Join KFPL and Canadian crime fiction authors, Melodie Campbell, Vicki Delany, and Barbara Fradkin, for an authors panel, readings, and a criminally good time.
Since the days of Agatha Christie and Dorothy Sayers, women have been a dominate force in crime writing. Our panel of bestselling and award-winning authors represent a broad swath of the genre, spanning mystery, history, cozy, and thriller. At this event, they will discuss the appeal of crime fiction and what goes into imagining murder and mayhem before it goes on the page.
Melodie Campbell was a humour columnist and standup comedian before going over to the dark side. Compared to Agatha Christie by The Toronto Star, called the 'Queen of Comedy' by The Toronto Sun, Melodie has 10 awards for crime fiction, 21 novels, and over 60 short stories. The Pharaoh's Curse Murders is her latest book.
Vicki Delany is one of Canada’s most prolific and varied crime writers and a national bestseller in the U.S. She has written more than fifty books: clever cozies to Gothic thrillers to gritty police procedurals, to historical fiction and novellas for adult literacy. She is currently writing the Sherlock Holmes Bookshop series, the Year-Round Christmas mysteries, the Tea by the Sea books, and the Lighthouse Library series (as Eva Gates). She is a past chair of the Crime Writers of Canada and co-founder and organizer of the Women Killing It Crime Writing Festival. She is the recipient of the 2019 Derrick Murdoch Award for contributions to Canadian crime writing, and will be the Cozy Guest of Honor at Bouchercon in Calgary in 2026.
Barbara Fradkin is a retired child psychologist with a fascination for why we turn bad. She has published at least thirty short stories and seventeen novels, as well as four Rapid Reads short novels. Many of her works have been shortlisted or won Awards of Excellence from Crime Writers of Canada. She is the author of three mystery series but is probably best known for her gritty, psychological mysteries featuring quixotic, exasperating Ottawa Police Inspector Michael Green. The gritty, character-driven series has earned her two Best Novel Awards of Excellence, as well as two additional nominations. Her Amanda Doucette series features an adventurous, passionate foreign aid worker who battles her own traumatic past to help people in trouble. SHIPWRECKED SOULS, the twelfth Inspector Green mystery, delves into the trauma and long-buried secrets from World War II.
Light refreshments will be available.
EVENT TYPE: | Public Meeting and Events | Arts & Entertainment |
