MYSTERY/SUSPENSE/THRILLER PANEL DISCUSSION

Join us for an author panel discussion on the mystery genre.  There will be time after the discussion for greeting authors and book signings. 

Author Bios for Saturday, June 28 Panel:

Annette Dashofy is the USA Today bestselling author of sixteen mystery novels including seven Agatha Award finalists and a Dr. Tony Ryan Book Award winner. Her latest release is What Comes Around: A Zoe Chambers Mystery. Annette is a board member of Pennwriters and is president of the Pittsburgh Chapter of Sisters in Crime. She and her husband live on ten acres of what was her grandfather’s dairy farm in Washington County with their very spoiled cat, Kensi.

Leslie Savisky is an award-winning author from Penn Township. Her self-published novels include: Other People’s Words, Almost Too Late and These Broken Pieces. Savisky is a contributing writer for Pittsburgh Parent magazine and the Monroeville Times Express, as well as a substitute teacher and student mentor. Savisky conducts free self-publishing talks at local libraries in order to help others tell their own stories.

Robin Acton is an award winning journalist and author Robin Acton is known for her work in covering crime, courts and investigative projects for western Pennsylvania newspapers.

Her 2021 debut novel, The Taker, was a Best Mystery finalist for the 2022 Silver Falchion Award given annually by the Killer Nashville International Writers’ Conference. Her second book, Empty Boxes, is set for a November release by the Blank Slate Press under the Amphorae Publishing Group. She is represented by literary agent Dean Krystek at WordLink Inc.

A wanderer at heart, Acton loves to travel and has thus far visited forty-two states and fifty countries, with the rest of the world on her bucket list. She and her husband, a retired Marine combat veteran, share a blended family that includes a daughter, three sons, five grandchildren, and a very spoiled Bichon, Louie.

Cathy A. Corn lives happily ever after in Pittsburgh with husband Alan and feline wizards Cato and Cleo. She's retired from nursing and massage & energy work, and now writes about, speaks, and teaches about the faeries. Her love of the supernatural and the Woo are reflected in her supernatural romantic faery and paranormal romantic mysteries set in Pittsburgh, PA. Her Murder Through the Looking-Glass and The Witch’s Lost Love are Amazon #1 Bestsellers.

Join her VIP mailing list and receive a free book at www.CathyACorn.com. She believes your dreams can come true—don’t you? And don’t forget to go outside and visit the faeries.

Linda Rettstatt is an best-selling and award-winning author of over fifty books. She began writing women’s fiction in 2002. Her critique partners, all romance authors, lured her to the dark side, and she began writing romance into her stories. She writes across genres including women’s fiction, romance (contemporary and seasoned), mystery/suspense, light paranormal, and general historical fiction. Linda transitioned from traditional publishing to self-publishing in 2014. She published her 50th novel, A Well-Imagined Life, in August of 2024.