Trouble in Tucson Newsletter
December 5, 2022
This newsletter is going out to all registrants of Albuquerque 2022 and Tucson 2023. Albuquerque registrants will remain on our newsletter list through the Lefty Nomination period. (Not sure if you are registered for Tucson? Check the Tucson Attendee page for your name.)
To unsubscribe, click the link at the bottom of this newsletter and you will be removed from our list (and will not receive a Lefty Nomination form).
Left Coast Crime Lifetime Achievement Award: J.A. Jance
Left Coast Crime is delighted to be presenting J.A. Jance with our Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2023 convention.
J.A. Jance always wanted to be a writer, but circumstances conspired to prevent her from living that dream for a very long time. Finally at age thirty-eight, as a single mom with two young children, she sat down to write her first book — one which, due to the fact that it was 1400 pages long, was never published. On the advice of her agent, she tried again. The result of that effort was Until Proven Guilty, the first Detective Beaumont book, which was published in 1985. Since then she’s published more than sixty books in four separate series with two new ones due to be published in 2023.
Although born in South Dakota, her family moved to southern Arizona when she was four. After being raised in Bisbee, she attended the University of Arizona where she received a BA in Secondary Education and an M.Ed. in Library Science. She taught high school English in Tucson for two years and then spent five years as a K-12 librarian at Tohono O’odham west of Tucson.
After being snowbirds for two decades with homes in both Tucson and Seattle, she and her husband now make their home in the Seattle area. Nonetheless, in her heart, Arizona is still home.
Tucson Side Trips
Destination & Conference Services will be offering five tours for Left Coast Crime attendees and their guests. All tours are four hours long and include round-trip transportation from El Conquistador Tucson, admission fees, taxes, service gratuities, and bottled water. All five tours will be offered the following days and times. There is a 12-person minimum for each tour. If tours do not meet the minimum enrollment they will be cancelled and registrants will be offered another tour or a refund.
Dates & Times
◉ Tuesday, March 14, 2023: 1:00–4:00 PM
◉ Wednesday, March 15, 2023: 1:00–4:00 PM
◉ Thursday March 16, 2023: 9:00 AM – 1:00 PM
Tour Options
◉ Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum: $119
◉ Sabino Canyon: $99
◉ Biosphere 2: $119
◉ San Xavier del Bac Mission and downtown historical tour: $79
◉ Pima Air & Space Museum: $119
Please download the flyer with all the details about the tours. Information for making your reservation is on the final page.
Sponsorship at Left Coast Crime
Left Coast Crime encourages organizations to sponsor a variety of events such as the Opening Reception, the Awards Banquet, the Friday “Meet the New Authors” breakfast, the Saturday breakfast, and the Hospitality Room. Other options include sponsoring one of our Guests of Honor or supporting Left Coast Crime by sponsoring products such as the convention book bag or name badge holder.
Our thanks to Kensington Books for sponsoring Saturday in the Hospitality Room. Closer to the convention we will share a schedule of the Kensington authors who will appear in the Hospitality Room to sign books and meet fans.
Please email Lucinda Surber if you are interested in learning more about our sponsorship opportunities.
Advertising in the Program Book
Attention Authors! Please encourage your publisher to advertise in the Left Coast Crime Program Book. There are sizes and prices for every budget. Don’t be left out! The deadline for reserving ad space is January 20, 2023.
Details and Advertising Form
Get Ready for the Lefty Nominations!
Don’t forget to make notes about all the wonderful books published in 2022 that you’ve read this year so you are ready when your Lefty Nomination Form arrives at the end of December.
Registration for LCC 2023
The registration fee increases on December 31, 2022, so remind your friends and relations!
Note to potential panelists: register by December 31, 2022 for priority panel consideration. Panels are scheduled from noon Thursday through noon Sunday. Authors attending the full convention have a much greater chance of receiving a panel assignment. If you are unable to attend certain days, please let us know prior to the priority panel placement deadline of December 31, 2022.
https://leftcoastcrime.org/2023/Registration.html
