Whale of a Crime Final Newsletter: April 18, 2019
We hope you all had a great time at Left Coast Crime 2019 in Vancouver, British Columbia! Our thanks to all the volunteers who generously donated their time throughout the convention.
Silent and Live Auction
We are grateful to everyone who donated items for our Silent and Live Auctions and all our generous bidders on auction items and the quilt. We raised $8,261 CAD for ONE TO ONE: $939 CAD Quilt Raffle, $3122 CAD Silent Auction, $4200 CAD Live Auction. LCC 2019 will make an additional contribution to ONE TO ONE when all outstanding bills are paid.
A few pictures...
Thanks to LCC photographer Darrell Hoemann, here are a few pictures from the convention.
Speed Dating with Les & Leslie Blatt
Registration is Open!
Welcome to Whale of a Crime!
Fan Guest of Honour Interview: Jenn Longmuir, Vicki Delany, Don Longmuir
Local Legend William Deverell
Co-Chairs Linda McNab and Colleen Glynn with William Deverell
Nominees for the Lefty for Best Humorous Novel
Nominees for the Lefty for Best Historical Novel
Nominees for the Lefty for Best Debut Novel
Nominees for the Lefty for Best Novel
Meet the New Authors Breakfast with Mike Befeler
Guest of Honour Interview: Robin Agnew and Maureen Jennings
Toastmaster Interview: Catriona McPherson and Cathy Ace
Guest of Honour Interview: Ingrid Thoft and C.J. Box
M Is for Memories: Remembering Sue Grafton
Live Auction with Donna Andrews
Quilt created by Vallery Feldman and Pam Dehnke
Author Hosted Table at the Awards Banquet: Marsali Taylor & Ovidia Yu
Jamie Clark accepting the Sue Grafton Lifetime Achievement Award on behalf of her mother
Lefty Best Novel Award: Catriona McPherson with Terri Bishoff
Lefty Best Historical Novel Award: Sujata Massey with Bill & Toby Gottfried
Lefty Best Historical Debut Award: Dianne Freeman with Lisa Brackmann & Kim Keeline
Lefty Best Novel Award: Lou Berney with Cindy Sample & Robin Burcell
Toastmaster Cathy Ace
It was a great convention!
Thanks again to our generous sponsors!
Farewell from Whale of a Crime
This is the final newsletter from LCC 2019, but all LCC 2019 registrants will be included in LCC 2020 newsletters through the Lefty Award nomination period ending in January 2020. And we hope you will register for LCC 2020 in San Diego, if you haven’t already. We can’t wait to see you all again!
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eft Coast Crime 2020: San Diego
When: March 12–15, 2020
Where: San Diego Marriott Mission Valley
Guest of Honor: Rachel Howzell Hall
Guest of Honor: T. Jefferson Parker
Toastmaster: Matt Coyle
Fan Guest of Honor: Mysterious Galaxy Bookstore
Visit the Murder’s a Beach website for all the details and to register.
Left Coast Crime 2021
We are sorry to report that Left Coast Crime 2021 will not be held in Tucson, Arizona, after all. We were unable to come to an agreement with the hotel. Their Food & Beverage commitment was nearly twice the previous high that LCC has ever paid, but the killer was a massive prepayment schedule that exceeded the extent of Left Coast Crime’s financial resources. We are actively pursuing other locations for 2021 and will let you all know as soon as we have news to share.
