4-6 Washington, D.C. I'll be at Malice Domestic for a weekend of fun! 11-12 Irvine, CA. The Literary Guild of Orange County's Annual Women's Literary Festival. I will be on a panel with Melanie Rehak, award-winning author of GIRL SLEUTH.   26 Dashiell Hammett's birthday. Read The Glass Key, my personal favorite, in his honor.