Left Coast Crime Recap

Left Coast Crime Recap

I’m back from Left Coast Crime, happy to be out of the big city and up on my mountain, but it was good to see like-minded people for a few days.

Left Coast Crime is a reader-focused conference, so the panels are designed to showcase the authors and their books, unlike a writer-focused conference, where panels are designed to expand on craft.

The first day began with “Speed Dating” where authors go from table to table giving out swag and pitching their books. I’ve thought a...