Call for Papers
Mystery and Detective Fiction
SW/TX PCA Convention
Albuquerque, NM-- Oldtown Sheraton
Feb. 9-12, 2000
The Southwest has birthed many fine writers of detective fiction, authors who
use the setting, culture, history, and general ambience of the area to craft
police procedurals, cozies, series detective, suspense, thriller and other
hybrid forms. Rudolfo Anaya, Rolando Hinojosa, William Sanders, Susan
Albert, Tony Hillerman, and Jean Hager spring quickly to mind for having
created memorable characters operating in the distinctive setting of the SW.
The Mystery and Detective Fiction Section invites papers on all aspects of
southwest detective fiction for this convention; I'd especially like to offer
sessions on writers who engage definite geographical areas within the region:
for example, Texas mystery writers, the desert in mystery fiction, or the
Hollywood detective story. Because the SW is home to a rich mix of
ethnicities, I also especially invite papers on mysteries by or concerning
native Americans, Asian Americans, or African-Americans, or Hispanics,
Chicano/as, Latino/as.
For general information about the conference, including the spectrum of
Subject Areas, please visit the SWPCA website: http://www2.okstate.edu/swpca
Send 200 word abstracts by Dec. 1, 1999 to
Trisha Yarbrough
Department of English
East Central University
Ada, OK 74820
580-310-5454/510-436-3329 (fax)
tyarbrgh@mailclerk.ecok.edu
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