At home, with the French edition of Death of a Cozy Writer.

Sisters in Crime

From left to right, back: Ellen Crosby, Meredith Cole, Ellen Byerrum. Front: Me, Sandra Parshall, Donna Andrews. Reston Library, Virginia, May 24, 2011.

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Sarah MelnykUpcoming Events
Dozens of conferences, book tours, and book signings were cancelled in 2020 because of the coronavirus pandemic. Planned personal and research travel to Iona, Scotland, and Milan, Italy--also cancelled.

Instead I stayed home, wrote steadily, and with the help of my new agent was able to return to my beloved St. Just roots, so it wasn't all bad news.

To replace cancelled in-person events, I will be Zooming in to libraries and bookshops throughout 2020. Please contact publicist sarah.melnyk@stmartins.com if you would like me to dial in to your group.

October 16-17: Bouchercon 2020 was virtual this year and I was on a humor panel October 17. Session videos are posted online at YouTube. The session I appeared on--
Rolling in the Aisles, with Sherry Harris, Kate Lansing, and Cindy Sample, expertly moderated by Wendall Thomas--can be viewed above.

November 7: Crimebake in New England. I was one of tree unranked finalists in the Flashwords! competition for my short story, "Blunt Cake."

Postponed until 2022: Left Coast Crime, April 7-10, Albuquerque, New Mexico @leftcoastcrime

Left Coast Crime March 22-25, 2018, Reno, Nevada
Interviewing William Kent Kreuger.

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The Edgars, New York, April 28, 2011

With Marcia Talley, author, at left. We're all dressed up for the annual dinner of the Mystery Writers of America, where the Edgar awards are presented.

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November 6, 2010

Photo by Robin Templeton

At the Sisters in Crime meeting in Silver Spring, Maryland. Twenty-seven local authors briefly described their latest projects. Also pictured - sort of - is author Art Taylor.

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May 4, 2009, at Barnes and Noble, Annapolis

L-R - Elaine Viets, Mary Jane Maffini, Rhys Bowen, Marcia Talley, me, Louise Penny.

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March 2009 at Left Coast Crime, The Big Island, Hawaii

Clockwise from top: Author Rhys Bowen, me, Brian Skupin, and Kate Stine at the breakfast for debutante authors and fans of honor. Brian and Kate are the publishers of Mystery Scene Magazine.

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May 5, 2007, at Malice Domestic

The short story panel: Moderator Hariette Sackler, G.M. Malliet, Marcia Talley, Roberta Isleib, Maurissa Guibord, Toni Kelner (the Agatha winner for short story), John Betancourt, Kaye George.

Above photo courtesy of Kaye George.

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Mystery Conferences

The photo at left is from the December 2008 signing at the Alexandria Library, Duncan branch, for the Chesapeake Crimes 3 anthology. Meriah Crawford is standing at right.

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