The seventh annual Write of Spring celebration will be held on Saturday, March 28^th, from noon to four P.M. at the Once Upon a Crime bookstore at 604 West 26^th Street in Minneapolis. Here is the lineup:

12:00

Carl Brookins – Gary Bush — Laura Childs — Chris Everheart – Brian Freeman – Ellen Hart — Steve Horwitz — Wm. Kent Krueger — Lori L. Lake — Jess Lourey — Bruce Rubenstein — Julie L. Schaper – Roger Stelljes — Christopher Valen

1:00

Pat Dennis — William Dietrich — Lois Greiman — Bob Gust — Camille Hyytinen — E. Kelly Keady — Jenifer LeClair — Chuck Logan — Michael Mallory — Larry Millett — Peter Rennebohm — Rick Shefchik — William Swanson — Richard Thompson — Marilyn Victor – Pat Dennis — William Dietrich — Lois Greiman –Bob Gust — Camille Hyytinen — E. Kelly Keady — Jenifer LeClair — Chuck Logan — Michael Mallory — Larry Millett — Peter Rennebohm — Rick Shefchik — William Swanson — Richard Thompson — Marilyn Victor  

2:00

Robert Alexander — Barbara DaCosta — Sean Doolittle — K J Erickson — William Fietzer – Barbara Fister — Jeff Foster — David Housewright — Victoria Houston –  Dean Hovey — Kathryn Koutsky — Linda Koutsky — Linda Morganstein — Susan Runholt — Steve Thayer — R. D. Zimmerman

3:00

Joel Arnold — Judith Borger — C.C. Canby — Philip Donlay – Monica Ferris — Erin Hart — Pete Hautman — Judith Koll Healy — Priscilla Herbison — Kathleen Hills — Julie Kramer — Mary Logue – Sujata Massey — Scott Pearson — Deborah Woodworth –Joel Arnold — Judith Borger — C.C. Canby — Philip Donlay – Monica Ferris — Erin Hart — Pete Hautman — Judith Koll Healy — Priscilla Herbison — Kathleen Hills — Julie Kramer — Mary Logue – Sujata Massey — Scott Pearson — Deborah Woodworth

This year’s event also features Jon and Ruth Jordan, editors of Crimespree Magazine, along with 61 writers, their readers, and many of the books they love (including mine).  So come early and stay late for friendly discussion, fine hors d’oeuvres, and literate companionship.