Juliet Grames

Nina Subin

Juliet Grames is the national and international bestselling author of "The Seven or Eight Deaths of Stella Fortuna" and "The Lost Boy of Santa Chionia." Her essays and short fiction have appeared in Best American Mystery & Suspense, Real Simple, Parade, Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine and the Boston Globe. She is Editorial Director of Soho Press and recipient of Mystery Writers of America Ellery Queen Award. 

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Awards: MWA Ellery Queen Award (Special Edgar); Cetraro Prize for Southern Italian Literature

Communities: I'm not a Tucsonan but my dad is and I really do consider Tucson my second home!

The Importance of Facts in Fiction

If authors don’t get their fact right, they will lose their readers’ trust. Let's find out how these mystery writers become experts in their topics ... and how their research sometimes leads to surprising results.

Student Union Tucson Room (Seats 110)  
Sat, Mar 15, 10:00 am - 11:00 am
Mystery / Thrillers
Signing area: Sales & Signing Area - UA Campus Store Tent (on Mall) (following presentation)  

Panelists: Lynn Cahoon, Juliet Grames, Beth Morrison
Moderator: Shannon Baker

Where the Trail Leads

Ramona Emerson, Rachel Howzell and Craig Johnson know that the where is as important as the what when framing their bestselling mysteries. Today they will discuss when in the writing process they determine a book's setting.

UA Mall Tent (Seats 250)  
Sat, Mar 15, 2:30 pm - 3:30 pm
Mystery / Thrillers
Signing area: Sales & Signing Area - Central Mall (following presentation)  

Panelists: Ramona Emerson, Rachel Howzell Hall, Craig Johnson
Moderator: Juliet Grames

Crimes in Past Tense

From Victorian England to the Gilded Age in New York City to an isolated village in Italy in 1960, everyone loves a good historical mystery. These writers whisk readers to the past, near and distant.

Student Union Tucson Room (Seats 110)  
Sun, Mar 16, 11:30 am - 12:30 pm
Mystery / Thrillers
Signing area: Sales & Signing Area - UA Campus Store Tent (on Mall) (following presentation)  

Panelists: Dianne Freeman, Juliet Grames, Rosemary Simpson
Moderator: Holly Rosen

Books:

The Lost Boy of Santa Chionia

A novel
Mystery / Thrillers
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
July 2024
ISBN 9780593536179
416 pages

The Seven Or Eight Deaths of Stella Fortuna

A Novel
Mystery / Thrillers
HarperCollins Publishers
April 2020
ISBN 9780062862839
464 pages