I just spent 4 crazy, wonderful days at Bouchercon, the annual conference for crime authors and fans named for Anthony Boucher.  Boucher helped found the Mystery Writers of America, was a noted mystery reviewer for the NYT and author of several mysteries – my favorite title is The Case of the Seven Sneezes – gotta look that one up!  This was my first time at the conference and I have to say it was inspiring beyond my expectations.  It’s a true community.  The photo above is from the closing panel that featured a terrific moderator whose name I failed to note, J.A. Jance, Simon Wood, Jeffery Deaver, Eoin Colfer, another very well known author, and a famous fan – I’m kicking myself for recycling my program before I got their names down.  Anyone out there who went, please let me know who they are!  Talk ranged from the serious to a running joke about colonoscopies.  Eoin started it – he named one of his children’s book’s characters Colin Oscopy.  Right up my alley, no pun intended. Here are a few of the comments I picked up from the many incredible panels: Jeffery Deaver paces books like concert pieces – not […]