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Previous Guests of Honor
2018 Guest of Honor – Otto Penzler
The 2018 John Seigenthaler Legends Award winner, Otto Penzler, is the president and CEO of MysteriousPress.com. He’s also the proprietor of The Mysterious Bookshop in New York City and is regarded as the world’s foremost authority on crime, mystery, and suspense fiction. Penzler founded The Mysterious Press in 1975, which he later sold to Warner […]
2016 Guest of Honor – Robert J. Randisi
Robert J. Randisi is the recipient of the 2016 Killer Nashville John Seigenthaler Legends Award. An exceptionally prolific author—he has written over 650 novels in the western, mystery, sci-fi, horror, and spy genres, under different pseudonyms—Randisi’s dedication to the craft is rivaled only by his passion for advocating, encouraging, and featuring other genre writers. He […]