UPCOMING CONFERENCES:
2024
All Year Fall for the Book, Fairfax, VA
Apr TBA Waverly Book Festival, Baltimore, MD
Apr TBA Day of the Book Festival, Kensington, MD
Apr 11-14 Left Coast Crime, Seattle, WA
Apr 20-21 LA Times Festival of Books, USC, Los Angeles, CA
Apr 26-28 Malice Domestic, North Bethesda, MD
Apr 27 Annapolis Book Festival, Annapolis, MD
May TBA U S Book Show, New York City, NY
May 3-5 Crime and Thriller Weekend, Cromarty, UK
May 18 Gaithersburg Book Festival, Gaithersburg, MD
May 9-12 CrimeFest, Bristol, UK
May 23-Jun 2 Hay Festival, Hay, UK
May 28-Jun 1 ThrillerFest, New York, NY
May 30-Jun 1 Capital Crime, London, UK
May 31-Jun 2 CrimeCon, Nashville, TN
Jun TBA Shetland Noir, Lerwick, UK
Jun 1-4 Book Lovers Convention, Houston, TX
Jun 6-9 Writer’s Police Academy/Killer Con, Green Bay, WI
Jun 9-10 Maine Crime Wave, Portland, ME
Jun 15-16 CrimeCon UK, London, UK
Jun 19-23 Space Coast Book Lovers Event, Cape Canaveral, FL
Jun 20-24 Lyme Crime, Lyme Regis, UK
Jul TBA Sleuthfest, Boca Raton, FL
Jul 18-21 Theakston Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival, Harrogate, UK
Jul 31-Aug 3 RWA Conference, Austin, TX
Aug 1-4 PulpFest, Pittsburgh, PA
Aug 10-26 Edinburgh International Book Festival, Edinburgh, UK
Aug 22-25 Killer Nashville, Franklin, TN
Aug 24 National Book Festival, Washington, DC
Aug 28-Sep 1 Bouchercon, Nashville, TN
Sep TBA Noirwich Crime Writing Festival, Norwich, UK
Sep 7-15 The Agatha Christie Festival, Torbay & South Devon, UK
Sep 13-15 Creatures, Crimes & Creativity, Columbia, MD
Sep 13-15 Bloody Scotland, Stirling, UK
Oct TBA West Virginia Book Festival, Charleston, WV
Oct TBA Murder One, Dublin, IE
Nov 8-10 New England Crime Bake, Boston/Dedham, MA
Nov 20-23 Iceland Noir, Reykjavík, IS
2025
Feb TBA Murder in the Magic City, Birmingham, AL
Feb TBA Granite Noir, Aberdeen, UK
Feb 6-9 Savannah Book Festival, Savannah, GA
Feb 22 Amelia Island Book Festival, Amelia Island, FL
Mar TBA New Orleans Book Festival, New Orleans, LA
Mar TBA Suffolk Mystery Authors Festival, Suffolk, VA
Mar TBA CityLit Festival, Baltimore, MD
Mar 13-16 Left Coast Crime, Denver, CO
Mar 19-23 Virginia Festival of the Book, Charlottesville, VA
Jul 16-19 RWA Conference, Philadelphia, PA
Jul 19-21 Book Passage Mystery Writers Conference, Corte Madera, CA
Sep 3-7 Bouchercon, New Orleans, LA
Reference Sites:
American Independent Writers
Finding an Agent:
Two sites that you should bookmark if you’re looking for a literary agent to represent your work:
Writer Beware
Has excellent information on how to avoid being scammed by dishonest or unethical people who present themselves as agents or book doctors.
Agent Query
Largest searchable online database of agents.
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