Lead and Bologna

Although the name of the program doesn’t inspire thoughts of haute cuisine, it seems likely that the International Thriller Writers’ Brunch and Bullets program will prove every bit as successful as previous ITW-executed efforts. And perhaps even more tasty.

Brunch and Bullets, according to an ITW release, “will feature a terrific meal at a top-flight venue where the true main course promises to be an ITW member author seated at every table, rotating through the course of the program.”

So think Tony n’ Tina’s Wedding, without the theater sports and with authors standing in for 1980s wedding accoutrements. Two Brunch and Bullets luncheons are planned for 2007. The first will be held on March 17 at the Renaissance Hollywood Hotel in Los Angeles. Authors Sandra Brown, Heather Graham, Gregg Hurwitz, John Lescroart, Gayle Lynds, David Morrell, and Christopher Reich will be on hand to break bread and sign books. Additionally, Lynds and Morrell will be announcing the 2007 Thriller Award nominees at the lunch.

The second 2007 Brunch and Bullets event will take place on May 5 at the Hyatt Regency Greenwich in Greenwich, Connecticut. At press time, Stephen Coontz, Linda Fairstein, Joseph Finder, Michael Palmer, and Douglas Preston were slated to be among the attending authors, though that lineup may change.

During both events, the brunch will conclude with a book-signing by all authors in attendance.

The ITW has announced that 25 percent of the net proceeds from each of these brunches will be donated to Reading Is Fundamental, “a group whose wondrous work in support of the written word makes them the perfect partner for an organization that lives by it.”

To find more information about the ITW’s Brunch and Bullets program, click here.