Guests of Honor

Wyoming native and avid outdoorsman C.J. Box is the New York Times bestselling author of thirteen novels. He won the Edgar Alan Poe Award for Best Novel (Blue Heaven, 2009) as well as the Anthony Award, Prix Calibre 38 (France), the Macavity Award, the Gumshoe Award, the Barry Award, and the 2010 Mountains & Plains Independent Booksellers Association Award for fiction. His short stories have been featured in America's Best Mystery Stories of 2006 and limited-edition printings. His 2008 novel Blood Trail was nominated for the International IMPAC Dublin (Ireland) Literary Award. The novels have been translated into 25 languages. Blue Heaven and Nowhere to Run have been optioned for film.

His newest Joe Pickett novel, Cold Wind, debuted at #10 on the NY Times bestseller list, and a standalone thriller called Back of Beyond debuted at #15 on the NY Times bestseller list. Force of Nature will publish March 20, 2012.

Bestselling Author and Screenwriter Heywood Gould got his start as reporter for the NY Post. Later he financed years of rejection with the usual colorful jobs - cabdriver, mortician's assistant, bartender. Gould is the author of thirteen books and nine screenplays, including Fort Apache – the Bronx, Boys From Brazil, Cocktail, and Rolling Thunder. He has directed four features, One Good Cop, starring Michael Keaton, Trial By Jury with William Hurt, Mistrial starring Bill Pullman and Double Bang with William Baldwin.

His novel Leading Lady (2008) won the Independent Publishing Award bronze medal, was a finalist for the Hammett Prize, which honors literary excellence in the field of crime writing and was voted Forward Magazine Mystery/Thriller of the Year. Kirkus Review wrote "Veteran screenwriter/novelist Gould writes with infectious crackle and humor." Gould's 2011 novel Serial Killer's Daughter was described by Library Journal as "...this high-caliber redemptive road trip is quick-witted, stylish, and highly entertaining."

Peter Straub is the author of more than 17 novels, several poetry and short story collections, seven novellas, and a collection of nonfiction essays. Although he is most famous for his work in the horror genre, he has also received acclaim for his poems, literary novels, and thrillers. As one of the century's most honored horror writers, he has received a number of literary awards, including the Bram Stoker Award, the World Fantasy Award, and the International Horror Guild Award.

Straub's first novel, Marriages, was published in 1973, but it was his fifth, Ghost Story, that made him a household name. The book was a national bestseller, and Stephen King called it one of the best horror novels of the latter half of the 20th century. Later, Straub and King collaborated on two fantasy novels: The Talisman and its sequel, Black House. Straub also edited H. P. Lovecraft: Tales. His most recent thriller, A Dark Matter, was released in February, 2010.

Donald Bain 2011	Robert Dugoni 2011	Jeffery Deaver 2010	JA Jance 2009

Bill Bass 2008	Michael Connelly 2007	Carol Higgins Clark 2006
(Jefferson Bass)