Saturday, May 4th, 1:00 p.m., Mike Befeler - MURDER in the MUSEO KIRCHERIANO and A MYSTERY YARN - Talk & Signing
In Murder in the Museo Kircheriano, Jesuit priest Athanasius Kircher created the world’s most amazing museum in the mid seventeenth century Vatican. When Queen Christina abdicates her throne in Sweden, converts to Catholicism and visits Kircher’s museum, she and Kircher discover a dead body. They team up to solve the mystery of the murdered man, while encountering a secret nephews circle.
Mike will also be talking about his other new novel, A MYSTERY YARN, the third book of the Omipodge trilogy following OLD DETECTIVES HOME and LAST GASP. Pru Pendergast becomes entangled in more than yarn when her obnoxious landlord shows up dead in her driftwood creations shop. arrested while trying to solve the crime and catch the eye of her new sort of boyfriend.
Location: Fernhill Clubhouse, 5472 Diamond, Huntington Beach
Thursday, May 23rd, 6:00 to 8:30 p.m. – Literary Guild of Orange County Spring Salon w/three celebrated authors –
Lian Dolan -LOST & FOUND IN PARIS, Ivy Pochoda -SING HER DOWN, and Kaira Rouda -UNDER THE PALMS
Location: Mission Viejo Country Club, 26200 Country Club Drive, Mission Viejo, CA
Registration and additional information at https://www.lgoc.org
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Stay Tuned for the Date of our 7th Annual Ladies of Intrigue
Thanks to all who attended our 2019 LADIES OF INTRIGUE
Saturday, May 18th, 1:00 p.m. – Gary Phillips & Duane Swierczyski
Discussion about Noir and the Southern California Landscape
Gary Phillips is a critically acclaimed author of mysteries and graphic novels and an award-winning screenwriter and editor. His latest novels are THE UNVARNISHED and ASH DARK & NIGHT
Duane Swierczynski is the New York Times bestselling and two-time Edgar-nominated author of fifteen novels. He says “I write books, screenplays, comics and grocery lists. His new novel is CALIFORNIA BEAR.
Location: Fernhill Clubhouse, 5472 Diamond, Huntington Beach
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Saturday, May 11th, 1:00 p.m., Joint Talk & Signing - Launch Party!
Marjorie McCown -STAR STRUCK -Joey Jessop discovers that Hollywood buries its secrets deep when a superstar's assistant turns up dead.
Daryl Wood Gerber -A TWINKLE OF TROUBLE -Carmel-by-the-Sea garden shop owner Courtney Kelly see things others can’t-like fairies and hidden motives for murder.
Location: Fernhill Clubhouse, 5472 Diamond, Huntington Beach
FACULTY 2
Sing Her Down by Ivy Pochoda
Successful TV Writing by Bill Rabkin
Writing the Pilot 2 by Bill Rabkin
Sanctuary by Emily Rapp Black (NEW)
Liar by Rob Roberge
Rude Talk in Athens by Mark Haskell Smith
Blown by Mark Haskell Smith
Sidewalking by David Ulin
The Lost Art of Reading by David Ulin
Writing L.A. by David Ulin
UCR MFA CONFERENCE - June, 2024 - FACULTY MEMBERS
DIRECTOR AND FACULTY 1
The Lost Desert by Tod Goldbert (NEW)
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Gangsterland by Tod Goldberg Heart Like a Window, Mouth Like a Clift by Sarah Borjas When the Messenger is Hot by Elizabeth Crane Cruising by Alex Espinoza Still Water Saints by Alex Espinoza Would-Land by Jill Alexander Essbaum The Good Grief Journal by Jill Alexander Essbaum Devastation by Jill Alexander Essbaum Hausfrau by Jill Alexander Essbaum |
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