Whodunit Mystery Challenge
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Award-winning and Amazon Best-Selling Author Rod Vick loves a good mystery and has created a 7-clue, audience-participation whodunit that provides a challenging puzzle as well as a bit of Halloween-season fun. No costumes necessary, but plenty of red herrings will be provided. Rod will tell you why he loves mysteries and reveal his tricks for crafting them, including his award-winning thriller, The Book of Invasions. Then he'll introduce the mystery of the day on the Big Screen, along with seven twisty clues. There's a free book in it if you solve the mystery. And Rod will bring extra copies of all his books (and his favorite Autographing Pen) in case you come up short, but are still looking for a compelling read!
Questions? Contact Kari Borne at 262-472-1003 or bornek@uww.edu
Tuesday, October 3, 2023 | 6:00 - 8:30 pm
Limited to the first 60 registrants.
This workshop is held at the Community Engagement Center, 1260 West Main Street, Whitewater. Entrance and free parking are in the rear of the building. Click here for more details.
Registrations accepted online until Thursday, September 28, 2023.
Cost Information
Fee: $10
If you have a disability and require accommodations, please advise us as soon as possible. Requests are confidential. UW-Whitewater provides equal opportunities in employment and programming, including Title IX and ADA. Please contact Kari Borne at bornek@uww.edu or 262-472-1003 for further information.
No refunds are available for this event. All cancellation requests must be submitted to cesevents@uww.edu.
We reserve the right to cancel any event due to low enrollment; in this case, all fees paid will be refunded.
Meet The Author
Author Rod Vick
Author Rod Vick has led an unexpectedly interesting life, winning awards in national short story writing contests, climbing a mountain in bad shoes, running the Boston Marathon, battling a Coca-cola addiction, being chosen Wisconsin State Teacher of the Year, sinking a 40-foot putt for bogey, and meeting the President of the United States in the Oval Office.
However, it wasn’t until 2006, that he made a modest mark as a novelist after deciding to try something outside his usual adult sci-fi wheelhouse. He wrote Kaylee’s Choice, primarily aimed at middle readers. Hoping that the self-published book about a struggling ten-year-old dancer would find an audience, he was pleasantly (and, of course, unexpectedly) surprised when it sold over 10,000 copies and spawned a seven-book series. It also led to several serialized novels in national magazines that were later developed into the Dance of Time and Irish Witch book series.
Recently, Mr. Vick has written historical non-fiction and an adult murder whodunit series as well. The success of his novels has led to signings across the country in cities as inviting and lovely as Orlando, Nashville, Kansas City and Minneapolis, as well as cities somewhat less inviting and lovely. When he’s not writing, he runs, dotes upon his Lovely Wife Marsha, wishes for benevolent fairies to come during the night to mow the lawn, and pitches a pretty mean horseshoe.
Location
Driving Directions
Driving directions to the Community Engagement Center can be found by clicking here. The Community Engagement Center (CEC) is located adjacent to Walmart and directly behind the Fairfield Inn & Suites in Whitewater.
Parking
Parking permits are not required at the Community Engagement Center. Limited parking is available in the small lot between the CEC and the hotel (outlined in yellow, click map below). More parking is available behind the building (outlined in red, click map below) by using the access road on westside of the building (shown in red). Visitors may also access the back lot by taking West Yoder Lane. Please consider parking in the back lot so those with mobility concerns can use the stalls in the small front lot.
