Bloody Murder: Voices from the Margins – Bouchercon 2014

Bloody Murder: Voices from the Margins took place at Bouchercon 2014 on Saturday morning, November 15th. During the hour, the forty eight (mostly) mystery writers present – on the left hand side below – talked about (mostly) mystery authors they love, but you might not have heard of yet. The list includes everyone from debut authors to authors who should have become household names during their lives, but who are under-read, under-valued or forgotten.

Here are the recommendations from what we hope was the first Bloody Murder panel. Some of them have websites or publisher’s websites, but some you will have to track them down with the help of your favorite bookstore. We guarantee it’s worth your while.

Kristi Belcamino: Sara Gran

Mark Billingham: Steve Mosby

Terri Bischoff: Barbara Neely

Allison Brennan: Deborah Coonts

Carla Buckley: Dennis Tafoya

Dana Cameron: Margaret Lawrence

Joelle Charbonneau: Tracy Kiely

Jessie Chandler: Amanda Kyle Williams

Reed Farrel Coleman: Wallace Stroby and Peter Spiegelman

Hilary Davidson: Todd Robinson

Jamie Freveletti: Charlotte Carter

Jim Fusilli: Penelope Fitzgerald

Alison Gaylin: Lauren Sanders

Joel Goldman: Barbara Neely

Heather Graham: Harley Jane Kozak

Andrew Grant: Charles McCarry

Daniel Hale: Harry Hunsicker

Rachel Howzell Hall: Paula L Woods

Charlaine Harris: Toni L. P. Kelner, Don Harstad, and Shirley Jackson

Sara J. Henry: Charlotte Armstrong and Carol O’Connell

Greg Herren: Sandra Scoppettone

Ted Hertel: Terence Faherty

Naomi Hirahara: Hisaye Yamamoto

Linda Joffe Hull: John Galligan

Toni L. P. Kelner: Barbara Paul and Troy Soos

Harley Jane Kozak: Georgette Heyer

Katia Lief: Sarah Weinman

Elizabeth Little: Steph Cha

Jess Lourey: Margaret Millar and Daniel Woodrell

Alex Marwood: Sarah Hilary

Catriona McPherson: Carolyn Wall and Eleanor Taylor Bland

Erin Mitchell: Carolyn Keene, Martyn Waites, and Reba White Williams

Clare O’Donohue: Wendy Lyn Watson aka Annie Knox

Karen E Olson: Mary-Ann Tirone Smith

Sara Paretsky: Dorothy Salisbury Davis, Eleanor Taylor Bland, Valerie Wilson Wesley, and Alison Gordon

Ralph Pezzullo: Eduardo Manchado and Joe Trigoboff

Lori Rader-Day: Inger Ash Wolfe aka Michael Redhill

Lynne Raimondo: Joseph Hansen

Hank Phillippi Ryan: Shannon Kirk

Alex Segura: Steve Weddle and Kelly Braffett

Johnny Shaw: Anonymous 9, Matthew McBride, and Chester Himes

Daniel Stashower: Jan Marete Weiss

Wendy Corsi Staub: Tom Savage

Elaine Viets: Craig Rice, Jeffery Marks

Martyn Waites: Bill Loehfelm

Sarah Weinman: Jen Sacks

Jeri Westerson: Dorothy B Hughes

James Ziskin: Lynne Raimondo