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 FK> Who, in your opinions, is/are the best mystery writer who lives in
 FK> the SE (as defined by Mystery Writers of America's SE Chapter:
 FK> TN, GA, NC, SC, MS, AL, LA, and maybe Arkansas ... I forget the exact
 FK> boundries but know that FL, VA, and KY aren't in it.
 dr>        In my humble opinion, James Lee Burke is the very best. Writes
 dr>        about LA. His books are very lyrical. Almost like poetry. As I
 dr>        remarked here once, you can smell the flowers, the bayous, taste
 dr>        the food and hear the Cajun lilt and visualize the scenery.
 dr>        And there's action with lots of surprises. Keeps you guessing
Oops.  LA ...ouiana is not in the MWA SE Chapter after all.  It's in SW along 
with TX.  Arkansaw is.  FL is not.  Sorry to all the Burke fans.    
Someone want to try again.
His being in Montana would not have been good either.  
What's going to happen, is that some time before the end of Nov, or early 
Dec, at latest, there will be a meeting of whoever I can round up to be on 
the Central Committee, initially, for the new Southern/Atlanta Mystery 
Conference. They will get to decide the Guest of Honor.  It needs to be 
someone popular and also more or less affordable.  The later pretty much 
dictates that they live East of the Mississippi River.
HOWEVER, if there are a couple hundred people already begging to pay 
membership, before we even set the price ... there is a great deal more 
leeway.
--- Maximus 2.02
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