Co-Chairs: Lucinda
Surber & Stan Ulrich
Email Lucinda Surber | Email Stan Ulrich
 Lucinda & Stan
joined the LCC family
with Left Coast Crime 2011: The Big Chile in Santa Fe, and were co-chairs (with Bill & Toby Gottfried) for 2014: Calamari Crime in Monterey, and chaired LCC 2022: Southwest Sleuths in Albuquerque. They also kept things afloat virtually with the 2021 Unconvention. They serve
as the Lefty Awards Co-Chairs for Left Coast Crime. Stan, a retired
lawyer, is President and Treasurer of Left Coast Crime Conference,
Inc., and Lucinda is Secretary. Their first mystery convention was Bouchercon
2007 in Alaska, and they’ve
enjoyed exploring new places and meeting fellow mystery
enthusiasts at Bouchercon and Left Coast Crime ever
since. Lucinda & Stan were the Fan Guests of Honor at Bouchercon 2015 in Raleigh, North Carolina. Together Lucinda and Stan are Stop,
You’re
Killing Me!, a two-time Anthony award-winning web resource
for lovers of mystery, crime, thriller, spy, and suspense
books. Lucinda and Stan try to give away as many books as they
can, but still seem to have piles everywhere. Stan & Lucinda serve on the Left Coast Crime National Board.
Lefty Awards Co-Chairs
Lucinda Surber & Stan Ulrich serve as the Left Coast Crime Awards Co-Chairs. Email Awards@LeftCoastCrime.org with questions about the Lefty Awards.
Meet-the-New-Authors Breakfast Chair: Mike Befeler
 Email Mike Befeler
Mike hosts the annual Meet-the-New Authors Breakfast at Left Coast Crime when everyone is invited to have breakfast with the new authors and hear a bit about their books. Mike is the author of fifteen books including six novels in the Paul Jacobson Geezer-lit Mystery Series and recent standalones: Unstuff Your Stuff; Court Trouble: A Platform Tennis Mystery; an international thriller, The Tesla Legacy; and Death of a Scam Artist. Mike is past-president of the Rocky Mountain Chapter of Mystery Writers of America. After a thirty-nine year business career, he retired into writing. He grew up in Hawaii, spent many years in Boulder, Colorado, and currently lives in Lakewood, California, with his wife Wendy. In addition to mystery writing, Mike is a professional grandpa, being entertained daily by his young grandson. [website]
Speed-Dating Co-Chairs: Les & Leslie Blatt
 Les & Leslie Blatt host the annual Speed-Dating event on Thursday morning. Les Blatt is a retired (and recovering) journalist. For over 15 years, he has written weekly reviews of classic mystery books for his Classic Mysteries blog and podcast, both of which are now on hiatus — he hopes they will return soon to the web. He and his wife, Leslie are active at several mystery conferences each year. Leslie Blatt is a retired School Library Media Specialist. In her 40 years of being in schools, she worked with all grade levels. Mysteries were always a major theme in her library as a resource for inquiry teaching, as well as getting kids to read. Mysteries have always been a favorite genre for Leslie since she was young, beginning with Nancy Drew. Les & Leslie serve on the Left Coast Crime National Board.
Publisher Liaison: Lucinda Surber
We are happy to accept crime fiction and non-fiction for distribution in the book bags. There is no charge, but you will need to ship the books to the event to arrive by mid-March. Any quantity is accepted. We prefer not to have more than 200 copies of a single title; multiple titles are recommended if you would like to place a book in every bag. In order to make book distribution work for both the participants (who will love receiving your books) and the booksellers (who will plan to bring different books to sell) we ask that you provide our Publisher Liason with the title(s) and number of current releases you would like to donate. If interested in donating books, please email Lucinda Surber.
National
Publicity Chair: Janet Rudolph
 Janet Rudolph is known as “The
Mistress of Mystery.” She
is the writer/producer for Murder on the Menu®,
director of Mystery
Readers International, editor of
the Mystery Readers Journal, a teacher of mystery fiction,
and has been a columnist for most of the mystery periodicals.
She is a member of Mystery Writers of America, the
International Association of Crime Writers, the British
Crime Writers Association, Sisters in Crime, and the
American Crime Writers League. Janet has been the Fan Guest of Honor at Left Coast Crime, Malice Domestic, and Bouchercon. She
blogs at Mystery
Fanfare and Dying
for Chocolate. Janet was a founder of Left Coast Crime and serves on the Left Coast Crime National Board.
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