News
As head of the Speakers Bureau for Sisters in Crime Los Angeles, I am moderating a number of author panels in 2026:
February 21 – “Love and Murder” featuring Anne Louise Bannon, Ellen Byron, and Patty Smiley
March 21 – “Secrets and Lies” featuring Daryle Wood Gerber and Terry Shames
April 18 – DARK for the LA Festival of Books. Come on down to USC and visit the Sisters in Crime booth!
April 25 “Crime Writer Panel at the Oak Park Library” featuring Judith Ayn, Sheila Lowe and Deanna Nese
May 16 – “Greed and Envy” featuring Georgia Jeffries and Kathryn Dodson
May 30 – Sisters in Crime booth at the Jackalope Festival in Burbank
June 21 – “History Sometimes Rhymes” featuring Rochelle Staab and Shaina Steinberg
July 18 – “Short, But Not Always Sweet: Short Stories and Novellas” featuring Judith Ayn and Laurie Stevens
August 15 – “Feeling the Heat” featuring Laurie Fagen and Laurie Stevens
September 19 – “A True Crime Journey” featuring author Anne Soon Choi
September 26 – “Crime Writer Panel at the Port Hueneme Library” featuring authors Paula Bernstein, Deanna Nese and Laurie Stevens
October 17 – “Modern Day Noir” featuring authors D.C. Frost and Jaime Parker Stickle
November 21 – “Countdown to Crime: The Power of a Ticking Clock” featuring author Elle Jauffret
PUBLISHING NEWS
The second book in my Molly Madison Dog Wrangler mystery series is being published as a trade paperback by Penguin Random house and will be available to order starting May 5, 2026. Formerly only available as a hardback or ebook, I’m excited they are making a trade version available!
Peggy Rothschild, Author 