Left Coast Crime Mystery Conference 2005
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 Bob
was also on the panel moderated by Barry Eisler, "Writing Violence:
What's Too Much, What's Too Little?" |
 Bob,
Denise Hamilton, Twist Phelan |
 Bob,
L.C.Hayden (one of the tremendous LCC organizers), and Lee Goldberg, |
 Bob
and his former editor, Natalia Aponte |
 With
Nathan Walpow, who succeeded Bob as president of the Southern California
chapter of Mystery Writers of America. (Bob's still on MWA's national
board, as a director at-large). |
 Using
(what else?) his current best-seller ASK A DEAD MAN to illustrate a point
during the three-hour seminar he conducted morning of opening day on
"All You Wanted to Know About Book Publicity and Promotion (But Were
Afraird to Ask)." |
 Familiar
faces in the crowd during LCC's opening cocktail reception at the El Paso
Museum of Art, including (from left) Poisoned Pen Press major domo Rob
Rosenwald, LCC International Guest of Honor Paco Ignacio Taibo II, The
Poisoned Pen Bookstore's Barbara Peters, Rochelle Krich, and Harley Jane
Kozak. |
 With
minister-author Tom Griffith, whose own book would have been in the
picture, but--he sold all the copies instead. |
 With
award-winning author Rhys Bowen, a current Edgar Best Novel nominee, who
served with Bob on last year's MWA national board, in her capacity as
president of the Northern California chapter. |
 Rochelle
Krich, Bob and Christopher Rice, possibly the youngest best-selling author
at the conference. |