Jim Dorherty asked who from Rara-Avis was going to be at the
Bouchercon. I will be there. I will be around for the entire
con but my one certain location is the panel I am on entitled
"Down Memory Lane" on Nov. 1st
(Thursday) at 4 pm. It is a forgotten authors panel charied
by Bill Deeck. I will be talking about Francis Bonnamy
(Audrey Walz). She was not a hardboiled writer although she
was a tough cookie in real life and also a pretty good
writer. When Deeck asked me to join this panel I chose her
because she was deserving of attention and she lived for a
time in Alexandria, Va and based some of her novels in that
city and in Washington. It gives me a charge everytime I
drive by the house where she lived in old Alexandria and know
that it is the location of her novel THE KING IS DEAD ON
QUEEN STREET. One day soon I plan to knock on the door of the
house and hand them the novel and say: "A murder was done
here, take this book and read all about it").
She was highly praised by Dorothy B. Hughes ("can keep you
glued to the pages of his manuscript as he unfolds a fearful
story") and Anthony Boucher ("one of the most amusingly
civilized mystery mongers extant.") At the time neither knew
Bonnamy was a woman.
So I will be around for the convention and if we set a time
for rara-avians to gather I will certainly show up. I know I
will be at the convention on the 1st and available for a
drink as soon as my panel has finished.
Richard Moore
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