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Mayhem in the Midlands

9th Annual Conference May 22 — May 25, 2008

Sherlock Holmes

Registration closes May 15th but we still have space available for the conference.  Beginning Thursday, May 22nd at 3 p.m. through the end of the conference please register on site at The Embassy Suites. If you cannot attend the full conference Day Passes are available for $40 for either Friday or Saturday.
Update


Guest of Honor :
Alex Kava
Alex Kava
Toastmaster of Honor :
Jeff Abbott
Jef Abbott
Held at the Embassy Suites Hotel, 555 S. 10 Street, Omaha, Nebraska
Call 402-346-9000 to reserve a room at Mayhem rates.
  • Registration: $75 ($80 after Feb. 1) (does not include continental breakfast)
  • Book Dealers: $80/table (includes 2 registrations)
  • Continental Breakfast : $10 (you must be registered for the convention in order to attend the breakfast and interview)
  • Authors must sign up by March 15th to be considered for a panel
****Registration limited to 200 so sign up early!***

Schedule of Events

  • Get-Acquainted Cocktail party : Thursday, 7 p.m. (free with registration)
  • Panel Discussions – Conversations with the Authors- Book Signings : Friday & Saturday
  • Crime Lab/Crime Scene Track - LISTEN TO SOME REAL CSI STORIES

    According to Alex Kava, the panel discussions will include real-life experts: a crime scene investigator, the commander of a regional crime lab, a district attorney and the director of a university forensic science program.

    Just a few of their crime scene experiences they'll share with you: scraping enough blood from the bottom of a Dumpster to match a missing boy's DNA; excavating mass graves in Iraq; processing the scene of the deadliest bank robbery in a decade; and using a cadaver dog to find a murdered child in a house's foundation.

  • Sisters–in–Crime (SINC) Light Buffet : Friday $20 Auction Following
  • Mystery Dinner Buffet "Marriage is Murder": Saturday $45
  • Continental Breakfast & Interview with Guest of Honor : Sunday morning $10
For more information, please contact: Maggie Tarelli–Falcon 402 – 444 – 4854,
mtarelli-falcon@omahapubliclibrary.org or Sally Fellows – sallyfellows1@cox.net
Mayhem does not guarantee any participant a panel slot.

We will offer author assignments only to traditionally published authors of crime fiction or those who have been nominated for established mystery awards. We define traditional publisher authors as those who:
  1. Did not pay any of the costs associated with the publication of their books
  2. Are published by a company that:
    1. publishes at least three authors other than the publisher, members of the publisher's family, or staff of the publishing company.
    2. does not guarantee publication of all submissions
    3. provides editorial support to its authors.
Registration will close May 15, 2008 50% Refund of registration before May 1, 2008 – No Refunds after May 1, 2008
Sponsored by Omaha Public Library.