AMERICAN FORK (September 2, 2004) A beautiful catered dinner with nine of your favorite authors and a dead body, what more can you ask for? On Friday, October 1, popular fiction authors Betsy Brannon Green, Clair Poulson, Jennie Hansen, Sian Ann Bessey, Kerry Blair, J. Michael Hunter, Michele Ashman Bell, Amy Maida Wadsworth, and Robison Wells unite to host a murder mystery dinner to die for!

200 people will participate in the murder mystery that is something like a live version of the game Clue™, but with the characters from the authors’ most recent mystery novels. Everyone is a suspect, and only one person knows who the murderer is—the murderer. During the course of the dinner, guests will gather clues to discover who the criminal is, and whoever correctly reveals the criminal can win a prize.

Never before have so many popular fiction authors from all over the country come together to host such an interactive event with fans. Not only do fans get to meet their favorite authors, but they also get to be a part of the mystery novels they love so much.
This dinner will also be a chance for the authors to try and prove they are as good at solving mysteries as they are at writing them. Betsy Brannon Green from Alabama, author of Foul Play and Silenced, said, “I’m looking forward to seeing if solving mysteries is as much fun as writing them. And to be able to do it in such good company will be a real treat!”

The event is just as fun for the authors as it is for the fans. Kerry Blair from Arizona, author of Digging Up the Past and This Just In, said, “I’m so excited to spend time with some of my readers and my own favorite authors. I may be an author, but I’m also a big fan!”

The murder mystery event will take place at the Orem Friendship Center at 93 N 400 E. There will be an open reception and book signing with the authors from 5:30–6:30 and the dinner begins at 7:00. Tickets can be purchased at the Seagull Book & Tape stores in Spanish Fork, Orem, and American Fork. For more information, contact Melissa Stockdale at 801-756-1041 ext 167.