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PulpFest is welcoming award-winning author, editor, screenwriter, and biographer William F. Nolan as the Guest of Honor at this year’s convention, to be held July 30 to August 1 in Columbus, Ohio. Nolan is a leading authority on Max Brand and Dashiell Hammett as well as the other contributors to the Black Mask pulp magazine, appropriate since this year is the 90th anniversary of both Black Mask’s first issue and Max Brand’s first appearance in Western Story Magazine.

Margery Flax sent along reminders about the 2010 Edgar Awards Symposium, scheduled for Wednesday, April 28 from 8:45 a.m. to 5 p.m. and the Edgar Awards Banquet, the next day, Thursday, April 29th at 6:30p.m. The Symposium has a great lineup this year, from the talk by Donald Maas on "Writing the Breakout Mystery," to panels on "Dialogue: Telling vs. Showing" moderated by Reed Farrel Coleman; "Short Stories vs. Novels" with S.J. Rozan moderating; "Fact vs. Fiction – Falling in Love With Your Research," moderated by Hank Phillippi Ryan; "Writing Juvenile & Young Adult Mysteries" officiated by Chris Gabenstein; and a Q&A with Lee Child & Laura Lippman who will be interviewed by Oline Cogdill.

Fresh on the heels of Poisoned Pen's first-ever online mystery conference, they'll also be offering a 3-day conference in Scottsdale with Rebecca Cantrell, PF Chisholm, Diana Gabaldon, Sophie Hannah, Vicki Hendricks, Michael Koryta, Sophie Littlefield, Gary Phillips, Dana Stabenow, Lauren Willig and other authors to be announced. The conference is so brand-new, it doesn't have a name yet—but if you submit the best suggestion, you could win a prize. Kicking off the event is a discussion led by Patrick Millkin, editor of Phoenix Noir, and along with readings and signings, there may be a Georgette Heyer Afternoon on Friday. The grand finale at the Biltmore Hotel includes a pajama party with late-night readings and "the hotel Bar is braced for people in PJs to buy booze to take to the ballroom."