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• Meet the Author with Joanna Vander Vlugt

  • When
    Tuesday, September 09, 2025
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    7:00 PM - 8:00 PM
  • Location
    Zoom

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  Please join us on Tuesday, September 9th from 7:00 to 8:00 p.m. PT as Joanna Vander Vlugt talks about her newest book, Spy Girls.
  

  

  Joanna Vander Vlugt is an author and illustrator. As a teenager, she drew charcoal portraits and wrote mysteries. Now, she uses Copic markers to illustrate motorcycles and graphic novels. Joanna’s short mysteries have been published in a variety of mystery anthologies, and her motorcycle illustrations have been purchased worldwide.

  
  

  Joanna draws upon her 13 years’ experience working in the prosecutor’s office and 10 years working in the Office of the Police Complaint Commissioner for inspiration for her thriller novels. She is the VP of Memberships for Sisters in Crime-CW. Joanna has just released her novel, Spy Girls, the third in her Jade & Sage series. Joanna’s novels, art, and podcast can be found at www.joannavandervlugt.com

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• Crime-A-Thon East vs West

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    Saturday, September 13, 2025
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    1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
  • Location
    Zoom

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  Please join us on Saturday, September 13, 2025 from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. PT as two great Sisters In Crime chapters, Capitol Crimes (Sacramento, California) and Palmetto (South Carolina), compare and contrast East Coast versus West Coast on regional characters and settings. Moderators Paula Gail Benson and Penny Manson will grill six East Coast award-winning authors and six West Coast award-winning authors in this fast-paced panel discussion. Representing the East Coast will be Yasmin Angoe, Carla Damron, Sally Handley, Linda Lovely, Dorothy McFalls, and Lynn Chandler Willis. In the West Coast camp, we will host Baron Birtcher, Bruce Borgos, Robin Burcell, Vinnie Hansen, Rae James, and Audrey Lee. 

  
  

  

  

  
  

  
  

  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

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• Crime Time at Bloodstone Books

  • When
    Sunday, September 14, 2025
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    2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
  • Location
    3214 Riverside Blvd., Sacramento, CA

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  Crime Time at Bloodstone Books

  Please join host Jennifer K. Morita on Sunday, Sept. 14 at 2:00 p.m. for our Crime Time hour with local crime readers and writers as we discuss what you're reading and writing. Share your trials, tribulations, and joys of the writing process. Whether you’re a seasoned pro or struggling through your first draft, it’s a great chance to network with fellow readers and writers and maybe get a few questions answered. Enjoy the company of others who can’t resist the lure of (fictional) crime!

  Bloodstone Books has graciously offered to host our meeting, and we’re sure you’ll enjoy browsing their shelves. We will also be continuing the conversation at one of the wonderful nearby eateries if you'd like to join us!

  Space is limited, so please register if you plan on attending.

  
  

  Bloodstone Book Shop

  3214 Riverside Blvd.

  Sacramento, CA  95818

  www.bloodstonebookshop.com

  
  

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• Criminally Good 2025 Writers' Conference

  • When
    Saturday, October 25, 2025
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    9:30 AM - 4:00 PM
  • Location
    Rancho Cordova City Hall, 2729 Prospect Park Dr, Rancho Cordova, CA 95670
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    79

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  Saturday, Oct. 25, 2025

  Our fabulous in-person workshop will feature keynote speaker Catriona McPherson, along with:

  • Best-selling authors Simon Wood and Michelle Chouinard. 

  • Developmental editor and award-winning, multi-genre author Eileen Rendahl.
  • Literary agent and former marketing agency CEO Laurie McLean of Fuse Literary Agency.
  • U.S. Army veteran and firearms expert, Karl Henwood; a former sheriff deputy/missing persons investigator and an emergency medicine physician—all discussing how to write realistic scenes.
  • YOUNG WRITERS' TRACK: Bryan Patrick Avery, on how to get started on your mystery; Dale Berry, comic book artist and graphic novelist; Dorothy Rice from creative writing non-profit 916 Ink; and YA author Shea Robinson.

  Lunch and snacks are included, and Face in a Book, an El Dorado Hills independent bookstore, will host an on-site bookstore at City Hall.

  
  

  Register until Aug. 31 for the early bird price of:

  Capitol Crimes Members $65
  Non-members $80

  Young Writers (ages 12-20) $20 no matter what the date

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• Young Writers' Criminally Good 2025 Conference

  • When
    Saturday, October 25, 2025
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    9:30 AM - 4:00 PM
  • Location
    Rancho Cordova City Hall, 2729 Prospect Park Dr, Rancho Cordova, CA 95670
  • Spaces left
    20

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  Saturday, Oct. 25, 2025

  Our fabulous in-person workshop will feature keynote speaker Catriona McPherson, along with:

  • YOUNG WRITERS' TRACK: Bryan Patrick Avery, on how to get started on your mystery; Dale Berry, comic book artist and graphic novelist; 916Ink instructor Dorothy Rice; and Sacramento young adult author Shea Robinson.

  Lunch will be provided, and you'll eat with the adult authors and publishing professionals.
  

  • Speakers in the adult sessions will include best-selling authors Simon Wood and Michelle Chouinard. 

  • Developmental editor and award-winning, multi-genre author Eileen Rendahl.
  • Literary agent and former marketing agency CEO Laurie McLean of Fuse Literary Agency.
  • A U.S. Army veteran and firearms expert, a former sheriff deputy/missing persons investigator and an emergency medicine physician—all discussing how to write realistic scenes.
    

  Face in a Book, an El Dorado Hills independent bookstore, will host an on-site bookstore at City Hall.
  

  Register now for the early bird price of:

  Capitol Crimes Members $65
  Non-members $80

  Young Writers ages 12-20 and College Students $20 (student ID required)

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