International Mystery Writers' Festival Confirmed for June 14th through 17th, 2012

Owensboro (KY) RiverPark Center officials announced today that the 2012 International Mystery Writers' Festival, "Discovering New Mysteries" is a go. The eagerly awaited fourth year of the award-winning festival will take place June 14th through 17th, 2012.

In years past, the festival has hosted an unprecedented array of best-selling authors, internationally known actors and successful TV writer/producers including: Gene Hackman, Mary Higgins Clark, Josh Hutcherson, Sue Grafton, Anthony E. Zuiker (creator of the "CSI" franchise), René Balcer (creator of Law and Order: Criminal Intent), William Link (co-creator of Columbo and Murder She Wrote), and dozens of others who actively participated in workshops, panel discussions, and retrospectives of their work. And, the new plays "discovered" at the Festival by up-and-coming writers in 2008 and 2009 have gone on to win multiple Edgar Awards.

Three works from hundreds of play submissions will be selected in February to debut during the four-day festival, which will include two live radio theatre productions and one full-length stage play.

In addition to the stage and live radio productions, the Festival will showcase film and television mysteries, along with the talent behind them. The featured films will include writer/director Lee Goldberg's Bumsickle, the sequel to his acclaimed short film Remaindered, both of which were produced in Owensboro using local talent in front of, and behind, the camera. "There is nothing like Owensboro's mystery festival anywhere else in the U.S, which is why it attracts some of the biggest names in books, television and the stage," said Goldberg. "And the festival's success discovering, and producing, one Edgar Award-winning play after another isn't just astounding, it's unprecedented. It's an honor for me to be part of the Festival again."

RiverPark Center will be making detailed announcements regarding the festival in the next few weeks. For more information, visit the organization's website at NewMysteries.org.

(Souce: Press release.)