The ninth Costa book, <em>The Fallen Angel</em>, is out in the US at the end of this month, and there's one other unannounced project that will be coming out very soon too. So I thought I'd pop over for two of my favourite writing events.

The first is the fantastic <a href="http://www.thrillerfest.com/" target="_blank">Thrillerfest</a> from ITW which is in New York from July 6-9 at the Grand Hyatt next to Grand Central Station. This year's headline name at the event is the wonderful RL Stine, the most disarming and modest multi-million selling author I've ever met, and someone whose constant support helped get ITW off the ground in its infancy too.

I'll be appearing at Thrillerfest and also giving a talk at <a href="http://www.thrillerfest.com/craftfest-2/" target="_blank">Craftfest</a>, its teaching side event, about using Word and Scrivener to shape and structure a novel manuscript. If you want to meet thriller authors, learn about publishing, and hear writers talk about their craft in the heart of Manhattan then this is the event for you.

In September I will be back for the unique institution that is <a href="http://www.bouchercon2011.com/" target="_blank">Bouchercon</a>, a moving feast of mystery, crime and thriller writing that this year will be in St Louis. No idea what I'll be doing there yet but you'll find me among the throng -- and at Bouchercon there is <em>always</em> a throng, I guarantee.

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