Interview with John Byk, re Rip-Off, May 8, 2012: See http://2012writersalive.blogspot.com/2012/05/mar-preston-and-rip-off.html
Pasadena Lit Fest, May 5, 2012
Los Angeles Festival of Books, April 13-14, exhibiting at Sisters-in-Crime booth
Left Coast Crime Conference, Sacramento, March 29-31, 2012. Chairing panel: In the Nick of Time
Interview with John Byk re No Dice: See http://2012writersalive.blogspot.com/2012/03/mar-preston-and-no-dice.html
See http://www.santamonicadispatch.com/ for my extended Q & A interview with Santa Monica Dispatch Editor Peggy Clifford.
December 6-8 2011 Homicide Investigation course with Sgt. Derek Pacifico, a training officer from the San Bernardino Sheriff’s Office. More blood spatter analysis, grisly crime scene photos, and forensics.
November 5 Ventura County Book Fair, Camarillo, California.
September 3-4 Homicide Investigation weekend with Derek Pacifico, a training officer from the San Bernardino Sheriff’s Office. He puts on seminars for crime writers to learn the details of police procedure. An engaging speaker and great storyteller.
September 16-18 Bouchercon. The largest crime writers conference in the United States, this year held in St. Louis, Missouri
August 27-28 Crime Writers’ Homicide Seminar with Sergeant Derek Pacifico of the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department
June 10-June 11 California Crime Writer’s Conference in Pasadena.
June 7th I will be reading at the Santa Monica Public Library, Fairview Branch, 7:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
May 22, 2011 Reading at the Church in Ocean Park in Santa Monica
From left to right: Rhys Bowen, Susan Goldstein, Mar Preston, Michelle Black, Elizabeth Gunn
Left Coast Crime Conference
in Santa Fe, NM, March 24-March 27, 2011.
The topic of our panel: “Mysteries with a Social Conscience”
