Dianne L. Freeman

Dianne Freeman is the acclaimed author of the Countess of Harleigh Mystery series. She is an Agatha Award and Lefty Award winner, as well as a finalist for the prestigious Mary Higgins Clark Award and the Sue Feder Historical Mystery Award. After thirty years of working in corporate accounting and finance, she now writes full-time. Born and raised in Michigan, she and her husband split their time between Michigan and Arizona. "A Bride's Guide to Marriage and Murder" is her latest work of mystery.

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Awards: Agatha Award, Lefty Award

Communities: Arizona Author

Murder They Wrote

These three authors all come to the festival with stories about not-so-kinder, not-so-gentler times. Not all their protagonists lived to tell about it!

Student Union Sabino (Seats 87)  
Sat, Mar 4, 2:30 pm - 3:30 pm
Mystery / Thrillers
Signing area: Sales & Signing Area - UA BookStore Tent (on Mall) (following presentation)  

Panelists: Dianne Freeman, Rosemary Simpson, Iona Whishaw
Moderator: Cara Black

Out of the Past Mystery

Incredibly, people managed to unravel mysteries and solve crimes even before the advent of the internet or the high-tech tools we first saw on CSI TV. John Copenhaver, Dianne Freeman and Iona Whishaw have come to the festival with characters who figured things out the old-fashioned way!

Koffler Room 216 (Seats 89, Wheelchair accessible)  
Sun, Mar 5, 11:30 am - 12:30 pm
Mystery / Thrillers
Signing area: Sales & Signing Area - UA BookStore Tent (on Mall) (following presentation)  

Panelists: John Copenhaver, Dianne Freeman, Iona Whishaw
Moderator: Holly Rosen

Crime Most Unexpected

Investigators will take all the help they can get, wherever they can find it, even when that helping hand is a paw! Just ask our three authors today: Amina Akhtar, Margaret Mizushima and David Rosenfelt!

Student Union Sabino (Seats 87)  
Sun, Mar 5, 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Mystery / Thrillers
Signing area: Sales & Signing Area - UA BookStore Tent (on Mall) (following presentation)  

Panelists: Amina Akhtar, Margaret Mizushima, David Rosenfelt
Moderator: Dianne Freeman

Books:

A Bride's Guide to Marriage and Murder

Mystery / Thrillers
Kensington Publishing Corporation
June 2022
ISBN 9781496731616
304 pages
$26.00
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A Fiancée's Guide to First Wives and Murder

Mystery / Thrillers
Kensington
May 2022
ISBN 9781496731630
tp, 288 pages