John Gilstrap, author of the the Jonathan Grave thriller series and a guest of honor at this fall's Killer Nashville Writers' Conference, was clearly shocked as he read Killer Nashville Noir: Cold-Blooded, a new anthology edited by Killer Nashville founder Clay Stafford that was launched during the event. 
Highlights of the Killer Nashville Writers' Conference included Michael F. Stewart being named winner of the Claymore Award for his novel The Boy Who Swallows Flies, as well as the announcement of Silver Falchion Award winners in several categories.
Another highlight was the Dupin Detective Award, which went to Bobbi Blake as the attendee who, "through superior sleuthing skills, solves Killer Nashville's most popular annual feature, the Crime Scene. Staged by the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation, the crime scene is an adaptation of real crime scenes the TBI has encountered."
