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2026
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Events Archive
2025
Suffolk VA Authors Festival
March 20
Panel: The Art of Building Tension: Exploring Conflict, Fear, and Adrenaline Across Genres
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ThrillerFest
June 20
Panel: Conflict, Chaos, or Crucible
New York, NY
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Book Signing
June 22, 1-3 p.m.
Barnes & Noble Potomac Yard
3651 Richmond Hwy, Alexandria, VA
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Book Launch Party
June 26, 6-9 p.m.
K.T. Nguyen interviewed Jeffrey Higgins for the launch of The Havana Syndrome
Elaine’s, 208 Queen Street, Alexandria, VA
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Treetops Book Signing
July 12
Jeffrey signed books
Falmouth, MA
Book Signing
July 19
International Spy Museum
Jeffrey signed The Havana Syndrome
700 L’Enfant Plaza, SW, Washington, DC
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The Northern Virginia Writers Club Book Club
July 30
Jeffrey discussed The Havana Syndrome
Bouchercon 2025
September 4
Panel: Suspense, Action, Conflict: Prime Elements of Mysteries and Thrillers, with Colin Campbell, Bruce Robert Coffin, Audrey J. Cole, Jeffrey Higgins, and Carter Wilson
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Stafford BookFest
September 13
Panel: So, You Want to Be an Author
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Creatures, Crimes, and Creativity
September 20
Panel: Fix My Fight Scene & Panel: Writing Emotionally Evocative Scenes
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Alexandria Library CrimeFest
October 11
Panel: Why Does Alexandria Inspire Crime Fiction
Alexandria Book & Craft Festival
October 18
Jeffrey hosted the festival
415 King Street, Alexandria, VA
Rappahannock Writers Conference
November 8
Instructor: The Craft and Business of Writing
Fredericksburg, VA
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2024
The Forever Game Book Launch at Elaine’s
February 29
Interview & Signing
Creatures, Crimes, and Creativity conference
September 14
Panel: The Craft of Dialogue
Creatures, Crimes, and Creativity conference
September 15
Panel: Reality-Based Fiction
Columbia, MD
Drug Enforcement Association of Federal Narcotics Agents
September 17
Speaker, Signing
Charleston, SC
Fredericksburg Independent Book Festival
October 12, 2024
Signing
Eat Local, Read Local
October 19
Signing
Potomac falls, VA
Rappahannock Author’s Conference
November 9
Panel: Querying
Fredericksburg, VA
2023
Suffolk Mystery Authors Festival
March 11
Panelist
Suffolk, VA
Thrillerfest (International Thriller Writers)
June 2
Panel: CAT BURGLARS, HEIST GANGS OR TERROR GROUPS?
New York, NY
Eat Local Read Local Book Festival
October 14
Book Signing
Potomac Falls, VA
Rappahannopck Writers Conference
November 4
Panelist
Rappahannock, VA
Pohick Library Panel
November 12
Panelist
Burke, VA
Benjamin Gaither Center
November
Panel: Many Flavors of Crime Fiction
Gaithersburg, MD
Mystery Author Extravaganza
December
Speaker, Signing
Reston, VA
2022
Hanover Book Festival—Book Signing
November 12
Rappahannock Writers Conference—Panels
November 5
Panel: Differences in Mystery, Thriller, Suspense
Panel: Working with Agents Panel
Eat Local Read Local at Cascades Library—Book Signing
October 15
Creatures, Crimes & Creativity—Panels
September 30–October 1
Panel: FBI Agents Don’t Work Murder Cases
Panel: Reality in Fiction
Panel: Script to Screen
Monadnock Writers Club—Speech
September 17
Speech: The Business of Writing
Killer Nashville—Panels
August 19
Panel: Writing About Organized Crime
Panel: Street Reality for Writers from the Perspective of Law Enforcement
Panel: Tricks for Writing the Page Turning Thriller
Imaginarium—Panels
July 8–10
Panel: Thrilling Mysteries
Panel: Indie vs. Traditional Publishing
Panel: NaNoWriMo
ThrillerFest—Panel
June 4
Panel: News, Insights, or Investigations? Echoing Current Events
2021
Fredericksburg Independent Book Festival—Book Signing
October 4
Fredericksburg, Virginia
Eat Local Read Local—Book Signing
October 16
Cascades Library, Loudoun County
U.S. Sailboat Show—Book Signing
October 17-18
Annapolis, Maryland