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Saturday & Sunday, April 26 - 27, Los Angeles Times Festival of Books

USC campus - free admission














 Stay Tuned for the Date of our 7th Annual Ladies of Intrigue

Thanks to all who attended our 2019 LADIES OF INTRIGUE
                                              

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An Independent Mystery

Bookstore opened in 1991

Specializing in Author Events

located in 
Huntington Beach, CA 
714 743-6127/mysteryink@hotmail.com

                               

BOOKENDS!  Numerous Styles


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 
Liar by Rob Roberge

Rude Talk in Athens by Mark Haskell Smith

Blown by Mark Haskell Smith

Thirteen Question Method by David Ulin

Sidewalking by David Ulin

The Lost Art of Reading by David Ulin


Saturday, March 29th, 10:00 a.m. - Bob Madison (aka Scott McCrea)

Bob Madison will be talk about his new thriller, TARGETS WEST - an exciting thriller that places American rancher and cattleman Lucas Wheeler at the center of an international terrorist plot. 

Madison previously wrote 25 Westerns under the name Scott McCrea.

Location:  Coffee Tale at Old World Village, #39 7561 Center Avenue, Huntington Beach 

Mystery Ink

  Huntington Beach, CA 

mysteryink@hotmail.com​

714 743-6127

              

An Independent Bookstore Established in 1991

Specializing in Author Events

MAILING ADDRESS

16787  Beach Blvd, #600

​Huntington Beach, CA 92647

UCR MFA CONFERENCE - June, 2025 - FACULTY MEMBERS

Good Morning America Bookclub Pick for March!

Saturday, March 22nd, 10:00 a.m. - Sophie Stava w/Debut Novel!

Sophie Stava will be discussing and signing COUNT MY LIES - A read-in-one-night psychological thriller narrated by a compulsive liar whose little white lies allow her to enter into the life of a wealthy couple who are harboring much darker secrets themselves.


Sophie Stava received her BA in English literature from UC Santa Barbara. She currently resides in Southern California with her family. COUNT MY LIES is her debut novel.

Location:  Coffee Tale, Old World Village, #39 7561 Center Avenue, Huntington Beach, CA - across the street from Costco.


Saturday, April 6th, 10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. - Anaheim Public Library 

Foundation - Annual Mystery Authors Luncheon & Silent Auction w/

Gary Phillips, Adam Sikes, Terry Shames, moderated by James T. Bartlett

Location:  Sheraton Park Hotel at the Anaheim Resort, 1855 South Harbor Blvd, Anaheim, CA 

Registration:  https://anaheimlibraryfoundation.com/events

DIRECTOR AND FACULTY 1 


​​The Lost Desert​ by Tod Goldberg

Gangsters Never Die by Tod Goldberg

Gangster Nation by Tod Goldberg

Gangsterland by Tod Goldberg

When the Messenger is Hot by Elizabeth Crane
Turf by Elizabeth Crane
The History of Great Things by Elizabeth Crane
We Only Know So Much 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