11:30 am to 12:30 pm

State Capitol, Senate Committee Room F

Private Eyes Wide Open: Detective Fiction

Caroline Cleveland, When Cicadas Cry: A Novel

Harry Hunsicker, The Life and Death of Rose Doucette: A Novel

Snowden Wright, The Queen City Detective Agency: A Novel

with moderator Karen O'Connell

12:45 pm to 1:45 pm

State Capitol, Senate Committee Room F

Hot Off the Presses: Louisiana Authors’ Debut Thrillers

Ashley Elston, First Lie Wins: A Novel

Jennifer Moorhead, Broken Bayou

with moderator Teresa Tumminello Brader

1:00 pm to 1:45 pm

State Library Seminar Center

A Livestream Conversation with James Lee Burke

James Lee Burke* and Andre Dubus III

*Mr. Burke will be appearing via a live video feed the day of the festival.

2:00 pm to 3:00 pm 

State Capitol, Senate Committee Room F

Deadlier than the Male: Women Solving Mysteries

Jess Armstrong, The Curse of Penryth Hall: A Mystery

Katharine Schellman, The Last Note of Warning: A Mystery

Emma C. Wells, This Girl's a Killer: A Novel

Ashley Winstead, Midnight is the Darkest Hour: A Novel

with moderator Robert Gwaltney