Killer Nashville
KILLER NASHVILLE 2012

The Clay Stafford-founded mystery, thriller, and suspense conference, Killer Nashville has expanded to include activities from Thursday through Sunday, August 23-26, 2012 at downtown Nashville's beautiful Hutton Hotel and Convention Center. Guests of Honor this year include thriller writer Peter Straub, screenwriter Heywood Gould, and mystery author C.J. Box. The conference is open to all: readers, writers, and forensics aficionados alike.

In only 6 years and with attendees coming from as far away as Rome, Italy, the conference has grown almost 700% from it’s initial first year. According to Internet sources, Killer Nashville has become the second largest mystery and thriller conference in the U.S. You can read more about Killer Nashville here.

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Coming Soon: Killer Nashville Introduces 52 guest bloggers for 52 fantastic weeks!

In an effort to get you face–to–face time with some of the best writers and forensic experts on the planet, Killer Nashville is beginning a new FREE blogging schedule. Because not everyone can make it to Nashville for Killer Nashville, we will be posting an original blog – each week – from a guest New York Times bestselling, critically acclaimed, or award–winning author, or a world–renowned forensic expert.

Not only will you be able to read the blog from wherever you are, but you will also be able to join in the discussion by adding post and tips of your own! Share this with your friends. Forward it to your followers. The more discussion, helps, and community insight, the better!

Check back Wednesday, April 4, 2012 for the series start! Simply log onto http://killernashville.wordpress.com/ and join in the discussion!

We look forward to hearing your comments and having you share your tips!

Clay Stafford
Founder / Killer Nashville

New Country/Pop Album Under Way from Jeffery Deaver & Clay Stafford

Clay Stafford is delighted to announce a country/pop music collaboration between bestselling literary authors Jeffery Deaver and himself upon Deaver's upcoming book, "XO".

The story centers around a young country/pop star who encounters a stalker along the way. The music on the album is co-written and produced by Clay. The album will be released internationally on physical CDs and downloads around July 2012 in conjunction with the release of the novel.

New Feature Documentary Nears Completion

“The Inge Meyring Smith Story", a new feature-length documentary by Clay Stafford, is nearly edited. Tested at the Utopia Film Festival in Greenbelt, Maryland, the film received rave reviews and an enthusiastic audience welcome. The story is simple and straightforward and told through a series of studio interviews with Smith and those who personally knew (or know) her: A young German Jew is nearly killed by the forces of Adolf Hitler. She escapes (with the help of Americans) with her mother and father from Dresden, Germany to the United States. Her extended family left behind in Germany is annihilated. She finishes school in the U.S., works on Wall Street, but finds her real love is education. She moves south with her husband, an American soldier she met during the War. In the midst of the Civil Rights movement, the voice against the prejudice she endured in Germany is ignited. She is chosen to help develop Presidents Kennedy and Johnson’s Head Start program in the Appalachians and Deep South and goes on to become a respected international voice for early childhood education and independent institutions of learning.

Stafford’s Children’s Classics Adaptations a
Million-Plus Bestseller

HuckleStafford goes beyond the million mark. Stafford’s retelling of “Huckleberry Finn,” “The Wind in the Willows,” “White Fang,” and “Swiss Family Robinson” have collectively sold over 1.2 million copies, have themselves appeared onscreen in the feature film “Must Love Dogs,” and have been translated into at least two foreign languages (Polish and Russian). Released in everything from traditional hardcover to faux leather to paperback, each book has illustrations (many color) on every page opening. The books are available from Big Box retailers such as Wal-Mart, Target, Sam’s Club, and Costco.