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Andi Shechter
Andi Shechter is a two-time mystery convention chair ('97 and '07) and one time mystery con Fan Guest of Honor. She started out in Trek conventions and never looked back, attending or working on mumble-mumble conventions. Andi lives with the medical mystery of the century. She can frequently be found, surrounded by her gorilla pals, watching figure skating, reading cookbooks and swooning over really good mystery fiction. She's lived in the San Francisco Bay Area, Boston and Seattle, Andi currently lives in Seattle with Stu Shiffman and spends far too much time on her iPad playing games and not enough time writing reviews which are late. or she's a blond, coke-addicted runway model with an attitude from New York. Go ahead, ask her.
Programming for Andi Shechter
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| Thu | 14:00 | (A05) | 1 hr |
Remembrances of Joanna Russ
Joanna Russ was one of the field's first feminist writers and a leading literary critic. While many are familiar with her fiction and her critical work, her influence went far beyond that. Our panel remembers Joanna Russ, and assesses her personal impact on them and on others in the field. |
| Fri | 12:00 | (A13) | 1 hr |
Convention Running 101
How do you get a convention up and running? How do you keep it running? What are some of the pitfalls? Here's an introduction to the importance of hotel resumes, budgets and databases. |
| Sun | 11:00 | (A04) | 1 hr |
The Diverse World of Mysteries
Not all that long ago, most people viewed mysteries as falling into two categories, broadly defined on one side by Christie and Sayers and on the other by Hammett and Chandler. The field is now much more diverse featuring historical mysteries, police procedurals, humorous mysteries, and many, many more types. The panel looks at the broad scope of mysteries and why so many SF fans also love them. |
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