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Annual Murder Goes South… 2012 Event on Hiatus

Murder Goes South... a Festival of Readers and Writers of the Southern Mystery will be on hiatus for 2012. It will return in January 2013. Check back for more info in June 2012.

Well attended two-day event featured Erica Spindler as keynote speaker and 11 guest writers and guest presenters.

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9th Annual Murder Goes South... Ticket Sales Begin

Ticket sales for the 9th Annual Murder Goes South have begun. The 2-day event will be held on Friday January 28, 2011 and Saturday January 29, 2011 at the Smyrna Community Center. Tickets to both events are $50. Tickets for either the Friday night or all day Saturday event are $30 each. A manuscript critique (limited to 12) by Literary Agent Janet Reid will be offered for the first time. Members of the Friends of Smyrna Library receive a 10% discount.

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9th Annual Murder Goes South... 2011 Poster Unveiled

Friends of Smyrna Library unveil the official poster created by artist Craig Faris.

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9th Annual Murder Goes South... Featured Guest Presenter Announced

U.S. Customs and Border Protection Agency to present.

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9th Annual Murder Goes South... Featured Guest Presenter Announced

Dr. Susan Kirkpatrick Smith, Kennesaw State University Forensic Anthopology Professor, to present.

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9th Annual Murder Goes South... Featured Guest Presenter Announced

Janet Reid, nationally recognized literary agent specializing in crime fiction and narrative non-fiction, to present.

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9th Annual Murder Goes South... Featured Guest Writer Announced

Lee Lofland, nationally nationally acclaimed expert on police procedure and author of "Police Procedure and Investigation, A Guide For Writers" to present.

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9th Annual Murder Goes South... Keynote Speaker Announced

Erica Spindler, New York Times & international bestselling author of "Blood Vines", "Breakneck", "Last Known Victim", "Copycat", "Killer Takes All", "See Jane Die", "In Silence", "Dead Run", "Bone Cold", "All Fall Down", "Cause For Alarm", "Shocking Pink", "Fortune" and "Forbidden Fruit", to present.

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9th Annual Murder Goes South... Featured Guest Writer Announced

Glynn Marsh Alam, author of "Bilge Water Bones", "High Water Hellion", "River Whispers", "Deep Water Death", "Dive Deep and Deadly", "Green Water Ghost", "Moon Water Madness", "Cold Water Corpse" and "Tide Water Talisman", to present.

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9th Annual Murder Goes South... Featured Guest Writer Announced

Mitchell Graham, author of "Majestic Descending", "Dead Docket", and "Circle of Lies" (being released in November 2010), to present.

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9th Annual Murder Goes South... Featured Guest Writer Announced

William Rawlings Jr., author of "The Lazard Legacy", "The Rutherford Cipher", "The Tate Revenge", "Crossword" and "The Mile High Club", to present.

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9th Annual Murder Goes South... Featured Guest Writer Announced

Cathy Pickens, author of "Southern Fried", "Done Gone Wrong", "Hog Wild", "Hush My Mouth" and "Can't Never Tell", to present.

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9th Annual Murder Goes South... Featured Guest Writer Announced

"Georgia Adams", author of "A Well-Manicured Murder" (written by three authors who write together - Patricia Browning, Joann Dunn & Karen McColgan), to present.

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9th Annual Murder Goes South... Featured Guest Writer Announced

David Hunter, author of "Tempest at the Sunsphere", "The Dancing Savior", "The Archangel Caper" "Things to Do in Knoxville When You're Dead", "The Night is Mine" and "The Jigsaw Man", to present.

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9th Annual Murder Goes South... Featured Guest Writer Announced

Carla Damron, author of "Keeping Silent", "Spider Blue" and "Death in Zooville", to present.

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The annual "Festival of Readers and Writers of the Southern Mystery" is scheduled for January 28-29, 2011. Sisters in Crime: Atlanta Chapter to Co-Sponsor.

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