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How to contact me:
Readers are always welcome to email me at laceysmithsonian@yahoo.com . I try to reply as promptly as my writing and work schedule permits. I also have a Post Office box. If you'd like a book signed and can't make it to one of my appearances, you may send me a letter-size SASE and I'll send you a signed self-adhesive bookplate to paste inside your book. My mailing address is: Ellen Byerrum, P.O. Box 1668, Alexandria VA, 22313
2009 Events and Appearances
January 24 Mystery Lovers Saturday, Middleburg, VA, sponsored by , Middleburg's own bookstore, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. at various locations around Middleburg. I'll be part of a panel discussion with other mystery writers in the morning and signing books in the afternoon.
January 30 I'll be on live TV! I'm appearing on , on WTVR-CBS Channel 6 in Richmond VA, sometime between 9 and 10 a.m.
January 31 "Books & Bling," 1-4 p.m. An event to support , 3156 West Cary St., Richmond, VA. Meet and mingle with your favorite mystery authors in support of Richmond's most charming bookstore.
February 7 I'll be the speaker at the monthly luncheon meeting of the .
February 10 I'll be speaking at the monthly dinner meeting of the , Embassy Suites Hotel, Chevy Chase, MD.
March 14 I'll be signing books at the in Springfield Mall, Springfield, VA, from 12 noon to 3 p.m.
March 20-22 The 15th Annual , Charlottesville, VA. I'll be on the panel, "Crime Wave: This Job Can Be Deadly," Saturday, March 21st, at 2 p.m.
May 1-3 , the premier convention for writers and fans of the traditional mystery. Crystal Gateway Marriott, Arlington, VA. I'll be on an authors' panel.
May 4 I'll be among the mystery writers at the Fourteenth Annual in Oakmont, PA, near Pittsburgh, hosted by .
June 1 The online debut of The Book Belles! Join me and my fellow mystery writers, Nancy Cohen, Laura Durham and Susan McBride, at . Meet the authors, find out what we're up to on the page and in real life (I have some summer fashion tips to pass along), and enter our Sizzlin' Summer Contest!
June 13 The , at the George Washington University Cafritz Conference Center in Washington, D.C. I'll be on the Genre Fiction panel, starting at 4 p.m..
June 14 I'll be part of at the Barnes & Noble in Reston, VA, at 2 p.m.
June 14 I'll be signing books at the at the Washington Convention Center. The signing will be at the Renaissance Hotel across the street at 9 p.m.
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