W. M. Akers and Malcolm Kempt in conversation with Abby Dunn
Schedule
Thu, 05 Feb, 2026 at 06:30 pm
UTC-06:00Location
Murder by the Book | Houston, TX
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W.M. Akers is a novelist, playwright, and game designer. He is the author of the mystery novels Critical Hit, Westside, and Westside Saints; the creator of the bestselling games Deadball: Baseball With Dice and Comrades: A Revolutionary RPG; and the curator of the history newsletter Strange Times. He lives in Philadelphia, but hasn't traded in his Mets cap yet.Malcolm Kempt worked as a criminal lawyer in the remote Arctic for seventeen years before leaving to write full-time. He now lives on the island of Newfoundland.
Abby Dunn is the creator of Crime by the Book, a crime fiction-focused Instagram account and website. She is the Fiction and Marketing Director for Hamptons Whodunit, an annual literary festival in East Hampton, New York, and the host of Criminal Types, a crime fiction author interview podcast. By day, she is Associate Director of Publicity & Marketing for Poisoned Pen Press.
For more information or to order books, please visit: https://murderbooks.com/Akers-and-Kempt
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