Wordstock Weekend

Wordstock arrives this weekend, Portland's annual festival of books. It will take place November 7-9 at the Oregon Convention Center. Wordstock features ten author stages, a book fair with over 150 exhibitors, a special children's area and children's literature stage, a series of workshops for writers and for K-12 teachers, a special broadcast of Live Wire!, the popular public radio variety show, featuring writers from the festival, and more.

One quick way to get to know the writers at this year's event is to check out Portland on Portland, where authors talk about the city in a mere 50 words. (My topic is coffee, surprise, surprise.)

I will be involved in a number of activities. If you're in the area, this is a great event. I'd love to see you.

• Saturday, November 8, 2:00pm: Participating in a panel moderated by Katy King, with Phillip Margolin and Robert Clark: "The Changing Face of Mystery."


• Saturday, November 8, 3:00pm: Reading and Q&A.


• Sunday, November 9, 12:45pm: Leading a workshop, "How Character Collides with Premise to Create Plot."