Keynote Speaker: Joe Kenda
15th Annual Pikes Peak Library District's Mountain of Authors
Keynote Speaker
Lt. Joe Kenda, CSPD (Ret.)
Lt. Joe Kenda, a twenty-three-year veteran of the Colorado Springs Police Department, spent twenty-one years chasing killers as a homicide detective and commander of the major crimes unit. Kenda and his team solved 356 of his 387 homicide cases, getting a 92 percent solve rate—one of the highest in the country. After retiring from law enforcement, he starred in Homicide Hunter: Lt. Joe Kenda, an American true-crime documentary series that ran for nine seasons on the Investigation Discovery network and was aired in sixty-nine countries and territories worldwide. At its peak, Homicide Hunter averaged 1.9 million viewers in the US. See Lt. Kenda on his new crime series, American Detective, available to stream now on discovery+.
His new book from Blackstone Publishing, Killer Triggers, was released March 9, 2021.
Photo credits Investigation Discovery, Stephanie Diani
Keynote Speaker: Sandhya Menon
Writing an Award-Winning Book panelists: Barbara Nickless, Liz Colter, Peg Brantley
I Wrote a Book; Now What? panelists: Angie Hodapp, Anita Mumm, Mary Walewski
Keynote Speaker: Kevin J. Anderson
Panel "Writing for Children": Christine Liu-Perkins, Julie Danneberg, Marjorie Blain-Parker, Denise Vega, Kathleen Pelley, Todd Tuell
Keynote Speaker: Mark Lee Gardner
Writing for History panelists: Courtney Miller, Nancy Oswald, Sean Eads
Publishing panel: Doris Baker, Peter Brumlik, Michael Covington
Keynote Speaker: Anne Hillerman
Mystery Panel: Nancy Atherton, Robert Greer, Manuel Ramos
Retrospective Panel: Mario Acevedo, Sandra Bond, Kristen Heitzmann
Keynote Speaker: Carrie Vaughn
Science Fiction Panel: Hilari Bell, Jason Heller, Warren Hammond
Publishing Panel: Justin Luzader, Doris Baker, Mary Walewski
Keynote Speaker: Peter Heller
Nonfiction Panel: Kenn Amdahl, Jim Davidson, Dave Hnida
I Wrote a Book, Now What?: Rachelle Gardner, Mara Purl, Dr. Patricia Ross
Keynote Speaker: Stephen Coonts
Love & War Panel: Nick Arvin, Kerstin Lieff, Kathleen Morgan
Publishing Advice from the Pros: Judith Briles (Author U), Marilyn Largent (David C. Cook), Anita Mumm (Nelson Literary Agency)
Keynote Speaker: Connie Willis
Thrills & Chills Panel: Kristen Heitzmann, Brett King, Robert Liparulo
ePublishing Panel: Mike Daniels (Four Colour Print Group), Barbara O'Neal, Sandra Bond (Bond Literary Agency)
Keynote Speaker: Jerry B. Jenkins
Paranormal Fiction Panel: Mario Acevedo, Parker Blue (Pam McCutcheon), Jeanne Stein
Publishing Panel: Doris Baker (Filter Press), Teresa Funke (Teresa Funke & Company), Nancy Mills (CIPA)
Keynote Speaker: Margaret Coel
Getting Your First Book Published Panel: Sandra Bond (Bond Literary Agency), Kirk Farber, Faith Marcovecchio (Fulcrum Publishing)
Genre Fiction: Nancy Atherton, M.J. Brett, Laura Reeve, Rod Summitt
Keynote Speaker: Beverly Lewis
Words & Pictures Panel: Todd Caudle, Michael Hague, Maria Faulconer
Publishers Panel: Doris Baker (Filter Press), Lisa Gilman (About Books, Inc.), Mick Silva (WaterBrook Multnomah Publishing Group)
Nonfiction Author Panel: Beth Barrett, Marcia Ford, Karen Scalf Linamen, John Stansfield
Fiction Author Panel: Kevin Anderson, Kacy Barnett-Gramckow, Beth Groundwater, Rebecca Moesta, Robert Spiller
Children's/Teen Author Panel: Mary Peace Finley, Donita Paul, Katherine Pebley O'Neal
Keynote Speaker: Sandra Dallas
Additional Speakers: Doris Baker (Filter Press), Nancy Bentley, Craig Brown, Gary Penley