Speed City Sisters in Crime
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      • 2019 Nancy Pickard Writing Workshop
      • 2019 Larry Sweazy Short Story Workshop
      • 2019 Guest Speaker L.A. Chandlar
      • Pulaski County Library Award
    • Mystery & Writing Conferences
    • Murder We Wrote Blog
  • Our Anthologies
    • Anthology 8
    • Murder 20/20 Anthology
    • Deadbeat (Theatrical)
  • Resources
    • S.S. Van Dine - Twenty Rules for Writing Detective Stories
    • Father Knox's Decalogue
    • Raymond Chandler's Ten Commandments
    • Frank Gruber's 11 Point Formula for Mystery Short Stories

2020 Mystery & Writing Conferences

JANUARY 2020

​Rotarua Noir
January, 2020
Rotarua, New Zealand
Special guests TBA
​FEBRUARY 2020

​Granite Noir
February 20-23, 2020
Aberdeen, Scotland
Special Guests Sara Paretsky

CrimeCon: Crowdsolve
February 21-23, 2020
Chicago, IL
Attendees will deep-dive into an open cold case

Murder in the Magic City
February 22, 2020
Birmingham, AL
Guests of Honor: Joshilyn Jackson, Thomas Mullen

​MARCH 2020

Noireland
March TBD
Belfast, Ireland
Guests TBA

Left Coast Crime
March 12-15, 2020
Vancouver, Canada
Guest of Honor: Rachel Howzell Hall
Guest of Honor: T. Jefferson Parker 
Toastmaster: Matt Coyle
Ghost of Honor: Raymond Chandler​

Virginia Festival of the Book’s Crime Wave
March 18, 2020
Charlottesville, VA
Headliners: Jonathan Eig, Vashti Harrison, Ian Rankin, Jacqueline Woodson​

Murder and Mayhem in Chicago
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March 21, 2020
Chicago, IL
Keynote Speakers: William Kent Krueger, Shari Lapena, Laura Lippman, And Gregg Hurwitz

Sleuthfest
March 26-29, 2020
Deerfield Beach, FL
Guests of Honor: Catriona McPherson, Dr. Lawrence J. Simon 
APRIL 2020

Quais Polar
April 3-5, 2020
Lyon, France

Los Angeles Times Festival of Books
April 18-19, 2020
Los Angeles, CA

Edgar Awards Banquet
April 30, 2020
Grand Hyatt Hotel
New York, NY

theedgars.com
​MAY 2020

Malice Domestic
May 1-3, 2020
Bethesda, MD
Guest of Honor: Julia Spencer-Fleming
Toastmaster: Jeff Cohen
Fan Guest of Honor: Dina Wilmer
Lifetime Achievement Award: Ellen Hart
Malice Remembers: Ruth Cavin

CrimeCon 2020: Orlando
May 1-3, 2020
Orlando, FL
A conference for fans of true crime

Book Expo America
May 28-29, 2020
New York, NY
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Maine Crime Wave
Dates TBD
Portland, ME
Special Guests TBA
​JUNE 2020

Crimefest
June 4-17, 2020
Bristol, UK
Featured Guests: Robert Goddard, Laura Lippman
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Nancy Drew Sleuths
Dates TBA
Location TBA
​JULY 2020

Thrillerfest
July 7 – 11, 2020
New York, NY
Thriller Legend: Theresa Lee 
Thriller Master: Diana Gabaldon

Theakson Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival
July 23-26, 2020
Harrogate, UK
Special guests announced in Spring 2020

Book Passage Mystery Writers Conference
July 30 - August 2, 2020
Corte Madera, CA (Just north of San Francisco)
​AUGUST 2020

Writers' Police Academy's MurderCon
August 6, 2020
Raleigh, NC
Special Guests: Sirchie Crime Scene Technology

Suffolk Mystery Authors Festival
August 8, 2020
Suffolk, VA
Special Guests TBA

Edinburgh International Book Festival
August 15-31, 2020
Edinburgh, Scotland

Killer Nashville
August 20-23, 2020
Franklin, TN


Creatures, Crimes & Creativity (C3) Con
August 28-30, 2020
​Columbia, MD
Keynote Speakers: Hank Phillipi Ryan, James Grady, Kathleen Barber
​SEPTEMBER 2020

Bloody Scotland
September 18-20, 2020
Stirling, Scotland

Brooklyn Book Festival
September TBA
Brooklyn Borough Hall, NY
OCTOBER 2020

Capital Crime
October 1st-3rd, 2020
London, UK
Special Guests TBA

CrimeCruise
October 9-12, 2020
Miami to Bahamas
3-night Bahamas cruise: cold cases, mystery authors

Bouchercon
October 15-18, 2020
Sacrament, CA
Lifetime Achievement: WALTER MOSLEY
Special Guest of Honor: SCOTT TUROW
International Guest of Honor: ANTHONY HOROWITZ

Magna Cum Murder
October 23-25
Columbia Club, Indianapolis
Guest of Honor: C. J. Box
International Guest of Honor:  Lord David Trimble
NOVEMBER 2020

New England Crime Bake
November TBA
New England

Iceland Noir 2020 Festival of Crime Fiction
November 19-22, 2020
Reykjavík, Iceland
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​DECEMBER 2020

Black Orchid Weekend
December TBA
New York
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Speed City Sisters in Crime is the Indiana chapter of the world-wide mystery/crime writers' association Sisters in Crime. The Speed City chapter was founded in 2005.

Members of the organization are published mystery and crime authors, writers working on mysteries and thrillers, and readers and fans of the literary genre. There are currently 40+ members who live in Indiana or the Midwest.

Speed City Sisters in Crime hosts monthly meetings with speakers on topics of interest to mystery and crime writing. Past speakers have included police officers, prosecutors, investigative reporters, forensic specialists, weapons experts, researchers, and publishing and media professionals.
  • Home
    • About Speed City SiC
    • Board Members
    • Welcome from Chapter President
  • Contact Us
  • Membership
    • Membership Info
    • Member Author Info
    • Member Published Books
    • Critique Group
  • Monthly Meetings
    • 2021 Speakers
    • 2020 Speakers
    • 2019 Speakers
    • 2018 Speakers
  • Events
    • 2021 Events
    • 2020 Events
    • 2019 Events >
      • 2019 Nancy Pickard Writing Workshop
      • 2019 Larry Sweazy Short Story Workshop
      • 2019 Guest Speaker L.A. Chandlar
      • Pulaski County Library Award
    • Mystery & Writing Conferences
    • Murder We Wrote Blog
  • Our Anthologies
    • Anthology 8
    • Murder 20/20 Anthology
    • Deadbeat (Theatrical)
  • Resources
    • S.S. Van Dine - Twenty Rules for Writing Detective Stories
    • Father Knox's Decalogue
    • Raymond Chandler's Ten Commandments
    • Frank Gruber's 11 Point Formula for Mystery Short Stories