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Tucson Festival of Books March 15-16, 2025 www.tucsonfestivalofbooks.org If you would like me to sign a book, please bring it with you. My schedule: Shades of Gray in Mystery From Cozy to Hard Boiled. Shades of good and evil, guilt and innocence. These writers hit their target and deliver readers what they crave. Sat, Mar 15, 10:00 am - 10:55 am Panelists: Jo Perry, Paige Shelton, Iona Whishaw Moderator: Susan Fifer Student Union Sabino (Seats 87) Meet Your Next Favorite Author Today we will meet Christopher Jansmann, GK Jurrens and Nancy Nau Sullivan, three authors of independently published mysteries. How and why did they publish independently, and how is it going so far? You'll want to watch for these three names in the future! Moderator: Jo Perry Sat, Mar 15, 1:00 pm - 1:55 pm Student Union Tucson Room (Seats 110) Workshop: Finding a Taxi in the Rain Presenter: Jo Perry Traveling the dead-ends, asking the questions, and telling the true lies that become fiction. Bring a paragraph you’ve written that you’re willing to share, along with your opinions, queries, triumphs, failures, etc. For authors-in-progress, this will be like finding a taxi in the rain. Integrated Learning Center Room 119 (Seats 60) Sat, Mar 15, 4:00 pm - 4:55 pm Is Something Out There? Do you like a little woo-woo and scary with your mystery stories? Lynn Cahoon, Kate Alice Marshall and Jo Perry may be just the authors you’re looking for. Panelists: Lynn Cahoon, Kate Alice Marshall, Jo Perry Moderator: Paige Shelton Sun, Mar 16, 2:30 pm - 3:25 pm Student Union Tucson Room (Seats 110) Short Stories: I have a new short story in Retreats From Oblivion: “O Captain My Captain” by Jo Perry https://retreatsfromoblivion.com/2023/05/06/fiction-o-captain-my-captain-by-jo-perry/ Look for my story, "Lights Out" in Pulp Modern: Tech Noir Look for my story, "A Discreet Personal Assistant," in the Crossing Borders anthology from Sisters In Crime, San Diego Read "The Kick The Bucket Tour" a Distinguished Story in The Best American Mystery Stories of 2019 (Lethem/Penzler), in Retreats from Oblivion, the journal of NoirCon: https://retreatsfromoblivion.com/2018/10/04/the-kick-the-bucket-tour-by-jo-perry/ Read Jo's prize-winning short story "Little Slices" on Inkitt: https://www.inkitt.com/stories/scifi/20598 PURE was selected as one of the Independent Fiction Alliance's BEST TRULY INDEPENDENT BOOKS OF 2022 Dead Is Better and Dead Is Best make It's An Indie Book Blog's Readers' Top 100 Books of the 21st Century: https://itsanindiebookblog.com/2019/10/12/readers-top-100-the-final-list/?fbclid=IwAR00nzIU_MIPi_Ciu_j_g1wV5xZIKW-ySZJ1-48sxAGEl_C8jFv6obK6YVI ABOUT Jo Perry earned a Ph.D. in English, taught college literature and writing, produced and wrote episodic television, and has published articles, book reviews, and poetry. Her short story, "The Kick The Bucket Tour" (Retreats from Oblivion, Journal of NoirCon) made the Distinguished Mystery Stories of 2018 list in The Best Mystery Stories 2019, Lethem, Penzler, editors. Jo lives in Los Angeles with her husband, novelist Thomas Perry. Read interview (more about Rose) by H.C. Newton: https://irresponsiblereader.com/2019/02/14/a-few-quick-questions-with-jo-perry/ Read interview by S.W. Lauden on death, genre and the series: https://badcitizencorporation.com/2017/12/18/interrogation-jo-perry/ Read interview in Bibliophile Book Club: http://bibliophilebookclub.com/2016/02/11/exclusive-author-interview-jo-perry/ Read more about Jo and the dogs at Coffee with a Canine: http://coffeecanine.blogspot.com/2015/01/jo-perry-lola-and-lucy.html Listen to Nancie Claire's interview with Jo at SPEAKING OF MYSTERIES: http://www.speakingofmysteries.com Read Phil Hurst's interview with Jo about writing: https://writewithphil.com/author-interview-with-jo-perry/ |
