Great Manhattan Mystery Conclave

Great Manhattan Mystery Conclave
Status	unknown
Genre	Mystery
Location(s)	Manhattan, Kansas
Country	United States
Inaugurated	2004
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.

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.

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