The Edina Art Center has released the schedule for their new Author’s Studio Workshops.

Sisters in Crime member Colin Nelson, a Twin Cities lawyer and published author (Reprisal, North Star Press) will moderate these intimate gatherings with local writers.

The Author’s Studio will feature an interview session with several Minnesota Mystery writers, and a moderated question-and-answer session. Each author’s books will be available for sale at each event.

January 14, 2012: mystery author Christopher Valen (White Tombs, The Black Minute, and Bad Weeds Never Die), 10-11:30 a.m.

February 11, 2012: historical mystery author Erin Hart (Haunted Ground, Lake of Sorrows, and False Mermaid), 10-11:30 a.m.

April 14, 2012: mystery author Sujata Massey (The Pearl Diver, Girl in a Box, and Shimura Trouble), 10-11:30 a.m.

The Edina Art Center provides an intimate setting, limited seating and free reservations for their Author’s Studio Workshop series. Attendance is free, but donations to the Art Center are welcome. For more information (additional dates and online reservations), visit the Edina Art Center website OR the City of Edina website.

Edina Art Center, 4701 W. 64th St. (on the frontage road west of the Edina Aquatic Center in Kenneth Rosland Park).