International bestselling and global multi-award winning suspense-thriller author Jeffery Deaver to headline Mystery Fest Key West in June

Jeffery Deaver, the international bestselling and global multi-award winning suspense-thriller author of 40 novels, returns by popular demand to headline a sizzling Who’s Who of mystery writers at the 2019 Mystery Fest Key West, set for June 28-30 in America’s southernmost city.

Widely hailed as the “master of psychological suspense,” Deaver has won or been nominated for just about every mystery writing award you can think of. His “Lincoln Rhyme” series novel “The Bone Collector” was made into a blockbuster film starring Denzel Washington and Angelina Jolie and now NBC has a TV pilot-in-progress based on the forensic criminalist Rhyme.

“We are thrilled that Jeffery Deaver is returning as this year’s headliner,” said Fest co-founder Shirrel Rhoades, a publisher who has held executive positions with Reader’s Digest, Scholastic, Harper’s, Marvel Entertainment and other publishing companies. “He absolutely mesmerized the 2015 keynote audience, was accessible to fans at the social events, and even befriended some of the ‘Hemingway cats’ while here.”

Each year since 2014, top-tier authors in a variety of mystery genres – from thrillers to true crime to cozy’s – have rendezvoused at Key West’s boutique-sized conference to share several days immersed in panel discussions, presentations, and social events with fellow-authors, aspiring authors and book fans.

Other featured mystery-makers set to appear with Deaver in June are New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Heather Graham, New York Times bestselling authors Lisa Black, Carla Norton, and Diane A.S. Stuckart, along with area and national favorites including Micki Browning, Gray Basnight, David Beckwith, Robert Coburn, Bill Craig, Mike Dennis, Wayne Gales, Rick Ollerman, bestselling Buck Reilly adventure series author John H. Cunningham and literary agent Bob DiForio.

Event registration is $195 and includes all panels, presentations, a lunch and a brunch, and social events, with panels and presentations taking place at The Studios of Key West. Those who register by June 1 are automatically entered to win a cameo “walk-on role” in Gray Basnight’s next novel.

Mystery Fest Key West 2019 is sponsored by the Monroe County Tourist Development Council, the Key West Citizen daily newspaper, The Helmerich Trust, The Gardens Hotel, The Laureate Key West, Margaritaville Key West Resort and Marina, and Key West Art & Historical Society.

For a full Fest schedule, online registration, and details on the Whodunit Mystery Writing Contest visit MysteryFestKeyWest.com

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International bestselling and global multi-award winning suspense-thriller writer Jeffery Deaver is set to headline a sizzling Who’s Who of mystery writers at the 2019 Mystery Fest Key West. (Photo courtesy Gunner Publications)