Status unknown Location(s) Manhattan, Kansas Inaugurated 2004 | Genre Mystery Country United States Filing status Non-profit | |
The Great Manhattan Mystery Conclave was an annual convention for mystery writers and fans held in Manhattan, Kansas, United States. The Conclave was a non-profit organization.
Panelists
Guest speakers in the past included Nancy Pickard, Diane Mott Davidson, Will Thomas, Lee Killough, Cait London, Norm Ledgin, L. C. Hayden, Mary Monica Pulver, Harley Jane Kozak, J. A. Konrath, and Beth Groundwater.
In addition to mystery writers, members of law enforcement were frequently used in discussion panels. Frequent contributors included forensic anthropologist Michael Finnegan (anthropologist), psychologist James Shanteau, Alan Riniker of the Riley County Police Department, recently retired Riley County Attorney William E. Kennedy III and Sedgwick County Chief Public Defender Steve Osburn.
The Guest of Honor for Fall 2009 was Earlene Fowler and the Toastmaster is J. M. Hayes.
There do not appear to have been any subsequent Conclaves.