This 3-day conference is primarily for fans of mystery. My first year, I met Iona Whishaw, author of the Lane Winslow series. She is a delightful person, and I’ve now devoured 10 of her books since then! I’ve also met authors MS (Matthew) Greene (a great cozy called There’s No Murder Like Show Murder) and Marlie Wasserman (Path to Peril and the forthcoming First Daughter, historical thrillers from Level Best Books), among otheers. I also met gifted editor Clair Lamb who really helped me polish The King’s Collar, coming out this summer. So I’m headed back to Bethesda, where I hope to pitch The King’s Collar to future adoring fans. (Photo is of me autographing my book, Analytics & Dynamic Customer Strategy at a Teradata Partners conference.)