Tucson Festival of Books

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.


Panelists
Ramona Emerson

Ramona Emerson is a Diné writer and filmmaker who comes to the festival with a ghostly thriller, "Exposure." Her first novel, "Shutter," was longlisted for the 2022 National Book Award in fiction....

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Rachel Howzell Hall

Rachel Howzell Hall is the critically acclaimed author "We Lie Here," "These Toxic Things" and "And Now She is Gone." Her latest thriller is "The Last One," which was released in December. Hall is a former member of the board of directors for the Mystery Writers of America and was a featured writer on the NPR series Crime in America....

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Craig Johnson

Craig Johnson is the New York Times bestselling author of the Longmire mysteries, the basis for the hit Netflix original series Longmire. He is a two-time recipient of the Western Writers of America Spur Award for fiction, and his novella "Spirit of Steamboat" was the first One Book Wyoming selection....

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Books:
What Fire Brings
A Thriller
Rachel Howzell Hall
Mystery / Thrillers
Amazon Publishing
June 2024
ISBN 9781662504174
384 pages
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First Frost
A Longmire Mystery
Craig Johnson
Mystery / Thrillers
Viking
May 2024
ISBN 9780593830673
hardcover, 336 pages
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Exposure
Ramona Emerson
Mystery / Thrillers
Soho Press
October 2024
ISBN 9781641294768
288 pages
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