WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE: THE IMPORTANCE OF SETTING IN CRIME FICTION

Presented by the Diana Pinckley Prize for Crime Fiction

Readers are often loyal to settings in their favorite series. Think of Nevada Barr’s state parks, Louise Penny’s village of Three Pines, or Laura Lippman’s Baltimore. This panel includes four novelists who will take us to turf they have made their own—Christine Carbo draws us to the chilly world of Glacier National Park; Gwen Florio writes about the wilds of Montana; Adrianne Harun has taken us to Highway 16—the Highway of Tears— in British Columbia; and Sascha Rothchild takes us to the sunny beaches of Miami. They will discuss how to select a meaningful setting and bring it to life. Moderated by New Orleans writer Michael Allen Zell.