Steve Hockensmith, Laurie R. King, David Corbett, more

27 JUNE 2015 — saturday

Kepler's Books presents Mystery-Thriller Saturday: An Afternoon of Chaos, Killing, Crime, and Kidnapping @Kepler's, participating writers will be Cara Black, author of the Aimee Leduc series; David Corbett, The Mercy of the Night; Paul Draker, New Year Island; Seth Harwood, Altitude Adjustment; Steve Hockensmith, Pride and Prejudice and Zombies; Laurie R. King, Dreaming Spies; Catriona McPherson, COME TO HARM; Keith Raffel, Temple Mount; Janet Rudolph, Editor of the Mystery Readers Journal; and Terry Shames, A Deadly Affair at Bobtail Ridge; three main events: "Face-Off: Plotters Versus Pantsers," a battle between two writers who outline and two who plunge right into their writing; "It's Not Me, Babe," about writing a character different than you; and Mystery Trivia with prizes and snacks, order tickets online at Brown Paper Tickets, Kepler's Books, 1010 El Camino Real, Menlo Park, $10,1:00-5:00 (www.keplers.com)