UPCOMING CONFERENCES:
2024
All Year Fall for the Book, Fairfax, VA
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 6-9 Writer’s Police Academy/Killer Con, Green Bay, WI
Jun 8-9 Boston Book Festival/Crime, Boston, UK
Jun 14-15 Maine Crime Wave, Portland, ME
Jun 19-23 Space Coast Book Lovers Event, Cape Canaveral, 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
Sep 15-16 CrimeCon UK, London, UK
Sep 26-29 Sleuthfest, St. Petersburg, FL
Oct 5 Chiltern Kills, Gerrards Cross, UK
Oct 19 West Virginia Book Festival, Charleston, WV
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
Mar 27-29 New Orleans Book Festival, New Orleans, LA
Apr TBA Annapolis Book Festival, Annapolis, MD
Apr 25-27 Malice Domestic, North Bethesda, MD
Apr 26-27 LA Times Festival of Books, USC, Los Angeles, CA
May TBA U S Book Show, New York City, NY
May TBA Hay Festival, Hay, UK
May TBA Capital Crime, London, UK
May 3-5 Crime and Thriller Weekend, Cromarty, UK
May 15-18 CrimeFest, Bristol, UK
May 17 Gaithersburg Book Festival, Gaithersburg, MD
May 27- 31 ThrillerFest, New York, NY
Jun TBA Shetland Noir, Lerwick, UK
Jun TBA Writer’s Police Academy/Killer Con, Green Bay, WI
Jun 20-22 Lyme Crime, Lyme Regis, UK
Jul 16-19 RWA Conference, Philadelphia, PA
Jul 19-21 Book Passage Mystery Writers Conference, Corte Madera, CA
Aug 21-24 Killer Nashville, Franklin, TN
Sep 3-7 Bouchercon, New Orleans, LA
Oct TBA Murder One, Dublin, IE
2026
Aug 20-23 Killer Nashville, Franklin, TN
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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