Linda O. Johnston

Diane Vallere Kate Carlisle Hannah Dennison Dorothy Howell Sue Ann Jaffarian Juliet Blackwell Linda O. Johnston Photo: Dan Irvin Photography

It doesn’t take an amateur detective to figure out the Redondo Beach Public Library event with seven cozy mystery authors will be a blast! That’s right, seven authors! Diane Vallere, author of the Mad for Mod and The Style and Error series, premieres the first in an all new collection, Suede to Rest. Kate Carlisle, author of the Bibliophile mysteries, brings us a new heroine, Victorian-home restorer Shannon Hammer, in her northern-California debut, A High-End Finish. Hannah Dennison brought us four Vicky Hill mysteries before she introduced TV celebrity host Kat Stanford in Murder at Honeychurch Hall earlier this year. Dorothy Howell, who’s written for three major New York publishing houses, has two books this year in her two series: Beach Bags and Burglaries and Fatal Luck. The prolific Sue Ann Jaffarian, will discuss her latest Odelia Grey mystery, Hell on Wheels. Juliet Blackwell, also author of the Haunted Home Renovation Mysteries, released her sixth Witchcraft Mystery, A Vision in Velvet, this past summer. Linda O. Johnson, the mind behind the Pet Rescue mysteries, will discuss October’s Superstition Mystery release, Lost Under a Ladder. The seven authors will both entertain and educate any fan of cozy mysteries, reading, or writing.

Location: Street: 303 N Pacific Coast Hwy City: Redondo Beach, Province: California Postal Code: 90277 Country: United States (added from IndieBound)… (more)

The Friends of the Cerritos Library will host an afternoon tea with five local romance writers in the Skyline Room on Saturday, September 29. Authors participating are Tanya Hanson, Jennifer Haymore, Linda O. Johnston, Charlene Sands and Patricia Thayer. Books will be available from Mysterious Galaxy.

Please purchase your tickets before Friday, September 21, as seating is limited. For more information and to buy tickets, contact the library.

Location: Street: 18205 Bloomfield Ave City: Cerritos, Province: California Postal Code: 90703 Country: United States (added from IndieBound)… (more)

We love local authors! Did you know that more than 65 authors live in the area between the South Bay and Santa

Monica? You may even have an author in your very own neighborhood! Mysterious Galaxy is focused on building

community and creating one-of-a-kind events supporting local authors and connecting them with readers. Spend the

day talking books, writing, and community over light appetizers and spirits, with authors you may not have even

known are your neighbors!

Guest local authors include:

Avery Aames, Brett Battles, Tom Benedek, Stephen Blackmoore, Lisa Brackmann, Jennifer Bosworth, Ellie Burmeister, Chaeya, David Collins, Mildred Dumas, Pamela Dumond, Jonathan Emrys, Sara Wilson Etienne, Ann Finnin, Gigi LeVangie Grazer, Larry Halonen, Dan Harring, Sue Ann Jaffarian, Darrell James, A.G.S. Johnson, Linda O. Johnston, Tammy Kaehler, Christo Knight, Chistopher J. Lynch, Todd McCaffrey, Lonnie Milsap, John Montadon, Leslie Ann Moore, Gary Phillips, Mar Preston, Bernard Radfar, Dmitri Ragano, Stephen J. Schwartz, Mike Sirota, Lani Woodland, Sue Zeidler

Location: Street: 2810 Artesia Blvd. City: Redondo Beach, Province: California Postal Code: 90278 Country: United States (added from IndieBound)… (more)

Dean James; Barbara Graham; Jack Getze; Linda O. Johnston; Cathy Pickens; Rosemary Harris; Betty Hechtman; Maria Hudgins; Kathryn R. Wall; Chris Grabenstein; Andy Straka; Shawn Reilly; Claire Johnson

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