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Book signings, talks & media

Sept. 22, 2018 3 p.m.
Talk: “Everything You Always Wanted
to Know about Mystery Novels”
South Lake Tahoe branch, El Dorado
(Calif.) County Library
1000 Rufus Allen Boulevard
South Lake Tahoe, CA 96105

October 14
Book signing, author panel discussion
Great Valley Bookfest
Manteca, Calif. (just south of Stockton)

May 16, 2018

This 22 minute interview by Laura Brennan on
the Destination Murder podcast is highlighted
on Facebook and available for listening at
these places:

Destination Mystery podcasts – Mark Bacon interview
iTunes interview with Mark S. Bacon

April 26 noon
Newcomers and Neighbors Club of Reno-Sparks
Atlantis Spa Casino
Reno, Nev.

April 16 6 – 9 p.m.
Classic Mysteries of the ’30s & ’40s
One-evening class
Truckee Meadows Community College
5270 Neil Road
Reno, NV

April 14 11:30 a.m.
Tumbleweeds Book Club
Reno, Nev.

March 22-25
Panelist
Left Coast Crime Convention
Nugget Hotel & Casino
Sparks, NV

At this panel at the Left Coast Crime mystery convention we discussed outlining a novel versus writing “by the seat of your pants.” Annamaria Alfieri, far left, moderated and I book-ended on the right.

Feb. 23, 2018 1 p.m.
Lecture
Spanish Springs High School
1065 Eagle Cyn Dr.
Sparks, NV

Feb. 19, 2018 3 :30 p.m.
Talk and book signing
Sierra Place
1111 W. College Parkway
Carson City, NV

Jan. 11, 2018 6 p.m.
Talk and book signing
wine and hors d’oeuvres
Browsers Corner Book Store
711 E. Washington St.
Carson City, NV

Jan. 10, 2018 5 p.m.
Talk and book signing
wine and hors d’oeuvres
Nevada Historical Society
1650 North Virginia St.
Reno, Nev.

Nov. 14, 2017 12 noon
Author Lunch
NV Energy
6100 Neil Road
Reno, NV

Oct. 21, 2017

Signing books at Book Carnival in Orange, Calif., with mystery bookstore owner Anne Saller in October 2017

Oct. 7, 2017

Book signing at Washoe County Library Bookstore

Sept. 25, 2017

Oct. 20, 2017

Sept. 30, 2017

Oct. 16, 2017

Recent online appearances

Click on each link

“Interview” with Kate Sorensen, Nostalgia City mysteries protagonist
Beyond the books

How I avoided a costly mistake with only a few words
The Writer’s Life

Dodging intrusive interview questions from Anastasia Pollack
Anastasia Pollack

Everything you want to know—and then some—about how I wrote Desert Kill Switch
The Dark Phantom Review

“Interview” with my other protagonist, Lyle Deming
Omni Mystery News

Odd assortment of questions of me, again from Omni Mystery News
Omni Mystery News

Author interview on KNPR Las Vegas

N e v a d a P u b l i c R a d i o

https://knpr.org/knpr/2015-05/nevada-author-ties-murder-mystery-book-las-vegas

Ebook Soda May 12, 2016

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Police tape around the stage area was appropriate at the South Lake Tahoe Library’s “Toast to Die For” mystery literary event.

I’m joined by three talented authors at the South Lake Tahoe Library’s “A Toast to Die For” literary event. From left: Sue Owens Wright, Cindy Sample and Kathi Daley. Name badges featured magnifying glasses–a great touch, but made my tie crooked.

Aug. 23, 2015 4 to 7 p.m.
“A Toast to Die For” an evening of wine and mystery
South Lake Tahoe Library
1000 Rufus Allen Blvd.
South Lake Tahoe, CA

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Aug. 13, 2015 5:30 to 7 p.m.
Book signing at Truckee, Calif., Street Fair
Bookshelf Bookstore booth
Donner Pass Road, Truckee

The Truckee Street Fair was a hit. Signed some books, met lots of great people,

June 21, 2015
Avid Reader Books
617 2nd St.
Davis, Calif. 95616

May 30, 2015 1-3 p.m.
Book signing and talk about murder
Books-or-Books
3460 E. Sunset Road, Suite R
Las Vegas, Nev.

Feb. 28, 2015 4 p.m.
Book signing and talk about murder
Four-Eyed Frog Books
Gualala, Calif.

Death in Nostalgia City made the Four-Eyed Frog Bestseller list:

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Many thanks to Anne Saller of Carnival Books in Orange, Calif. and Debbie Mitsch of Mystery Ink in Huntington Beach for hosting my book signings. Here I’m talking to the group at Mystery Ink.

Jan. 23, 2015 3 – 5 p.m.
Talk: Everything You Wanted to Know About Murder Mysteries
& Book signing
Mystery Inc.
8907 Warner Ave. #135
Huntington Beach, Calif.

Jan. 24, 2015 3-5 p.m.
Book signing & Talk
Book Carnival
348 S. Tustin Ave.
Orange, Calif.

Jan. 8, 2015 6 a.m.
Guest on “Good Morning Reno” KOLO-TV ABC Channel 8

Jan. 8, 2015 6-8 p.m.
Browsers Corner Bookstore
711 E. Washington St.
Carson City

Dec. 18 7:30 a.m.
Reno Newcomers, Mens Breakfast Club
Talk: Mysteries and Mystery Writers
Denny’s
205 Nugget Ave.
Sparks, Nev.

Nov. 13-16
Bouchercon – Annual world mystery convention for mystery readers, writers, publishers and booksellers
Book signings and mystery writing talk
Long Beach, Calif.

At Bouchercon, USA Today best-selling mystery writer Jamie Lee Scott and I pitched our books to groups of 8 mystery fans at a time seated around a table. After five minutes, we moved to another table. This was repeated until we had talked to about 200 people in two hours. The event was called speed dating.