March 16, 2014
Noon to 1 PM
Poisoned Pen Booth
Tucson Festival of Books
University of Arizona Mall
Tucson, AZ

Saturday, March 15, 2014
5:00 PM
Poisoned Pen Bookstore
4014 N. Goldwater #101
Scottsdale, AZ 85251

February 2014

Wednesday, February. 19, 2014 7:15 PM
Menlo Park Library
800 Alma Street
Menlo Park, CA 94025

January 2013

Thursday, January 30, 2014
Time: 6:30 PM
Ladera Recreation District
150 Andeta Way
Portola Valley CA 94028


With fellow author Sheila Banning at the Los Altos Library

December 2013

Saturday, December 7th
Time: 2:00 pm
CENTURIES AND SLEUTHS BOOKSTORE
7419 W. Madison St.
Forest Park, IL 60130

Thursday, December 5th
Time: 7:00 pm
Mount Prospect Public Library
10 South Emerson Street
Mount Prospect, IL 60056

November 2013

Friday, November 22
Time: 7:00 pm
Mysterious Galaxy
7051 Claremont Mesa Blvd.
San Diego, CA 92111

Monday, November 18th
Time: 7:00 pm
Buena Vista Branch Library
300 N. Buena Vista Street
Burbank, CA 91505

Sunday, November 17
Time: 2:00 pm
Book Carnival
348 Tustin Ave.
Orange, CA 92866

Saturday, November 16
Men of Mystery Luncheon
Irvine Marriott Hotel
Irvine, CA

October 2013

Tuesday, October 22nd 7:00 PM

Los Altos Library

13 South San Antonio Road

Los Altos, CA 94022


{With wife Carolyn (left) and fans
at Partners & Crime Bookstore in New York City}

September 2013

Monday, September 30

Time: 6:30 pm

Murder by the Book

2342 Bissonnet

Houston, TX, 77005

Friday, September 27
Time: 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm
Taylor Books
226 Capitol Street
Charleston, WV 25301

Friday, September 27th

Time: 11:00 am to 4:00 pm

TAMARACK

Exit 45 off I-64
Beckley, West Virginia, 25801

Thursday, September 26
Time: 5:30 pm
Cabell County Library
455 Ninth Street
Huntington, WV, 25701

Wednesday, September 25th
Time: 6:00 pm
Foul Play Mystery Bookshop
27 E. College Avenue
Westerville, OH, 43081


(Signing at Aunt Agatha's Bookstore in Ann Arbor, Michigan)

Tuesday, September 24th
Time: 6:30 pm
Mogadore Branch Library
144 S. Cleveland Ave.
Mogadore, OH, 44260

Monday, September 23rd
Time: 5:00 pm
Loganberry Books
13015 Larchmere Blvd.
Cleveland, OH

September 19th to 22nd
Bouchercon Mystery Convention
Convention Center
Albany, NY

Wednesday, September 18th
Afternoon Drop-In Signing

Mysterious Bookshop
58 Warren Street&
New York, NY 10017

Sunday, September 15th
Time: 3:00 pm
One More Page Bookstore
2200 N. Westmoreland St.
Arlington, VA 22213

May 2013

(John's name tag appears to be hitting on fellow mystery author Harley Jane Kozak at a recent Left Coast Crime Conference.)

May 3rd-5th
Malice Domestic Conference
Hyatt Hotel
Bethesda, MD

March 2013

March 21-24
Left Coast Crime Conference
Cheyenne Mountain Resort
Colorado Springs, CO

Monday, March 18
Time: 7:00 pm
Poisoned Pen Bookstore
4014 N. Goldwater #101
Scottsdale, AZ 85251

February 2013

Wednesday, February 20
Time: 7:15 pm
Menlo Park Library
800 Alma Street
Menlo Park, CA 94025

November 2012

Monday, November 18th
Time: 7:00 pm
Buena Vista Branch Library
300 N. Buena Vista Street
Burbank, CA 91505

Monday, November 19
7:00 PM
Los Altos Library
13 South San Antonio Road
Los Altos, CA 94022

November 17
Men of Mystery Luncheon
Irvine Marriott Hotel
Irvine, CA

October 2012

October 26th-28th
Magna Cum Murder
Mystery Convention
Horizon Convention Center
401 South High Street
Muncie, IN 47305

Tuesday, October 23
Afternoon, Drop-In Signing
Mysterious Bookshop
58 Warren Street
New York, NY 10017

Monday, October 22
Time: 7:00 pm
One More Page Bookstore
Arlington, VA 22213

Saturday, October 20
Time: 2:00 pm
Book Carnival
348 S. Tustin Ave.
Orange, CA 92866

Friday, October 19
Time: 7:00 pm
Mysterious Galaxy
7051 Claremont Mesa Blvd
San Diego, CA 92111

Wednesday, October 17
Time: 6:30 pm
Murder by the Book
2342 Bissonnet
Houston, TX 77005

Monday, October 15
Time: 6:00 pm
Cabell County Library
455 Ninth Street
Huntington, WV 25701


{With authors Ron Franscell (left) and John Lescroart (center)
at Mendocino Writer's Workshop}

October 13th
West Virginia Book Festival
Charleston Civic Center
Charleston, WV

Friday, October 12
Afternoon, Time TBA
Montgomery WV Public Library
507 Ferry Street
Montgomery, WV 25136

Thursday, October 11
West Virginia Library Association Banquet
(Literary Merit Award Recipient)
Stonewall Lodge
Roanoke, WV

Wednesday, October 10
Time: 6:00 pm
Foul Play Mystery Bookshop
27 E. College Avenue
Westerville, Ohio 43081

Tuesday, October 9th
Time: 7PM
Dover Public Library
525 N. Walnut Street
Dover, OH

Monday, October 8
Time: 7:00 pm
Cleveland Heights Library
2345 Lee Road
Cleveland Heights, Ohio 44118

October 6th-8th
Bouchercon Mystery Convention
Cleveland Marriott Renaissance Hotel
24 Public Square
Cleveland, OH 44113

March-April 2012

March 29th-April 1st
Left Coast Crime Mystery Convention
Sheraton Grand Hotel
Sacramento, CA


(Outside Mystery Bookstore in Westwood, California)