8th Annual Mystery Authors Benefit Luncheon

Presentations & Book Signings by Award Winning Mystery Writers

The 8th annual Mystery Authors Benefit Luncheon will be held on Saturday October 25th from 9:30 to 2:30 pm at the Arizona Biltmore Resort & Spa (2400 East Missouri Avenue, Phoenix, AZ 85016). Avid readers won’t want to miss this event featuring three award-winning mystery novelists:

• Alex Kava is an international bestselling writer of psychological suspense novels.  Her Maggie O’Dell series, comprised of A Perfect Evil, Split Second, The Soul Catcher, At the Stroke of Madness and A Necessary Evil, and her stand-alone novels, Whitewash and One False Move, have been widely praised by critics and fans alike and spent several weeks on the New York Times extended and USA Today bestseller lists.   Her books have been published in twenty-two countries world-wide. 
• Andrew Klavan, a former newspaper reporter, has been hailed by Stephen King as “the most original American novelist of crime and suspense since Cornell Woolrich”. He made his name with Don’t Say A Word, a best seller published round the world and made into a 2001 film starring Michael Douglas, and his book True Crime which was made into a film by Clint Eastwood. He also wrote the film version of Simon Brett’s novel A Shock to the System with starred Michael Caine. Andrew’s many titles include Corruption, Animal Hour, Hunting Down Amanda, The Uncanny, Man & Wife, Dynamite Road, Shotgun Alley, Damnation Street and the Weiss/Bishop trilogy.  His most recent political thriller is due out this summer.
• Katherine Neville has been a guest or speaker at venues around the world, including on the Today Show, Publishers Weekly, Voice of America, and National Public Ratio. Katherine’s books The Eight, A Calculated Risk, and The Magic Circle are bestsellers in more than thirty languages.  Her colorful adventure-quest-thriller novels are hard to categorize. She has been described as the female Umberto Eco, the female Alexander Dumas, and the female Stephen Spielberg. Publishers Weekly has recently (Spring 2008) described her books as having paved the way for books like The Da Vinci Code.  In a national poll by the noted journal El Pais, in Spain, The Eight was voted one of the top ten books of all time. Its sequel, The Fire, is due out in October.

Attendees will have the opportunity to meet the writers in person at book signing sessions, plus each of the authors will do a short presentation to the group as you enjoy a gourmet lunch. Books will be on sale and a variety of items, many book-related, will be on offer at one of the biggest silent auctions you’ll ever find.

Individual tickets are $100 ($85 for NAMI Members). Sponsor packages are also available. For reservations and information call 602 244 8166 or visit NAMI.

About NAMI
All proceeds benefit the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Arizona, an organization dedicated to making a difference in the lives of Arizona families affected by mental illness. With 10 affiliates all over the state, NAMI offers free services to individuals and families including:

• providing educational programs to the community
• offering educational classes and support groups for those affected by mental illness and their families
• sending knowledgeable volunteers into the community to advocate system-wide for services and programs that promote wellness and recovery