| Chat with Mark Okrant |
Mark Okrant is an author and professor of tourism management at Plymouth State University in New Hampshire. He has conducted tourism research in South Dakota, New Hampshire, Maine, Alaska, Canada, and Romania, and is
past president of a leading global organization for tourism researchers, the Travel and Tourism Research Association.
A few years ago, when the University cut back on his class field trips, Mark wrote a murder mystery set in a resort community. Now he and other universities use  his novel as a textbook.
"My niche in the world of mystery writing is to place my lead character, Kary Turnell, in a position to work crime scenes at historic resort hotels. As an author, having the  opportunity to be a guest in two grand old ladies, The Balsams and the Mount Washington, has been a wonderful experience for me--and a terrific way to kick off this new series."
The Kary Turnell character prefers his well-known Fedora. Mark's chapeau of choice is a pageboy cap, except when he's writing. Mark has maintained the tradition of wearing a baseball cap from each subject  resort while he is creating a new Kary Turnell Mystery. He wears each cap until the novel has been completed and published.
WHEN?
Sunday, September 4, 2011
Eastern USA Time.....7 PM
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WHERE?
The Writers Chatroom at: http://www.writerschatroom.com/Enter.htm
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| Door Prize |
| Mark has donated a copy of "A Last Resort". This will be awarded to a lucky chatter during the chat. Remember, you MUST be present to be eligible!
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