Mystery author R. G. Belsky, of Princeton, will sell and sign his books and take part in other activities during the 2015 Deadly Ink Mystery Conference, from August 7 to 9 at the Hyatt Regency in New Brunswick.

Mr. Belsky’s latest thriller, The Kennedy Connection, is the first in a series of books featuring Gil Malloy, a hard-driving newspaper reporter with a penchant for breaking big stories in the New York Daily News. A former managing editor at the Daily News, he  writes about the media from an extensive background in newspapers, magazines and TV/digital news. At the Daily News, he also held the titles of metropolitan editor and deputy national editor. Before that, he was metropolitan editor of the New York Post and news editor at Star magazine. Most recently, he served as managing editor for news at NBCNews.com – where he worked on Nightly News with Brian Williams and the Today show and oversaw all digital news content on the NBCNews website. His previous suspense novels include Playing Dead and Loverboy. His website is www.rgbelsky.com.

Fans who register for this year’s Deadly Ink Conference can meet R.G. Belsky and more than two dozen other published suspense authors, who will share their expertise in three days of workshops and panels. 2015 Guest of Honor will be Brad Parks, the only author to have won the Shamus, Nero and Lefty mystery awards.

Toastmaster is E. F. Watkins, who specializes in paranormal mystery and suspense. This year’s Fan Guest of Honor is Ilene Schneider, who also writes the Rabbi Aviva Cohen mystery series.

The conference will kick off on Friday with a full day of Deadly Ink Academy classes for aspiring writers, taught by noted authors Jane Cleland and Kathryn Johnson. Official registration for the conference takes place that evening, followed by a Deadly Desserts Party and a welcoming program. Saturday and Sunday feature continuous panels and presentations by more than two dozen authors and other mystery and crime experts.