UPCOMING 2012 APPEARANCES:

FEB. 29, 7 p.m.:

BOOKPEOPLE, 603 North Lamar, Austin, Texas. Call-in for the Hard Word Book Club group, discussing COLD SHOT TO THE HEART and KINGS OF MIDNIGHT.

APRIL 12, 7 p.m.-9 p.m.:

NEPTUNE PUBLIC LIBRARY, 25 Neptune Blvd., Neptune, N.J.

TBA:

Film noir night at THE STEPHEN CRANE HOUSE, Asbury Park, N.J.

OCT. 4-7:

BOUCHERCON 2012, Cleveland Marriott Renaissance, Cleveland, Ohio

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PREVIOUS APPEARANCES:

JUNE 4:

WORDS! Bookstore, 612 Cookman Ave., Asbury Park, N.J., as part of Asbury's First Saturday celebration. (732) 455-5549.

MAY 25, 2:45 p.m.:

BookExpo America, Jacob Javits Center, New York. Signing copies of COLD SHOT TO THE HEART at the Mystery Writers of America booth, #4482.

MAY 14, 3 p.m.:

MAYHEM AT BOOKHAMPTON, 20 Main St., Sag Harbor, N.Y., Panel: "The How-To of a Thriller" with Reed Farrel Coleman, Lorenzo Carcaterra, Justin Evans, Michael Atkinson and Ken Wishnia.

MAY 2:

FESTIVAL OF MYSTERY 2011, Oakmont, Pa.

APRIL 16, 2 p.m.:

WEST CALDWELL PUBLIC LIBRARY, West Caldwell, N.J. "Book Talk x 2" with Brad Parks, celebrating National Library Week.

MARCH 3-6:

SLEUTHFEST 2011, Hilton Deerfield Beach/Boca Raton, Deerfield Beach, Fla. Panelist, "Arresting Behavior," Fri. March 4, 10 am., with James O. Born, Meg Gardiner, Deborah Crombie and Cheryl Solimini.

FEB. 26, 1 p.m.:

WATCHUNG BOOKSELLERS, 54 Fairfield St., Montclair, N.J. (973) 744-7177

FEB. 25, 5:30-6:30 p.m.:

BOOK TOWNE, 171 Main St., Manasquan, N.J. (732) 722-7255

JAN. 28, 6:30 p.m.:

THE MYSTERIOUS BOOKSHOP, 58 Warren Street, New York, NY. (212) 587-1011. Official launch party for COLD SHOT TO THE HEART.

JAN. 19, 6:30 pm.:

Panel discussion: "Without Conscience: Why Psychopaths Make Such Interesting Characters," New York Public Library, 40th St. and Fifth Ave., Sixth Floor, Manhattan. Panelists include Jonathan Maberry, Wendy Corsi Staub, Katia Lief, Alice Loweecey and moderator Anthony Rainone. (212) 340-0837.