Category: Member Appearances

Here’s where you can see our members in person this coming month (and subsequent months), or where you can find them – or their content – in media outlets! It is updated throughout the month with last minute additions and changes, so keep checking back!

PERSONAL APPEARANCES

Matt Coyle will be back out on the road discussing LOST TOMORROWS, the sixth novel of the award winning Rick Cahill series at the following venues: Jan. 7, Vroman’s in Pasadena, Jan. 8, Chaucer’s in Santa Barbara, Jan. 10, Murder by the Book in Houston, Jan. 11, Book People in Austin, Jan. 12 interviewing Lee Goldberg at Mysterious Galaxy in San Diego, Jan. 15, Book Catapult in San Diego, Jan. 16 Huntington Beach Library, and Jan. 24, San Carlos Library in San Diego.

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Sheila Lowe has been invited to speak at the Hyde Park Library 2205 W. Florence Ave., Los Angeles on January 11^th at 2:00 pm. She will talk about the handwriting of people in the news, and introduce her new Beyond the Veil series.

APPEARANCES IN PRINT

Paul D. Marks is interviewed in the January 2020 issue of Digest Enthusiast (available on Amazon). He is also quoted, along with several other writers, in Andrew Welsh-Huggins’ piece “How Local Can You Go?” at EQMM’s Something is Going to Happen. And his article “Writing is a Harsh Mistress” was reprinted by Sandra Murphy at Spawn.

https://www.amazon.com/Digest-Enthusiast-11-Explore-magazines-ebook/dp/B083QQXPWZ

https://somethingisgoingtohappen.net/2020/01/15/how-local-can-you-go-by-andrew-welsh-huggins/

https://spawn.org/writing-is-a-harsh-mistress/

Here’s where you can see our members in person this coming month (and subsequent months), or where you can find them – or their content – in media outlets! It is updated throughout the month with last minute additions and changes, so keep checking back!

PERSONAL APPEARANCES

Mike Befeler’s mystery novel, The Front Wing (ISBN 978-1-948338-95-0) will be released in November, 2019. Mike will be presenting and signing at Gatsby Books 5535 E. Spring St, Long Beach, on Sunday December 8, 2019, at 3 PM, and at Book Carnival 348 S. Tustin Ave., Orange, CA, on Sunday December 15 at 3 PM along with Jeri Westerson.

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LOST TOMORROWS, the sixth novel in Matt Coyle‘s award-winning Rick Cahill Crime series, hits the bookshelves on December 3rd. Matt will be making appearances at the following stores.
Dec. 3 Warwick’s in La Jolla
Dec. 6 Book Passage in  Corte Madera
Dec. 7 Book Carnival Orange
Dec. 10 Poisoned Pen in Scottsdale

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Evening Herald & Express reporter Aggie Underwood bore witness to the biggest stories of her day.  Learn more about this fascinating Angeleno with crime historian Joan Renner as we celebrate the 117^th year of her birth at the Central Library in downtown Los Angeles on December 21, 2019 at 2 p.m. and yes, there will be cake.

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Marcia Rosen and Jory Rosen will be signing at the following locations in December.

CARMEL
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 8TH 1-3PM
RIVER HOUSE BOOKS
CROSSROADS SHOPPING CENTER

SALINAS
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 20TH, 4-7PM
DOWNTOWN BOOK AND SOUND
213 MAIN STREET

CARMEL
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 22, 10-NOON
COFFEE BANK
26135 CARMEL RANCHO SHOPPING CENTER (Across from The Barnyard)

LOS ANGELES/ORANGE
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 14, 2-4PM
BOOK CARNIVAL: MYSTERIES AND SUSPENSE BOOKS
348 S. TUSTIN STREET

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Laurie Stevens will be one of the guest authors at the Studio City Library’s “Trivia Night for Mystery Lovers” on Thursday, December 12 at 6 pm. 12511 Moorpark St, Studio City. Text your expertise or simply come and have fun!

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Jeri Westerson will be at the following locations: Sunday, December 15, 3 pm — Book Carnival. A joint event with author Mike Belefer with his Harold and Bella Paranormal Mystery series. Jeri will be bringing The Daemon Device and they will talk paranormal! Free raffle. 348 S Tustin St, Orange, CA 92866

MEDIA APPEARANCES

Pamela Samuels Young recently appeared on KTLA to discuss her newest legal thriller, Failure to Protect, which deals with the bullying epidemic.

Here’s where you can see our members in person this coming month (and subsequent months), or where you can find them – or their content – in media outlets! It is updated throughout the month with last minute additions and changes, so keep checking back!

PERSONAL APPEARANCES

Members Ellen Byron , Laura Levine and Mary Marks will all participate in the Kensington Cozy Club Convention: Western USA Region – Day 1, with Day 2 happening in San Diego. Here’s the full details on the local Saturday portion taking place in Redondo Beach,

Date: Saturday, November 16^th, 2019, 12:00-4:00PM

Bookseller: Mysterious Galaxy / Creating Conversations

Venue: Redondo Beach Library

303 N. Pacific Coast Hwy., Redondo Beach, CA 90277

Cost to Attend: FREE

Authors:

Christin Blum

Laura Bradford

Christin Brecher

Lynn Cahoon

Maria DiRico (Ellen Byron)

Peggy Ehrhart

C.M. Gleason / Colleen Gleason

Debra H. Goldstein

J.D. Griffo

Lee Hollis

Cheryl Hollon

Linda Johnson

Kathleen Krevat

Victoria Laurie

Laura Levine

Mary Marks

Sarah Osborne

Misty Simon

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Mike Befeler’s mystery novel, The Front Wing (ISBN 978-1-948338-95-0) will be released in November, 2019. Mike will be presenting and signing at Gatsby Books 5535 E. Spring St, Long Beach, on Sunday December 8, 2019, at 3 PM, and at Book Carnival 348 S. Tustin Ave., Orange, CA, on Sunday December 15 at 3 PM.

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Ellen Byron will be moderating the panel, “Oh, the Places You’ll Go: Settings in Fiction,” at Ladies of Intrigue on November 8^th. Panelists include Greta Boris, Rachel Howzell Hall, and Wendall Thomas.

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Tori Eldridge launches The Ninja Daughter—her debut mystery/thriller about a Chinese-Norwegian modern-day ninja in Los Angeles—at Book Soup on Tuesday, November 5^th, 7pm. (8818 Sunset Blvd, West Hollywood) Come celebrate with food and wine as Tori discusses, reads, and signs her first book in the Lily Wong series.

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Mister in Crime August Norman, and his debut thriller, COME AND GET ME: A Caitlin Bergman Novel, will be at  Bouchercon in Dallas, October 31-November 3, including the Sisters in Crime breakfast on Friday, November 1st.

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Joan Renner will be a keynote speaker at the Sacramento Library’s True Crime Mini-Con on Saturday, November 16, 2019, 828 I Street, Sacramento, CA 95814

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Laurie Stevens will join Steph Cha and Kaira Rouda on the Fear Factor panel at the 6th Annual Orange County SinC Ladies of Intrigue. Moderator: Barbara DeMarco-Barrett. Sunday, November 10th from 8 am to 3 pm.  Also, she will present an interactive Thriller Workshop at the Conejo Valley Writer’s Club on Saturday, November 16th 1:30 to 2:30.

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Jeri Westerson will be at the following locations: Saturday, November 2, 3 to 4 pm — El Segundo Library Author Fair. Jeri will be on the 3 pm author panel of mystery authors. Books for sale immediately after the panel. El Segundo Public Library 111 West Mariposa Avenue, El Segundo, CA 90245

Thursday, November 7, 10:30 am to noon — Foothill Ranch Library First Thursday Book Discussion. Come join the group to discuss books. Books for sale and signing. Foothill Ranch Library 27002 Cabriole, Foothill Ranch, CA 92610

Sunday, November 17, 2 to 4 pm — Sisters in Crime Author Panel in the community room of the Thousand Oaks Library. A panel of mystery authors entitled “Dying Laughing”, how we inject humor into our murders. 1401 East Janss Road, Thousand Oaks, CA 91362. Books for sale.

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On November 14th, The Partnership Scholars Program is hosting a literary event for teens featuring Pamela Samuels Young and her young adult mysteries about child sex trafficking (#Anybody’s Daughter) and teen sexting (#Abuse of Discretion).

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ON THE RUN: Australian Crime Writers in America
A panel with
Sulari Gentill * Robert Gott* Jock Serong * Emma Viskic
Moderator: Pasadena author and Sisters in Crime member Désirée Zamorano
Saturday, November 9, 5:00 PM
Flintridge Bookstore and Coffeehouse – 1010 Foothill Blvd., La Cañada Flintridge, CA

Some members from our chapter will be part of the annual LADIES OF INTRIGUE hosted by Orange County Sisters in Crime on November 10, 2019, in Costa Mesa. Sisters in Crime/LA members Jill Amadio, Ellen Byron, and Laurie Stevens will be among the people you can see at this 6th annual event. Full details are below.

For registration information, get more details at www.ocsistersincrime.org

Here’s where you can see our members in person this coming month (and subsequent months), or where you can find them – or their content – in media outlets! It is updated throughout the month with last minute additions and changes, so keep checking back!

PERSONAL APPEARANCES

Anne Louise Bannon will be talking about how to write a novel at the Pasadena Central Library (285 E. Walnut St., Pasadena) on October 3 at 7 p.m.

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Members Ellen Byron and Mary Marks will both participate in the Kensington Cozy Club Convention: Western USA Region – Day 1, with Day 2 happening in San Diego. Here’s the full details on the local Saturday portion taking place in Redondo Beach,

Date: Saturday, November 16^th, 2019, 12:00-4:00PM

Bookseller: Mysterious Galaxy / Creating Conversations

Venue: Redondo Beach Library

303 N. Pacific Coast Hwy., Redondo Beach, CA 90277

Cost to Attend: FREE

Authors:

Christin Blum

Laura Bradford

Christin Brecher

Lynn Cahoon

Maria DiRico (Ellen Byron)

Peggy Ehrhart

C.M. Gleason / Colleen Gleason

Debra H. Goldstein

J.D. Griffo

Lee Hollis

Cheryl Hollon

Linda Johnson

Kathleen Krevat

Victoria Laurie

Laura Levine

Mary Marks

Sarah Osborne

Misty Simon

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Join Autumn Doerr on Saturday October 26th at 6p.m. for a reading and book signing at Tea-Tasting, 40 Downtown Mall, Lodi 95240. Autumn will read from her new release, FREE FOR ALL, book two of the Lexi Fagan Mystery Series, as well as from BAKER’S DOZEN (book one).

https://www.tea-tasting.com/

http://www.autumndoerr.com

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Mister in Crime August Norman, and his debut thriller, COME AND GET ME: A Caitlin Bergman Novel, will be at Magna Cum Murder in Indianapolis, October 25-27, and Bouchercon in Dallas, October 31-November 3, including the Sisters in Crime breakfast on Friday, November 1st.

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SinC/LA members Laurie Stevens and Laura Brennan will be on a different kind of panel on Saturday, October 19, 3:15-4:15 pm at Canoga Park Library, 20939 Sherman Way Canoga Park 91303. Billed as A Halloween Escape Room and Spooky Tales, the event will focus on mysterious local happenings, incorporating true and spooky tales into an escape room game designed by Laura Brennan.

For ages 12 and over. You won’t be locked in, but you’ll have fun solving a mystery! Mark your calendar for this debut interactive event.

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Jeri Westerson will be at the following locations: Wednesday, October 16, 3 to 4 pm — Halloween Spooktacular. Only on Facebook. Lots of authors all day. Check it out here: https://www.facebook.com/events/401716227049664/ …THEN on Saturday, October 19, 5 pm to 9 pm, Jeri will be releasing TWO books — THE DARKEST GATEWAY & THE DAEMON DEVICE at her book launch and Sleepy Hollow Event at the Etiwanda Historical Society’s Chaffey-Garcia House 7150 Etiwanda Avenue, Rancho Cucamonga, CA 91739. Jeri’s event is free. Tours of the re-enactment of The Legend of Sleepy Hollow will require tickets. http://www.etiwandahistoricalsociety.org/ … Thursday and Friday, October 24 and 25, Noon to 5 pm — California Library Association Conference. She’ll be at the Historical Novel Society Booth #525, Pasadena Convention Center, 300 E. Green Street, Pasadena, CA. https://conference.cla-net.org/2019/…Saturday, October 26, 3 pm — Facebook Virtual Launch of THE DARKEST GATEWAY and THE DAEMON DEVICE. Only on Facebook! Spend an hour with Jeri chatting, with video readings, plenty of laughs, and giveaways. Go to https://www.facebook.com/events/384187415813049/ to sign up!

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On November 14th, The Partnership Scholars Program is hosting a literary event for teens featuring Pamela Samuels Young and her young adult mysteries about child sex trafficking (#Anybody’s Daughter) and teen sexting (#Abuse of Discretion).

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ON THE RUN: Australian Crime Writers in America
A panel with
Sulari Gentill * Robert Gott* Jock Serong * Emma Viskic
Moderator: Pasadena author and Sisters in Crime member Désirée Zamorano
Saturday, November 9, 5:00 PM
Flintridge Bookstore and Coffeehouse – 1010 Foothill Blvd., La Cañada Flintridge, CA

MEMBERS AND THEIR WORKS IN THE MEDIA

Want to know where you can see our members in person? Here’s more details!

Join Ellen Byron and Nancy Cole Silverman at on Saturday September 14th at 3 p.m. at Mystery Ink (8907 Warner Ave. #135, Huntington Beach, CA 92647) to celebrate the September 10th releases of their new mysteries FATAL CAJUN FESTIVAL (Crooked Lane Books) and THE HOUSE ON HALLOWED GROUND (Henery Press). There will be treats! Nancy and Ellen will also be speaking and signing at Book Carnival at 3 p.m. on Sunday, September 29th (348 Tustin Avenue, Orange, CA.)

Ellen Byron will be interviewed by Kellye Garrett about her latest release, FATAL CAJUN FESTIVAL, as well as her upcoming book, HERE COMES THE BODY (written as Maria DiRico) at New York City’s Book Culture (450 Columbus Avenue) on Tuesday, September 17th, at 7 p.m. Share the news with your tristate friends!
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The following event includes member Diane DeMille, Ph.D.:

 PATH OF THE DEVIL: CAMINO DEL DIABLO is now in both English and Spanish!

Authors: Dianne DeMille Ph.D., Larry Hardin, Jeff Pearce, and Randy Torgerson

Come join us at our book signings on Sunday, September 29: Westminster at 1:00 or Pasadena at 4:00!

Sunday, September 29th, 2019 at 1PM: Mystery Ink, 8907 Warner Ave #135, Huntington Beach, Westminster

Sunday, September 20th, 20109 at 4PM: Vromans, 695 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena.

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Tori Eldridge, debut author of THE NINJA DAUGHTER, combines her writing and acting experience to teach Dynamic Readings and Believable Dialogue: An Actor’s Approach to Embodying Characters at the Central Coast Writers Conference in San Luis Obispo, Sept. 26-28. https://centralcoastwritersconference.com https://torieldridge.com

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Sheila Lowe will be the featured speaker at the SinC/LA Sept 8th meeting. On the 14th, she’ll be addressing a Camarillo writers group on writing a series, and on the 21st, she will speak at the SinC chapter in Nipomo about her new Beyond the Veil series, as well as showing the handwritings of the presidential hopefuls.

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Janet Elizabeth Lynn and Will Zeilinger will be reading/presenting from their latest novel GAME TOWN at Lit Up Orange County on Tuesday, September 24 from 7:00 to 9:00 at the Bardot Bars and Coffee in Tustin.