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NEWS

If you’d like to listen to my latest short story, “Undercover”, appearing in MASTHEAD: BEST NEW ENGLAND CRIME STORIES, you can hear me read it here. Author Edith Maxwell reads her short story first and I read around the halfway point. “Undercover” is about newlyweds who get more than they bargained for when they buy an old trunk at an auction. Enjoy!

2021 EVENTS:

– Saturday, April 17th, 8:30 PT, Rise and shine for the Sleuths & Sidekicks panel, Sisters in Crime, New York Chapter (link coming soon)

– Saturday, March 20th, 1:45 pm PT – Sisters in Crime New York (Upper Hudson), Writers’ & Readers’ Confab (details and link coming soon)

– Wednesday, February 17th, 6 pm PT – I will read my short story, Undercover, at AuthorsLiveOnline. Click the link to register and join in for two cozy mystery bedtime stories!

-Thursday, January 14th, 5 pm PT – Chaucer’s Books, Santa Barbara, CA – Zoom link here. Did you miss this fabulous program? You can watch it right here!

–Saturday, January 23rd, Noon PT – Santa Monica Public Library, Santa Monica, CA – To register, please email: karen.reitz@smgov.net Here’s the link to join in!

–Saturday, January 30th, Noon PT – Starr Library, Rhinebeck, New York

INTERVIEWS

Writers Who Kill, February 2021

2020 Happenings:

– Guess who’s on Youtube?

– I’ll be on the Sleuths & Sidekicks Virtual Tour with talented authors: Tina deBellegarde, Jen Collins Moore, and Carol Pouliot, starting on November 17th:

–Tuesday, November 17th, 4 pm PT at Mystery Loves Company Bookstore, Oxford, Maryland

–Wednesday, November 18th, 4 pm PT at the Mendham Borough Library, Mendham, New Jersey

–Thursday, November 19th, 7 pm PT – Sisters in Crime, Los Angeles: Virtual Book Reading via Zoom, Chapter One, SLIGHTLY MURDEROUS INTENT. Register here!

–Wednesday, December 2nd, 4:30 PT, Eastern Chicago Public Library, Chicago, IL

–Saturday, December 5th, 2 pm PT at Mysterious Galaxy, San Diego, California

–Sunday, December 6th, 4 pm PT Book Carnival, Orange, California. Zoom link here

–Saturday, December 12th, 10 am PT, Mystery Lovers’ Bookshop, Belmont, PA. Zoom link here

Past Events – 2019:

August 10th, 2 pm – Book Carnival, Orange, CA, with author, Tony Piazza – MURDER: DOUBLE OR NOTHING

September 24th, 7 pm – Chaucer’s Books, Santa Barbara, CA – MURDER: DOUBLE OR NOTHING, signing & reading!

October 6th, 9:30 – 4pm, Orange County Children’s Book Festival, Orange Coast College, Costa Mesa, CA – THE COOKIE EATING FIRE DOG

October 11th, 11 am – Pretend City Kids’ Museum, THE COOKIE EATING FIRE DOG reading with illustrator, Joan Young – Irvine, CA

November 23rd, Solvang Book Loft – Pre-holiday celebration, 11 am.

March 2020 – Left Coast Crime, San Diego, CA – Cancelled

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PANEL DISCUSSIONS/BOOK SIGNINGS

2019

February 3rd, 2-4 pm – Chaucer’s Books, Santa Barbara – Book signing.

April 6th, 9-5 pm, – Writers in Action: Perfecting Your Craft Conference, Sisters in Crime Central Coast – Creating a Business Plan panel with Rolynn Anderson, Tony Piazza (moderator), Mara Purl and me at the PG&E Center, Pismo Beach, CA.

June 20th, 1-3:30, Santa Barbara Writers’ Conference – Workshop: Writing Thru the Fear

June 25th 10:30 – Pre-school reading of The Cookie Eating Fire Dog, Solvang Library.

July 6th, 1 pm – Celebration of Authors, Cambria Historical Society.

2018:

April 10th – OMG!! It’s finally here!! Book #2 in the Corrie Locke Mystery series – MURDER GONE MISSING!! Hooray!!

April 14th, 2pm – Culver City Public Library – Panel: I think I’d Like to Write a Book Someday, with Sheila Lowe, Connie DiMarco and Catherine Pelanero.

April 21st – CALM Celebrity Authors’ Luncheon, Santa Barbara, CA.

April 22nd – Los Angeles Times Book Festival, noon, Booth 367, Sisters in Crime Los Angeles at noon. And 1 pm, Booth 376, Mystery Writers of America – SoCal Chapter.

April 28th – Malice Domestic, Bethesda, Maryland, Murderous Wit Panel with authors Sparkle Abbey, Ginger Bolton, and Becky Clark, moderated by Paula Gail Benson.

May 8th, 6 pm – Chaucer’s Bookstore, Santa Barbara book signing.

May 12th – Mysterious Galaxy Bookstore Birthday Bash, San Diego, CA.

May 16th – The Book Loft book signing in Solvang, CA.

May 19th – Writers in Action – Central Coast Sisters in Crime Writers’ Conference, Shell Beach, CA.

June 3rd – Goleta Valley Library – Using Your Own Life in Your Fiction: Ever wonder how real life inspires fiction? Book Panel with authors Nancy Cole Silverman, Sheila Lowe, and Tony Piazza.

June 9th – Book Carnival, Orange, CA with author Greg Harris at 2 pm.

June 10th – Noir at the Bar: Mandrake, 2692 S. La Cienega, Los Angeles, CA.

June 18th- New Book Panel, Santa Barbara Writers’ conference, 4-5 pm.

June 20th: Santa Barbara Writers’ Conference: Writing Through the Fear.

June 30th – Cambria Author Fair, 1-4:30 pm, Cambria Veterans Memorial Hall.

July 14th – Camarillo Library: Author Panel, Real Life vs Fiction

September 8th – Camarillo Public Library Author Fair, 11 – 3 pm.

November 10th – Murder at the Improv: Palos Verdes Library

BLOG TOURS:

Dru’s Book Musings – A Day in the Life of Corrie Locke

Mysteristas – Book Signing Prep (Especially for Newbies)

Writers Who Kill – Interview with the wonderful Grace Topping

Escape with Dollycas

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My short story, “The Nut Job”, appears in

published by Level Best Books. Now available on Amazon.

Now appearing in the Santa Barbara LIBRARY BOOK anthology – my essay, “Simply Irresistible”

Panel Discussions/Book signings:

2017:

The San Francisco Writers’ Conference: February 16th-19th, Mark Hopkins Hotel
Panels: Spinning Goals into Gold (panelist), Parsing the Fine Print (moderator), How To Be Your Own Editor (moderator), Once Upon a Crime (panelist with Penny Warner, Janet Finsilver, and Ann Parker).

Ojai Valley Library, Saturday March 4th, 1 pm: Creating, Producing and Promoting Your Book author panel with co-panelists DJ Adamson, Susan Tuttle, and Barbara Hodges.

Mysterical-E online literary magazine – Interview with Barbara Hodges

El Segundo Library Author Fair – Sunday, June 11th, 11:30 – 12:30: The History of the Mystery author panel with co-panelists Brett Battles, Gar Anthony Haywood, Richard Lange, Janet Lynn and Will Zeilinger, moderated by Eric Beetner.

Santa Barbara Writers’ Conference – Friday, June 23rd, 4 pm: Navigating the Amazon- Building Your Author Platform, with co-panelists Lisa Angle, Gail Kearns, Jason Matthews, and moderated by Marla Miller.

Burbank Public Library Author Fair: Saturday, October 21st, at the Buena Vista Branch.

Camarillo Public Library: Sunday, November 12th, 11-3 pm, at the second annual Author Fair.

2016

Left Coast Crime – Phoenix, AZ: From Fan to Published Author, Breakfast With New Authors, Speed Dating/Meet the Authors

Goleta Valley Library: March 6th from 2 pm – 3:30 pm – “It’s a Mystery to Me” with Kate McGuinness, Nancy Cole Silverman and Diane Vallere

Los Angeles Festival of Books: Saturday, April 9th, 1-2 pm, Sisters in Crime booth 367

Mysterious Galaxy Bookstore Birthday Bash: May 7th, 10-11 am

Bank of Books, Ventura: Book signing – Saturday, May 14th, 11-1 pm

Zaca Mesa Winery, Los Olivos CA – May 29th 1-3, book signing With ten authors from the Sisters in Crime Central Coast Chapter

Santa Barbara Writers’ Conference – June 6th, 4-5 pm, First Book panel

Nipomo Library: The Good, The Bad and The Funny – Mystery authors’ panel on Saturday, June 11th, 3-4:30 pm with authors, DJ Adamson, Sue McGinty, and Baxter Clare Trautman

Casa Dumetz Winery, Los Alamos: Discussion of the Power of Persistence, July 15th 6-7 pm

Camarillo Library: It’s a Mystery to Me author panel, Saturday July 23rd, 3-4:30 pm with authors Gregory Harris, Sheila Lowe and Sybil Johnson

Santa Monica Library on Main Street: Murder Is Where You Find It author panel, Saturday, August 13th, 2-3 pm with authors: Alice Zogg, Janet Elizabeth Lynn, and Will Zellinger

Central Coast Writers’ Conference, Thursday, September 29th and Friday, September 30th – Turning Your Novel into a Movie with author Anne Perry

Manhattan Beach Library: Monday, October 17th at 7 pm – Mystery Novels set in the South Bay of Los Angeles, with authors Sarah Chen, Jennifer Chow, and Sybil Johnson.

Author Booksigning at the Ripped Bodice Bookstore in Culver City – Sunday, October 23rd, 3 pm.

Author Fair at the Camarillo Library, Sunday November 13th, 11 am – 2 pm.

Podcasts:

– CrimeFictionFM with the indefatigable Stephen Campbell

– Skype interview with the incomparable Mr. Media, Bob Andelman

– Authors Talk About It With Dr. Janelle and Dr. Rob

– KillerLegal.net. Interview by renowned Boston criminal defense attorney, Joseph J. Balliro, Jr.

– On Geekitude with the supergeek, Joe Hogan!

Interviews/Articles:

– With Alicia Dean

– On Writers Who Kill

– Dru’s Musings – Interview with Main Character, Corrie Locke