She has attended Malice Domestic, Mayhem in the Midlands, three Bouchercons, and seven Left Coast Crime conventions: 2002, Portland, OR; 2004, Monterey, CA; 2009, Waikoloa, HI; 2010, Los Angeles, CA; 2014, Monterey, CA; 2016, Phoenix, AZ; 2018, Reno, NV. She is looking forward to helping welcome everyone to the debut of Left Coast Crime in Canada. Beautiful British Columbia has been Pam’s home since she was three years old. After growing up in Powell River on the Upper Sunshine Coast and working in Greater Vancouver, she then retired to live on the Lower Sunshine Coast (only one short ferry ride from Vancouver!). The official Ghost of Honour this year is L.R. Wright, whose books were set in the Lower Sunshine Coast.