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1991: San Francisco, California
Guests of Honor: Marcia Muller & Bill Pronzini
Toastmaster: Bruce Taylor
Chair: Bryan Barrett
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1992: San Francisco, California
Guests of Honor: J.A. Jance & Earl Emerson
Toastmaster: James Lee Burke
Chair: Donna Rankin
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1993: Anaheim, California
“Southern Exposure”
Guest of Honor: Susan Dunlap & Julie Smith
Toastmasters: Ann & Evan Maxwell
Chairs: Kevin Moore & Kathy Johnson
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1994: Anaheim, California
Guest of Honor: Aaron Elkins
Toastmaster: Carolyn Hart
Chair: Kevin Moore
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1995: Scottsdale, Arizona
“A Tribute to Tony Hillerman”
Guest of Honor: Tony Hillerman
Toastmaster: Judith Van Gieson
Chairs: Jean Hanus & Marty Hanus
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1996: Boulder, Colorado
“Murder with an Altitude”
Guest of Honor: Kinky Friedmann
Fan Guest of Honor: Maggie Mason
Toastmaster: Nevada Barr
Chairs: Tom & Enid Schantz
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1997: Seattle, Washington
“Mystery Lurks…”
Guests of Honor: Faye & Jonathan Kellerman
Toastmaster: Lia Matera
Chair: Andi Shechter
Vice Chair:Thom Walls
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1998: San Diego, California
“Crime Crosses the Border”
Lifetime Achievement: Bob Wade
Guest of Honor: Elizabeth George
Fan Guest of Honor: Willis Herr
Toastmaster: Alan Russell
Chairs: Left Coast Crime 8 Committee
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1999: Albuquerque, New Mexico
Guest of Honor: John Dunning
Fan Guest of Honor: Tasha Mackler
Toastmaster: Deborah Crombie
Chair: Harlan Campbell
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2000: Tucson, Arizona
“Celebrating Mystery, Murder, & Mayhem”
Guest of Honor: Sue Grafton
Fan Guest of Honor: George Easter
Toastmaster: Harlan Coben
Chairs: Left Coast Crime 10 Organizing Committee
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2001: Anchorage, Alaska
“Death Below Zero”
Guests of Honor: Michael Connelly & Lindsey Davis
Fan Guest of Honor: Andi Shechter
Chairs: Dana Stabenow & Linda Billington
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2002: Portland, Oregon
“Slugs and Roses”
Guests of Honor: Laurie R. King & Steven Saylor
Fan Guest of Honor: Don Herron
Toastmaster: G.M. Ford
Chairs: Debbie Cross & Bryan Barrett
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2003: Pasadena, California
“Lights! Camera! Murder!”
Guest of Honor: Robert Crais
Fan Guest of Honor: Sue Feder
Toastmaster: Jerrilyn Farmer
Chair: Helen Howerton
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2004: Monterey, California
“Sand, Seals, Otters, and Mystery”
Lifetime Achievement: Richard Lupoff
Guests of Honor: Sharan Newman & Walter Mosley
Fan Guests of Honor: Bryan Barrett & Thom Walls
Toastmaster: Gillian Roberts
Chairs: Toby & Bill Gottfried
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2005: El Paso, Texas
“Is Something Mysterious Afoot on the Border?”
Guests of Honor: S.J. Rozan, Paco Ignacio Taibo II
Fan Guest of Honor: Ernie Bulow
Toastmaster: Rick Riordan
Chairs: Patricia A. Phillips & Mary A. Sarber
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2006: Bristol, United Kingdom
“For a Bloody Good Time!”
Guests of Honor: Boris Akunin, Jeffery Deaver, Anne Perry
Fan Guests of Honor: Bill & Toby Gottfried, Donna Moore
Toastmaster: Lee Child
Chairs: Myles Allfrey & Adrian Muller
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2007: Seattle, Washington
“Reading in the Rain”
Guests of Honor: Dennis & Gayle Lynds
Fan Guests of Honor: Diane Kovacs & Kara Robinson
Toastmaster: Gary Phillips
Chair: Andi Shechter
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2008: Denver, Colorado
“Murder on the Rocks”
Guest of Honor: Stephen White
Fan Guest of Honor: Michael Masliah
Toastmaster: Elaine Viets
Celebrity Chef: Joanne Pence
Celebrity Singer: Parnell Hall
Chairs: Christine Goff & Suzanne Proulx
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2009: Waikoloa, Hawaii
“Say Aloha to Murder”
Guests of Honor: Rhys Bowen & Barry Eisler
Fan Guests of Honor: Vallery Feldman & Pam Dehnke
Toastmaster: Lee Goldberg
Ghost of Honor: Earl Derr Biggers
Chairs: Bill & Toby Gottfried
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2010: Los Angeles, California
“Booked in LA”
Guests of Honor: Jan Burke & Lee Child
Fan Guest of Honor: Janet Rudolph
Toastmaster: Bill Fitzhugh
Chair: Jean Utley
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2011: Santa Fe, New Mexico
“The Big Chile”
Lifetime Achievement: Martin Cruz Smith
Guests of Honor: Margaret Coel & Steven Havill
Fan Guest of Honor: Marvin Lachman
Toastmaster: Steve Brewer
Ghost of Honor: Frances Crane & Dorothy B. Hughes
Chair: Pari Noskin Taichert
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2012: Sacramento, California
“Mining for Murder”
Guests of Honor: John Lescroart & Jacqueline Winspear
Fan Guest of Honor: Noemi Levine
Toastmaster: Harley Jane Kozak
Special Guest: James Rollins
Chairs: Robin Burcell & Cindy Sample
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2013: Colorado Springs, Colorado
“Where Murder Is the Last Resort”
Guests of Honor: Craig Johnson & Laura Lippman
Fan Guests of Honor: Tom & Enid Schantz
Toastmaster: David Corbett
Special Guest: Lou Diamond Phillips
Troubadour: Parnell Hall
Ghost of Honor: Stephen J. Cannell
Chairs: Christine Goff & Suzanne Proulx
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2014: Monterey, California
“Calamari Crime”
Lifetime Achievement: Marcia Muller & Bill Pronzini
Guests of Honor: Cara Black & Louise Penny
Fan Guest of Honor: Sue Trowbridge
Toastmaster: Brad Parks
G Is for Guest: Sue Grafton
Ghost of Honor: Collin Wilcox
Chairs: Bill & Toby Gottfried, Lucinda Surber & Stan Ulrich
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2015: Portland, Oregon
“Crimelandia”
Guests of Honor: Chelsea Cain & Timothy Hallinan
Fan Guests of Honor: Friends of Mystery
Toastmaster: Gar Anthony Haywood
Special Guest: Phillip Margolin
Chairs: Bill Cameron & L.J. Sellers
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2016: Phoenix, Arizona
“The Great Cactus Caper”
Guests of Honor: Gregg Hurwitz & Ann Cleeves
Fan Guest of Honor: Chantelle Aimée Osman
Toastmaster: Catriona McPherson
Chair: Ingrid Willis
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2017: Honolulu, Hawaii
“Honolulu Havoc”
Lifetime Achievement: Faye Kellerman & Jonathan Kellerman
Guests of Honor: Dana Stabenow & Colin Cotterill
Toastmaster: Laurie R. King
Ghost of Honor: Earl Derr Biggers
Chair: Gay Coburn Gale
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2018: Reno, Nevada
“Crime on the Comstock”
Guests of Honor: Naomi Hirahara & William Kent Krueger
Toastmaster: Todd Borg
Ghost of Honor: Mark Twain (McAvoy Layne)
Chair: Lynn Bremer
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2019: Vancouver, British Columbia
“Whale of a Crime”
Lifetime Achievement: Sue Grafton
Guests of Honour: C.J. Box & Maureen Jennings
Fan Guests of Honour: Don & Jen Longmuir, Scene of the Crime Books
Local Legend: William Deverell | Ghost of Honour: L.R. Wright
Toastmaster: Cathy Ace
Co-Chairs: Colleen Glynn & Linda McNab
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2020: San Diego, California
“Murder’s a Beach”
Guests of Honor: Rachel Howzell Hall & T. Jefferson Parker
Toastmaster: Matt Coyle
Ghost of Honor: Raymond Chandler
Co-Chairs: Kim Keeline, Lisa Brackmann, Maryelizabeth Yturralde
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2021: Cyberspace
“The Unconvention” |
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2022: Albuquerque, New Mexico
“Southwest Sleuths”
Guests of Honor: Mick Herron & Catriona McPherson
Fan Guest of Honor: Kristopher Zgorski
Toastmaster: Kellye Garrett
Ghost of Honor: Tony Hillerman
Co-Chairs: Lucinda Surber & Stan Ulrich
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2023: Tucson, Arizona
“Trouble in Tucson”
Lifetime Achievement: J.A. Jance
Guests of Honor: Glen Erik Hamilton & Sujata Massey
Fan Guest of Honor: Dru Ann Love
Toastmaster: Ellen Byron| Ghost of Honor: Winn Bundy
National Co-Chairs: Lucinda Surber & Stan Ulrich
Tucson Co-Chairs: Evelyn Cirincione, Elaine Powers, D.R. Ransdell
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2024: Bellevue, Washington
“Seattle Shakedown”
Guests of Honor: Megan Abbott & Robert Dugoni
Fan Guest of Honor: Fran Fuller
Toastmaster: Wanda M. Morris
Ghost of Honor: John Okada
National Co-Chairs: Lucinda Surber & Stan Ulrich
Seattle Co-Chairs: Laurie Rockenbeck, David B. Schlosser, Brian Thornton
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2025: Denver, Colorado
“Rocky Mountain High Jinks”
Guests of Honor: Sara Paretsky & Manual Ramos
Fan Guest of Honor: Grace Koshida
Toastmaster: John Copenhaver
Co-Chairs: Lucinda Surber & Stan Ulrich
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