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April 2019
April Monthly Meeting
Author Spotlight: TBD Guest Speaker Topic: Amber Ruth (social worker embedded with the SPPD Mental Health Unit)
Find out more »Bookstube @ Bierstube – Allen Eskins
Award winning author Allen Eskens will be the guest author at the Hastings Bierstube on April 18, 2019. Allen will speak at 6:30 p.m. Anyone wishing to have a meal or beverage beforehand is welcome to join others in the ‘new addition’ between 5-5:30. The author event is free and open to all mystery readers. Visit Allen’s website at: http://alleneskens.com/ Allen Eskens is the bestselling author of The Life We Bury, The Guise of Another, The Heavens May Fall, The…
Find out more »May 2019
May Monthly Meeting
Author Spotlight: Chris Norbury Guest Speaker Topic: Edward Steenberg, Retired Deputy Chief and President of SPPD Historical Society speaking on the ever evolving roles, technologies, and terminologies in Law Enforcement today.
Find out more »Bookstube @ Bierstube – Brian Lutterman
Brian Lutterman will be the guest author at the Hastings Bierstube on May 16, 2019. Brian will speak at 6:30 p.m. Anyone wishing to have a meal or beverage beforehand is welcome to join others in the ‘new addition’ between 5-5:30. This author event is free and open to all mystery readers. Brian is the author of the Pen Wilkinson series. The latest in the series is titled Nightfall.
Find out more »June 2019
June Monthly Meeting
Author Spotlight: Doug Dorow Guest Speaker Topic: Writing Strong Women featuring Anne Frasier, Kristi Belcamino, Pat Dennis, and Barbara Merritt Deese
Find out more »Bookstube @ Bierstube – Rob Jung
Rob Jung, author of the newly released Cloud Warriors, will be the guest author at the Hastings Bierstube on May 16, 2019. Rob will speak at 6:30 p.m. Anyone wishing to have a meal or beverage beforehand is welcome to join others in the ‘new addition’ between 5-5:30. This author event is free and open to all mystery readers. About Cloud Warriors: Anthropology professor, Terry Castro, discovers the remnant of a once-mighty nation that survived in the rain forest of…
Find out more »July 2019
July Monthly Meeting
Author Spotlight: Julie Holmes reading from her debut novel "Murder In Plane Sight." Guest Speaker Topic: Colin Nelson (member and attorney) speaking of the Roles and Realities of Defense vs Prosecution
Find out more »Bookstube @ Bierstube – Julie Holmes & Priscilla Paton
Julie Holmes - Author of "Murder in Plane Sight" Priscilla Paton - Author of "Where Privacy Dies"
Find out more »“When History Meets Mystery!” Author Event
Twin Cities Chapter of Sisters in Crime Panel Discussion
Find out more »August 2019
August Monthly Meeting
Author Topic: Cheryl Lewis Guest Speaker Topic: TBD (original scheduled guest speaker has a conflict)
Find out more »Dark Side of the Loon Author Event
Twin Cities Chapter of Sisters in Crime Panel Discussion
Find out more »Bookstube @ Bierstube – Michael Brodkob & Allison Mann
Michael Brodkorb and Allison Mann (authors of The Girls Are Gone) will be our special guests. Michael and Allison will speak at 6:30 p.m. Anyone wishing to have a meal or beverage beforehand is welcome to join others in the ‘new addition’ between 5-5:30. The author event is free and open to all mystery readers. The Girls Are Gone tells the true story of two sisters who went missing, the father who kept searching, and the adults who conspired to keep the…
Find out more »September 2019
September Monthly Meeting
Note: this meeting is one week later than usual Author: Sherry Roberts Guest Speaker Topic: Editors and Authors (A Love Story) featuring Jessie Chandler and Terri Bischoff
Find out more »Bookstube @ Bierstube – Kristi Belcamino
USA Today bestselling author and Agatha, Anthony, Barry, and Macavity-award finalist Krisit Belcamino writes dark mysteries about fierce women seeking justice. She is a crime fiction writer, cops beat reporter, and Italian mama who also bakes a tasty biscotti. In her former life, as an award-winning crime reporter at newspapers in California, she flew over Big Sur in an FA-18 jet with the Blue Angels, raced a Dodge Viper at Laguna Seca, and attended barbecues at the morgue.
Find out more »October 2019
October Monthly Meeting
Nominations for open Board positions Author: Amy Pendino Panel Discussion: "The Challenges of Writing a Series" with Carl Brookins, Cynthia Surrisi, and Midge Bubany
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