DON’T
MISS FORENSIC SCIENCE DAY! March 10,
2009. California Forensic Science
Institute (CFSI) and the Crime Lab Project (CLP) in cooperation with the lab and
the campus will provide expert speakers and programming for the day, as well as
facilities, handouts, and A/V equipment. This
will be a 6-8 hour event and will include a tour of the
Hertzberg-Davis
Forensic
Science
Center
on the CSU Los Angeles campus. This
lab serves the LAPD and the LA Sheriff's Department.
Four of the center's five floors house the largest regional
“full-service” crime laboratory in the United States, providing
state-of-the-art analysis of DNA, vehicles, fingerprints, blood, firearms and
other types of evidence.
Try Fear by James Scott Bell, a mixture of humor, the law, the Catholic
church and a great summer read!
The
Scarecrow by Michael Connelly-what
happens to reporter Jack McEvoy after the layoffs at the Los Angeles Times.
By
Hook or By Crook by Betty Hechtman, set in Tarzana and Catalina, and featuring a cozy
about books and crocheting.
GUESTS
OF HONOR:
Although Jan was born in
Texas
, she has spent most of her life in
Southern California
, from which she has combined several cities to create Las Piernas, Irene
Kelly’s hometown.
She has two sisters and a brother, and remains very close to them, their
parents, and several nieces, nephews, cousins and other extended family members.
She and her husband, musician Tim Burke, share their home with their dogs Cappy
and Britches.
Jan is the founder of the Crime Lab Project, a non-profit organization
dedicated to the improvement of public forensic science. She has also served as
a speaker for the National Institute of Justice, the American Society of Crime
Lab Directors, the California Association of Criminalists, and other
organizations. She is a member of the honorary board of the California Forensic
Science Institute, which is connected to the Los Angeles Regional Crime Lab, the
forensic lab the LAPD and the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department. She has
been instrumental in organizing the Forensics Day at Left Coast Crime 2010.
Jan is a Distinguished Alumna of California State University in
Long Beach
, and has taught writing classes at UCLA Extension, and was the associate editor
(with Sue Grafton) for MWA’s Writing Mysteries.
Jan’s books:
The Irene Kelly
series:
Goodnight, Irene
Sweet Dreams, Irene
Dear Irene,
Remember Me, Irene
Hocus
Liar
Flight (from Frank Harriman's point of view)
Bloodlines
Kidnapped
Standalones:
Nine (standalone)
The Messenger (supernatural thriller)
Short Story
Collection:
Eighteen (short story collection)
Visit Jan’s website at http://janburke.com
