ABC.COM HOSTS LIVE BLOG WITH BEST-SELLING AUTHOR JAMES PATTERSON LEADING UP TO THE PREMIERE OF THE NEW DRAMA, "WOMEN'S MURDER CLUB"

Live Blog Features James Patterson and "Women's Murder Club" Executive Producers Liz Craft and Sarah Fain, Tuesday, October 9

Now fans can speak directly with bestselling author James Patterson and executive producers from ABC's upcoming new drama, "Women's Murder Club." The live blog will take place on TUESDAY, OCTOBER 9, 8:00-9:00 p.m., ET on ABC.com. Participants will submit questions and have them answered via the live blog at www.ABC.com.

"Women's Murder Club" premieres Friday, October 12 at 9:00 p.m., ET on ABC.

WOMEN'S MURDER CLUB

Based on author James Patterson's bestselling novels, "Women's Murder Club" is a new one-hour drama series about four successful working women in San Francisco � Homicide Inspector Lindsay Boxer (Angie Harmon), Medical Examiner Claire Washburn (Paula Newsome), Assistant D.A. Jill Bernhardt (Laura Harris) and crime reporter Cindy Thomas (Aubrey Dollar) � who use their expertise, their close friendship and their instincts to solve murder cases. Each a success in her own field, they work together to uncover clues to the city's most grisly homicides.

The series stars Angie Harmon ("Agent Cody Banks," "Law & Order"), Paula Newsome ("Reign Over Me," "Little Miss Sunshine"), Aubrey Dollar ("Point Pleasant," "The Guiding Light"), Laura Harris ("24," "The Dead Zone, Tyrees Allen ("Alias"), Rob Estes ("Melrose Place," "The Evidence") and Linda Park ("Jurassic Park III").

"Women's Murder Club" is executive-produced by James Patterson, Scott Gimmell, Liz Craft, Sarah Fain, Brett Ratner and Joe Simpson. The series is produced by 20th Century Fox Television.

JAMES PATTERSON, author/executive producer

The subject of a recent Time magazine feature entitled "The Man Who Can't Miss," James Patterson is the best selling author of the past year, with more than 12 million books sold in North America alone. In total Patterson's books have sold an estimated 130 million copies worldwide. He is the first author to have #1 new titles simultaneously on The New York Times adult and children's lists, and is the only author to have five new hardcover novels debut at #1 on the list in one year � a record-breaking feat he accomplished twice, in 2005 and 2006.