Updated 12/14/2011
February 25, 2012, Santa Monica, California
“An Evening With Michael Connelly and Robert Crais”
Part of Santa Monica Citywide Reads 2012 – Celebrating Raymond Chandler
7pm-9pm. Best-selling mystery authors Michael Connelly and Robert Crais discuss the influence Raymond Chandler has had on their work and on the crime genre in general. Book sale and signing to follow. Free and open to the public. At the Lincoln Middle School Auditorium, 1501 California Avenue.
March 15, 2012 Submission Deadline
Southwestern Law School — JLE Legal Fiction Contest
Do you have a story to tell about law school or the practice of law? The first legal fiction contest presented by the AALS’ Journal of Legal Education is calling you! Submissions must be original, previously unpublished short works of fiction related to law school or the practice of law, and winning entries will be published in a future issue of the JLE. This is a rare opportunity to have your work read by a panel of best-selling writers of legal fiction, including Michael Connelly. The contest is open to lawyers and non-lawyers, academics and non-academics – anyone setting a fictitious story in a legal setting (law school, law firm, courtroom, legislature, etc.) or focusing on a law-related character (lawyer, law professor, judicial clerk, etc.). Submission deadline is March 15.
March 25, 2012, Santa Monica, California
Raymond Chandler Movie Screenings: The Long Goodbye – followed by a Q&A with actor Elliott Gould.
Part of Santa Monica Citywide Reads 2012 – Celebrating Raymond Chandler
At 2:00 pm, Main Library, MLK Jr. Auditorium, 601 Santa Monica Boulevard.
In this controversial adaptation of Raymond Chandler’s novel, director Robert Altman updated the plot and setting to the 1970s and cast unlikely actor Elliott Gould as Philip Marlowe. Michael Connelly will interview actor Elliott Gould after the screening.
April 24, 2012, New York, New York
The Mysterious Bookshop
Release party and signing for Vengeance, a new MWA short story anthology. Many of the contributing authors will be there, including Michael Connelly.
6pm at 58 Warren Street, New York, NY 10007, 212-587-1011
