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SUMMARY:Rome\, Raphael & Ravioli Dinner Adventure-San Diego
DESCRIPTION:Due to COVID-19\, this event has been cancelled and refunds are forthcoming to those who had registered to attend.\nAbout the Event\nWe are pleased to invite you to our Rome\, Raphael and Ravioli Dinner Adventure with bestselling authors Christopher Castellani\, Crystal King\, and Stephanie Storey. Experience a bit of Italy right here in SoCal by enjoying three of the best things Italy has to offer: culture\, art\, and food! \nWhile dining on The Godfather’s delicioso Italian fare\, travel virtually with our authors to Portofino\, Italy with Tennessee Williams and Frank Merlo in Leading Men\, a timeless and heartbreaking love story by Christopher Castellani. Hunger for the delicious food cooked up by Bartolomeo Scappi\, the Renaissance chef who cooked for several popes\, in The Chef’s Secret\, Crystal King’s delectable novel of passion\, power\, and intrigue. Then\, appreciate the beautiful art of Raphael in Raphael\, Stephanie Storey’s latest and fabulous art history thriller. \nThis Adventure includes an Italian dinner\, soft beverage\, tax\, gratuity\, book discussion with all three authors\, Q&A\, book signing\, and the opportunity to meet the authors in an intimate and authentic setting. Seating is limited for this event\, and available on a first-come\, first-served basis only. \nAbout the Authors\n \nChristopher Castellani is the son of Italian immigrants and a native of Wilmington\, Delaware. He currently lives in Boston\, where he is the artistic director of Grub Street\, the country’s largest and leading independent creative writing center. He is the author of three critically-acclaimed novels\, A Kiss from Maddalena—winner of the Massachusetts Book Award in 2004— The Saint of Lost\, a BookSense (IndieBound) Notable Book; and All This Talk of Love\, a New York Times Editors’ Choice and finalist for the Ferro-Grumley Literary Award. The Art of Perspective: Who Tells the Story\, a collection of essays on point of view in fiction\, was published in 2016. He has recently completed a new novel\, Leading Men\, for which he received Fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation\, the MacDowell Colony\, and the Massachusetts Cultural Council. Leading Men was published in February 2019. \n  \n  \n \nCrystal King is an author\, culinary enthusiast\, and marketing expert. Her writing is fueled by a love of history and a passion for the food\, language\, and culture of Italy. She has taught classes in writing\, creativity\, and social media at several universities including Harvard Extension School and Boston University\, as well as at GrubStreet\, one of the leading creative writing centers in the US. A Pushcart Prize–nominated poet and former co-editor of the online literary arts journal Plum Ruby Review\, Crystal received her MA in critical and creative thinking from UMass Boston\, where she developed a series of exercises and writing prompts to help fiction writers in medias res. She resides in Boston but considers Italy her next great love after her husband\, Joe\, and their two cats\, Nero and Merlin. She is the author of Feast of Sorrow and The Chef’s Secret.  \nTo schedule a book club visit with Stephanie or any of our authors on NovelNetwork: \n				Connect with this Author on NovelNetwork®\n			\n  \n \nStephanie Storey’s debut novel Oil and Marble is a Los Angeles Times bestseller\, was named one of Hudson Booksellers’ Best Books of 2016\, and was called “extraordinarily entertaining” by The New York Times. She has a degree in Fine Arts from Vanderbilt University and attended a PhD program in Art History—before leaving to get her MFA in Creative Writing from Emerson College. She has studied art in Italy and been on a pilgrimage to see every Michelangelo on display in Europe. She has also been a television producer for over 15 years in Los Angeles for shows like Tavis Smiley on PBS\, The Arsenio Hall Show for CBS\, and The Writers’ Room for Sundance Channel. When not writing novels or producing television\, she can usually be found — with her husband\, an actor and Emmy-winning comedy writer — traveling the world in search of her next story. \nTo schedule a book club visit with Stephanie or any of our authors on NovelNetwork: \n				Connect with this Author on NovelNetwork®\n			\n  \nFor Book Clubs\n \nAre you in a book club\, seeking fabulous authors who are excited and available to meet with you? Then you will be delighted to know that Crystal King and Stephanie Storey are just two members of our wonderful community of nearly 100 NovelNetwork authors\, available to meet with book clubs via video chat\, or perhaps even in person if they are local and available. \nNovelNetwork is the nation’s first and only match(dot)com for authors and book clubs to find each other\, so check it out today. Book clubs join for free and gain access to our database of dozens of authors\, from NYT and international bestsellers\, to debut authors\, cookbook authors\, mystery and non-fiction authors\, and representing various regions of the United States\, and even Alaska and Hawaii\, all of whom want to meet with you! \nTo schedule a visit with Crystal\, Stephanie or any of our authors\, join for free here.
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SUMMARY:Raphael\, Ravioli & Renaissance Dinner Adventure-Costa Mesa
DESCRIPTION:This event has been cancelled due to COVID-19. Refunds are processing for those who had already registered for the event.\nAbout the Event\nWe are pleased to invite you to our Raphael\, Ravioli & Renaissance Dinner Adventure with bestselling authors Crystal King and Stephanie Storey. Experience a bit of Italy right here in Orange County by enjoying three of the best things Italy has to offer: culture\, art\, and food! \nWhile dining on Maggiano’s delicioso Italian fare\, travel virtually with our authors: hunger for the delicious food cooked up by Bartolomeo Scappi\, the Renaissance chef who cooked for several popes\, in The Chef’s Secret\, Crystal King’s delectable novel of passion\, power\, and intrigue\, and then\, appreciate the beautiful art of Raphael in Raphael\, Stephanie Storey’s latest art history thriller. \nThis Adventure includes an Italian dinner entree\, salad\, bread\, dessert\, soft beverage\, tax\, gratuity\, book discussion with both authors\, Q&A\, book signing\, and the opportunity to meet the authors in an intimate and authentic setting. Seating is limited for this event\, and available on a first-come\, first-served basis only. \nCome to Maggiano’s at South Coast Plaza for fresh\, scratch-made Italian food inspired by Nonna’s classic recipes. \n \nAbout the Authors\n \nCrystal King is an author\, culinary enthusiast\, and marketing expert. Her writing is fueled by a love of history and a passion for the food\, language\, and culture of Italy. She has taught classes in writing\, creativity\, and social media at several universities including Harvard Extension School and Boston University\, as well as at GrubStreet\, one of the leading creative writing centers in the US. \nA Pushcart Prize–nominated poet and former co-editor of the online literary arts journal Plum Ruby Review\, Crystal received her MA in critical and creative thinking from UMass Boston\, where she developed a series of exercises and writing prompts to help fiction writers in medias res. She resides in Boston but considers Italy her next great love after her husband\, Joe\, and their two cats\, Nero and Merlin. She is the author of Feast of Sorrow and The Chef’s Secret.  \nTo schedule a book club visit with Stephanie or any of our authors on NovelNetwork: \n				Connect with this Author on NovelNetwork®\n			\n  \n \nStephanie Storey’s debut novel Oil and Marble is a Los Angeles Times bestseller\, was named one of Hudson Booksellers’ Best Books of 2016\, and was called “extraordinarily entertaining” by The New York Times. She has a degree in Fine Arts from Vanderbilt University and attended a PhD program in Art History—before leaving to get her MFA in Creative Writing from Emerson College. \nShe has studied art in Italy and been on a pilgrimage to see every Michelangelo on display in Europe. She has also been a television producer for over 15 years in Los Angeles for shows like Tavis Smiley on PBS\, The Arsenio Hall Show for CBS\, and The Writers’ Room for Sundance Channel. When not writing novels or producing television\, she can usually be found — with her husband\, an actor and Emmy-winning comedy writer — traveling the world in search of her next story. \nTo schedule a book club visit with Stephanie or any of our authors on NovelNetwork: \n				Connect with this Author on NovelNetwork®\n			\n  \nFor Book Clubs\n\nAre you in a book club\, seeking fabulous authors who are excited and available to meet with you? Then you will be delighted to know that Crystal King and Stephanie Storey are just two members of our wonderful community of nearly 100 NovelNetwork authors\, available to meet with book clubs via video chat\, or perhaps even in person if they are local and available. \nNovelNetwork is the nation’s first and only match(dot)com for authors and book clubs to find each other\, so check it out today. Book clubs join for free and gain access to our database of dozens of authors\, from NYT and international bestsellers\, to debut authors\, cookbook authors\, mystery and non-fiction authors\, and representing various regions of the United States\, and even Alaska and Hawaii\, all of whom want to meet with you! \nTo schedule a visit with Crystal\, Stephanie or any of our authors\, join for free here.
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CATEGORIES:Dinner Adventures,Event,Orange County Adventures
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SUMMARY:Korean Dinner Adventure
DESCRIPTION:About the Event\nDue to the Corona virus concerns\, this event has been postponed and will be rescheduled at a later date. Should the event not be rescheduled\, ticket holders will receive a refund at that time.\nTHIS EVENT IS SOLD OUT! TO ADD YOUR NAME TO THE WAIT LIST\, PLEASE EMAIL SUSAN@ADVENTURESBYTHEBOOK.COM\nNew York Times bestselling author Lisa See is a master at exploring the complexities of female friendship\, so why not grab a friend (or come as a single and make new friends) as we celebrate her newest book\, The Island of Sea Women\, in which she introduces readers to the remarkably strong and spirited female divers of Jeju Island\, Korea. \nOver a delicious Korean BBQ dinner\, enjoy Lisa’s introduction of Young-sook and Mi-ja\, girls from strikingly different backgrounds who bond over their shared love of the sea. Working in their village’s all-female diving collective\, the two friends come of age in a community where gender roles are anything but typical. Here\, women are the primary breadwinners\, the heads of household in all but name\, and yet\, as Mi-ja and Young-sook come to realize\, there are limits to their control that can prove devastating. \nYour Adventure includes a delicious Korean dinner\, soft beverage\, tax\, gratuity\, author presentation\, book signing\, and the chance to meet the author up-close and personal in an intimate and authentic setting. \n\nAbout the Author and Book\nLisa See is the beloved New York Times bestselling author of Snow Flower and the Secret Fan\, The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane\, Peony in Love\,Shanghai Girls\,Dreams of Joy\, and China Dolls\, in which she has brilliantly illuminated the strong bonds between women. These books have been celebrated for their authentic\, deeply researched\, lyrical stories about Chinese characters and cultures. \nNow\, in The Island of Sea Women\, Lisa writes about about the free-diving women of South Korea’s Jeju Island. Booklist called The Island of Sea Women “stupendous… enthralling…and engrossing.” Jodi Picoult has given her praise: “Lisa See excels at mining the intersection of family\, friendship and history\, and in her newest novel\, she reaches new depths exploring the matrifocal haenyeo society in Korea\, caught between tradition and modernization.” \n\n  \nSave
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SUMMARY:Summer by the Sea Dinner Adventure
DESCRIPTION:Photos from this Event\nVisit our Facebook for more photos from this event \n      \nAbout the Event\nIt’s summertime\, so what better way to spend your evening than by discovering a fresh new voice in fiction at our Summer by the Sea Dinner Adventure\, featuring debut novelist Nicola Harrison\, in conversation with New York Times bestselling and beloved San Diego author Michelle Gable. \nDon’t miss this delightful Adventure at King’s Fish House\, where Nicola and Michelle will discuss Montauk\, Nicola’s captivating debut novel that brings to life the glamour and romance of a summer by the sea about a woman torn between the life she chose and the life she desires. \nYour Adventure includes a pre-fixe dinner\, soft drink\, tax\, gratuity\, author presentation\, book signing\, and the opportunity to enjoy conversation with Nicola and Michelle and other reading enthusiasts in an intimate setting. \n\nAbout the Author\nOriginally from Hampshire\, England\, Nicola Harrison moved to California when she was 14. She studied Literature at UCLA and received an MFA in creative writing at Stony Brook University. She is a member of The Writers Room and has short stories published in The Southhampton Review and Glimmer Train as well as articles in Los Angeles Magazine and Orange Coast Magazine. \nShe was the fashion and style staff writer for Forbes and had a weekly column at Lucky Magazine. Nicola is also the founder of a personal styling business\, Harrison Style. She has spent many summers in Montauk and currently lives in Greenwich Village\, Manhattan.  Montauk is her first novel. \nAbout the Book: Montauk\, Long Island\, 1938. For three months\, this humble fishing village will serve as the playground for New York City’s wealthy elite. Beatrice Bordeaux was looking forward to a summer of reigniting the passion between her and her husband\, Harry. Instead\, tasked with furthering his investment interest in Montauk as a resort destination\, she learns she’ll be spending twelve weeks sequestered with the high society wives at The Montauk Manor—a two-hundred room seaside hotel—while Harry pursues other interests in the city. \nCollege educated\, but raised a modest country girl in Pennsylvania\, Bea has never felt fully comfortable among these privileged women\, whose days are devoted not to their children but to leisure activities and charities that seemingly benefit no one but themselves. She longs to be a mother herself\, as well as a loving wife\, but after five years of marriage she remains childless while Harry is increasingly remote and distracted. Despite lavish parties at the Manor and the Yacht Club\, Bea is lost and lonely and befriends the manor’s laundress whose work ethic and family life stir memories of who she once was. \nAs she drifts further from the society women and their preoccupations and closer toward Montauk’s natural beauty and community spirit\, Bea finds herself drawn to a man nothing like her husband –stoic\, plain spoken and enigmatic. Inspiring a strength and courage she had almost forgotten\, his presence forces her to face a haunting tragedy of her past and question her future. \nDesperate to embrace moments of happiness\, no matter how fleeting\, she soon discovers that such moments may be all she has\, when fates conspire to tear her world apart…  \nAbout Michelle Gable\nMichelle Gable is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of A Paris Apartment\, I’ll See You in Paris\, The Book of Summer\, and most recently\, The Summer I Met Jack. \nMichelle grew up in sunny San Diego and began writing in fourth grade after her parents gave her a book called Someday You’ll Write. She later attended The College of William & Mary and majored in accounting\, and pursued work in finance and investment banking before turning her skills to writing. \nFrom age 10 and ever since\, she wrote. Nearly every day. she wrote at five o’clock in the morning\, or eleven o’clock at night\, or while her children assembled their own school lunches. I’ll See You in Paris was written almost entirely by hand\, sitting behind softball dugouts or in the car while her daughters warmed up pitching and catching. \n“That\, my friends\, is my #1 tip for becoming a published author. You write. No matter what.” \n 
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SUMMARY:Mystery Monday Dinner Adventure
DESCRIPTION:Photos from this Event\nVisit our Facebook for more photos from this event. \n      \nAbout the Event\nMondays\, mysteries\, and Mexican food\, what’s not to love! We are so excited about the idea that we are inviting you to join not one\, not two\, but three talented authors for a fun evening that is sure to brighten up your Monday evening. \nFeast on a delicious Mexican dinner at El Torito\, with critically acclaimed authors Kaira Rouda\, Eldonna Edwards\, and Wendy Heard\, as they share their mysterious stories of ideal Californian communities and revelations. What are people truly capable of? What are the power of secrets that can completely twist\, bend\, and complicate a happy life? Get ready for “more twists than a foot-long cork screw!” \nYour Adventure includes a delicious taco bar including cheese enchiladas\, refried beans\, rice\, sweet corn cake\, house-made salsa\, crisp tortilla chips\, Mexican caesar salad\, soft beverage\, traditional flan\, tax\, gratuity\, author presentation\, Q&A\, book signing\, and the chance to meet the authors up-close and personal in a fun and intimate setting. \n\nAbout the Authors\n \nKaira Sturdivant Rouda is an accomplished business leader\, entrepreneur\, national speaker and internationally bestselling and award-winning author. A former magazine editor\, and society columnist\, Kaira won the Stevie Award for Women in Business for creating the first female-focused residential real estate brand\, Real Living\, and growing the brand to more than 22 states before its sale to Berkshire Hathaway. Her first book\, Real You Incorporated: 8 Essentials for Women Entrepreneurs\, led to a national speaking tour where she inspired thousands. \nTurning to a full-time writing career\, her most recent works are Best Day Ever and The Favorite Daughter. Active in the areas of homelessness\, food security\, and empowering women and girls\, in her twenties\, as a volunteer\, she created the first walk-in emergency shelter for homeless families in Central Ohio. Kaira has received numerous awards for her community service\, including the national Kiwanis Service to Mankind Award\, among many others. She lives in Southern California with her husband\, Congressman Harley Rouda\, and her four twenty-something children. \n\n \nEldonna Edwardsis a beloved writing instructor\, keynote speaker and former creative journaling facilitator\, who grew up in a large family nestled between cornfields and churches in the provincial Midwest\, an upbringing that provided a fertile background from which to harvest setting and characters. The voice in her best-selling debut novel  This I Know comes straight from the heart. This I Know won over the hearts and minds of readers everywhere and was a Delilah Book Club selection. \nIn her new novel\, Clover Blue\, Eldonna once again explores themes of otherness and belonging\, and the true definition of home. She is also the subject of the award-winning documentary “Perfect Strangers” that follows one kidney patient and one potential kidney donor in their search for a possible match. Her memoir Lost in Transplanation also chronicles this life-changing decision. \n \nWendy Heard was born in San Francisco but has lived most of her life in Los Angeles\, which is on fire\nmore than she would honestly prefer. She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Studio Art\, emphasizing painting\, and a Master’s degree in Education. \nWhen not writing\, she can be found hiking\, taking the Metro and then questioning this decision\, haunting local bookstores\, and\, apparently\, writing about herself in the third person. \nPet peeves as a native Angeleno include traffic and traffic-related driving infractions. Summoning spell is the word “caffeine” spoken three times in front of a darkened mirror while holding a red candle. Described unforgettably by a friend as “a chipper Wednesday Addams.” \nFor Book Clubs:\n \nAre you in a book club\, seeking fabulous authors who are excited and available to meet with you? Then you will be delighted to know that Kaira Rouda and Eldonna Edwards are just a few of our wonderful NovelNetwork authors\, available to meet with book clubs via video chat. \nNovelNetwork is the nation’s first and only match(dot)com for authors and book clubs to find each other\, so check it out today. Book clubs join for free and gain access to our database of dozens of authors\, from NYT and international bestsellers\, to debut authors\, cookbook authors\, mystery and non-fiction authors\, and representing various regions of the United States\, and even Alaska and Hawaii\, all of whom want to meet with you! \nTo schedule a visit with Kaira\, Eldonna\, or any of our authors\, join for free here. \n\n				Connect with this Author on NovelNetwork®
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SUMMARY:Lost Roses Dinner Adventure
DESCRIPTION:Photos From this Event\nClick here to view the rest of the photos from this event. \n      \nAbout the Event\nJoin us as we celebrate New York Times bestselling author Martha Hall Kelly’s newest novel\, Lost Roses. In her runaway international bestseller\, Lilac Girls\, Martha introduced the real-life heroine Caroline Ferriday. In her sweeping new novel\, set generations earlier and also inspired by true events\, you will follow Carolina’s mother\, Eliza\, and three equally indomitable women from St. Petersburg to Paris under the shadow of World War I. \nFeast on a delicious Russian dinner\, family style\, at one of San Diego’s favorite Russian restaurants\, Pushkin Russian Restaurant\,  as Martha shares the inspiration behind her newest novel and transports us to Russia\, Paris\, and New York through the eyes of her protagonists. \n\n\nYour Adventure includes a delicious and traditional family-style Russian dinner complete with lite appetizers and entrees\, soft beverage\, tax\, gratuity\, author presentations\, book signing\, and the chance to meet this international and NYT bestselling author up-close and personal in an intimate and authentic setting. \n\n\n\nAbout the Author\n \nMartha Hall Kelly is an author and native New Englander\, still pinching herself since her debut novel\, Lilac Girls\, became a New York Times bestseller the week it was published in April 2016. The novel is historical fiction\, based on the true story of 72 Polish women who were imprisoned and experimented on at Ravensbruck Camp\, and how Caroline Ferriday\, an American philanthropist and former actress\, brought them back to the U.S. for rehabilitation and the trip of a lifetime. She has been researching the story for over ten years and is excited beyond belief to finally share it with the world. \nLost Roses: It is 1914 and Eliza Ferriday is thrilled to travel to St. Petersburg with her best friend Sofya Streshnayva\, a cousin of the Romanovs. But when war looms and Russia’s Imperial dynasty begins to fall\, Eliza escapes back to America\, while Sofya and her family flee to their country estate. In need of domestic help\, they hire the local fortuneteller’s daughter\, Varinka\, unknowingly bringing unspeakable danger into their home. On the other side of the Atlantic\, Eliza helps the destitute White Russian families find safety as they escape the revolution. But when Sofya’s letters suddenly stop coming\, she fears her friend has come to a terrible end. \nFrom the Tsar’s palaces of St. Petersburg to the long-lost Russian neighborhoods of Paris to the glorious estates of Southampton\, New York\, the lives of Eliza\, Sofya\, and Varinka intersect in profound ways\, taking readers on a breathtaking ride through a fascinating time in history.
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SUMMARY:Conversations Worth Having: A Dinner Adventure
DESCRIPTION:About the Event\nJoin us for another engaging evening at the next installment in our Conversations Worth Having series\, with Grace Talusan\, author of The Body Papers and winner of The Restless Books Prize for New Immigrant Writing. \nDon’t miss this thought-provoking Adventure at King’s Fish House\, where Grace will share the stories from her debut memoir\, which is an extraordinary portrait of the artist as a survivor. Grace overcame a personal history fraught with racism\, sexual trauma\, mental illness\, and cancer… Moving and eloquent\, Grace’s book is a testament not only to one woman’s fierce will to live\, but also the healing power of speaking the unspeakable. \nYour Adventure includes a pre-fixe dinner\, soft drink\, tax\, gratuity\, author presentation\, book signing\, and the opportunity to engage in meaningful conversation with the author and other engaged readers in an intimate setting. \n\nAbout the Author\n \nGrace Talusan is the author of the memoir\, The Body Papers (forthcoming April 2019)\, winner of the 2017 Restless Books Prize for New Immigrant Writing for Nonfiction. She was born in the Philippines and came to the US with her parents at age 2. She has published essays\, longform journalism\, fiction and book reviews in Brevity\, Creative Nonfiction\, Boston Magazine\, Boston Globe\, The Rumpus\, and many others. \nGrace has degrees in English from Tufts University and the University of California\, Irvine. Her writing has been supported by the Fulbright\, Hedgebrook\, Ragdale\, the Massachusetts Cultural Council and others. She teaches writing at Tufts University and Grub Street.
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SUMMARY:House of Broken Angels Dinner Adventure
DESCRIPTION:About the Event\nJoin us for an unforgettable evening with Pulitzer Prize finalist\, New York Times bestselling author\, One Book\, One San Diego 2012 winner\, and just announced finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Awards) Luis Alberto Urrea at our House of Broken Angels Dinner Adventure.  \nAs we feast on a delicious Mexican dinner in the heart of the Old Town at Cafe Coyote\, Luis will discuss and share the inspiration behind his latest novel\, The House of Broken Angels. In Urrea’s signature exceptional storytelling and what NPR calls “brilliant…exceptional…hums with joy\,” The House of Broken Angels is the story of the De La Cruz family\, who come together across borders at the behest of patriarch Miguel Angel de La Cruz\, who wishes to gather his progeny for a final birthday fiesta. \nYour Adventure includes chips and salsa\, a delicious Mexican dinner\, soft beverage\, dessert\, tax\, gratuity\, author presentation\, Q&A\, book signing\, and the chance to meet the author up-close and personal in an authentic and intimate setting. \n*Due to the exciting news that Luis has just been announced as a finalist for this year’s National Book Critics Circle Awards\, which are being held on our original event date of March 14\, 2019\, we have moved our event date until March 24\, 2019\, which means we can celebrate with him at our event!) \n**Or better yet\, why not join our fiesta a bit early with a special 45 minute “Angel” reception prior to dinner\, which not only includes the dinner Adventure\, but offers you the unique opportunity to spend 45 minutes extra with the author while enjoying a house cocktail and a copy of The House of Broken Angels\, which Luis will exclusively sign for you at the reception. \n\nAbout the Author and Book\n \nHailed by NPR as a “literary badass” and a “master storyteller with a rock and roll heart\,” Luis Alberto Urrea is a prolific and acclaimed writer who uses his dual-culture life experiences to explore greater themes of love\, loss and triumph. \nA 2005 Pulitzer Prize finalist for nonfiction and member of the Latino Literature Hall of Fame\, Urrea is the critically acclaimed and bestselling author of 17 books\, winning numerous awards for his poetry\, fiction\, and essays. Born in Tijuana to a Mexican father and American mother\, Urrea is most recognized as a border writer\, though he says\, “I am more interested in bridges\, not borders.” \nUrrea attended the University of California at San Diego\, earning an undergraduate degree in writing and did his graduate studies at the University of Colorado-Boulder. \nAfter serving as a relief worker in Tijuana and a film extra and columnist-editor-cartoonist for several publications\, Urrea moved to Boston where he taught expository writing and fiction workshops at Harvard. He also taught at the University of Louisiana-Lafayette. Urrea currently lives with his family in Naperville\, IL\, where he is a distinguished professor of creative writing at the University of Illinois-Chicago. \nThe House of Broken Angels is\, as Urrea describes it\, “the story of an American family—one that happens to speak Spanish and admire the Virgin of Guadalupe. Imperfect and glorious\, messy and hilarious\, sometimes heroic.” Inspired by the death of his brother\, Urrea’s novel mines his own family history to tell a once-in-a-lifetime tale\, simultaneously intimate in its detail and grand in its scope. Miguel Angel De La Cruz\, aka “Big Angel\,” is dying. The beloved and rapidly declining patriarch of the De La Cruz clan\, he assembles his relatives for a final\, epic birthday bash. Days before the party\, however\, his mother\, nearly a hundred herself\, passes away\, resulting in a hefty farewell fete. Over the course of one weekend\, the family members reminisce under the San Diego sun and stars\, sharing stories about growing up in Mexico\, leaving Mexico\, and making a home in the U.S. \nNo matter where you live\, whether you were born in the U.S. or grew up elsewhere\, this affectionate\, passionate\, flawed family will likely remind you in some way of your own. And novels like The House of Broken Angels—offering clarifying insight into the daily lives\, the trials and triumphs\, of Mexican-Americans—are especially needed today. We believe it’s a beautiful masterwork worthy of your close attention. \nAbout Cafe Coyote\n\nFor over 25 years\, Cafe Coyote has remained one of San Diego’s landmark restaurants. Their friendly staff\, loyal patrons\, delicious food\, and festive atmosphere have contributed to Cafe Coyote’s being voted Best Mexican Restaurant in 2005\, 2006\, 2008\, 2009\, 2010\, 2011\, 2012\, 2013\, 2014\, 2015\, 2016\, and 2017!
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CATEGORIES:Dinner Adventures,San Diego Adventures
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CREATED:20181229T110627Z
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SUMMARY:A Muslim Cultural Adventure
DESCRIPTION:About the Event\nWe invite you to join us for a special Muslim Cultural Adventure\, an intriguing dinner event with critically acclaimed journalist and debut author Huda Al-Marashi\, to celebrate her debut memoir\, First Comes Marriage. \nWhile enjoying a delicious\, authentic Middle Eastern dinner at one of San Diego’s premiere Mediterranean restaurants\, Sufi Mediterranean Cuisine\, Huda will share the unique story behind her traditional Muslim marriage\, which will include a fascinating slide show of wedding photos\, and an exclusive display of some of her wedding memorabilia. \nWas this an arranged marriage? What is Muslim life in America? How does one blend Iraqi culture into life in America? What is a Muslim wedding like? Join us as Huda answers these questions and more. Understanding other cultures is the first step towards acceptance\, so come to our Adventure with an appetite\, questions\, and a thirst for greater understanding. \nYour Adventure includes a buffet dinner of authentic Middle Eastern food\, a soft beverage\, dessert\, tax\, gratuity\, exclusive author presentation and displays\, Q&A\, book signing\, and the chance to meet the author up-close and personal in an authentic and intimate setting. \n\nAbout the Author and Book\nHuda Al-Marashi is the author of the forthcoming memoir First Comes Marriage: My Not-So-Typical American Love Story. Excerpts from this memoir have appeared in the anthologies Love Inshallah: The Secret Love Lives of Muslim American Women\, Becoming: What Makes a Woman\, and Beyond Belief: The Secret Lives of Women and Extreme Religion. Other works have appeared in the Washington Post\, the LA Times\, al Jazeera\, VIDA Review\, Refinery 29\, the Rumpus\, and the Offing. She is the recipient of a Cuyahoga County Creative Workforce Fellowship and an Aspen Summer Words Emerging Writer Fellowship. \n\nTender\, honest\, and irresistibly compelling\, First Comes Marriage is the first Muslim-American memoir dedicated to the themes of love and sexuality. Huda and Hadi’s story brilliantly circles around a series of firsts\, chronicling two virgins moving through their first everything: hand holding\, first kiss\, and first sexual encounters. It’s an almost unbearably humanizing tale that tucks into our hearts and lingers in our imagination\, while also challenging long-standing taboos within the Muslim community and the romantic stereotypes we unknowingly carry within us that sabotage some of our best chances for finding true love. \nAbout the Venue:\nSufi Mediterranean Cuisine is delighted to serve the San Diego with authentic Persian cuisine. Traditional instrumental Iranian music is played lightly throughout the restaurant\, allowing customers to be introduced to a small but significant part of the beautiful Persian culture. Paintings displaying people\, places\, and designs pertaining to the Iranian culture. Samovars\, traditional pots used to boil water and brew aromatic Persian tea\, are placed behind the bar. Many customers sit at the bar and enjoy the traditional hot tea and other drinks while socializing. Sufi’s delicious kabobs are freshly prepared daily and cooked right before your eyes on our open-fire grill. \nFor Book Clubs\nAre you in a book club\, seeking fabulous authors who are excited and available to meet with you? Then you will be delighted to know that Huda is one of our newest NovelNetwork authors\, available to meet with book clubs in person in the San Diego area\, and via video chat outside the San Diego area. \nNovelNetwork is the nation’s first and only match(dot)com for authors and book clubs to find each other\, so check it out today. Book clubs join for free and can gain access to our database of dozens of authors\, from NYT and international bestsellers\, to debut authors\, cookbook authors\, mystery and non-fiction authors\, and representing various regions of the United States\, and even Alaska and Hawaii\, all of whom want to meet with you! \nTo schedule a visit with Huda or any of our authors\, join for free here. \nSave
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CREATED:20181206T205807Z
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SUMMARY:A Dream Called Home Dinner Adventure
DESCRIPTION:About the Event\nJoin us for an inspiring evening A Dream Called Home Dinner Adventure\, with award winning and internationally bestselling author\, Reyna Grande. \nWe will be having a delicious Mexican dinner in the heart of the Old Town\, Cafe Coyote which\, for over 25 years\, has remained one of San Diego’s Landmark Restaurants. Their friendly staff\, loyal patrons\, delicious food\, and festive atmosphere have contributed to Cafe Coyote’s being voted Best Mexican Restaraunt in 2005\, 2006\, 2008\, 2009\, 2010\, 2011\, 2012\, 2013\, 2014\, 2015\, 2016\, and 2017! \nAs we dine\, Reyna will move us with her story about her quest to find her place in America as a first-generation Latina university student and an aspiring writer determined to build a new life for her family\, one fearless word at a time. \nYour Adventure includes chips and salsa appetizer\, a delicious Mexican dinner\, a soft beverage\, dessert\, tax\, gratuity\, author presentation\, book signing\, and the chance to meet the author up-close and personal in an authentic and intimate setting. \nSponsor a Student!\nWe believe that Reyna’s story is so important that it needs to be shared in order to inspire countless of other students  from disadvantaged backgrounds. So\, we are giving all our great Adventurers the opportunity to sponsor a student from Reality Changers\, either by providing a ticket for them to attend this event or to buy them a copy of Reyna’s book! We know that by spreading Reyna’s story\, we can touch the lives of students and inspire them to reach for the stars! \nReality Changers transforms lives by providing youth from disadvantaged backgrounds with the academic support\, financial assistance\, and leadership training to become college graduates. If you would like to help\, just select one of the Reality Changers options at the bottom of the page. \n\nAbout the Author\n \nReyna Grande is an award-winning novelist and memoirist. She has received an Maerican Book Award\, the El Premio Aztlán Literary Award\, and the International Latino Book Award. In 2012\, she was  finalist for the prestigious National Book Critics Circle Awards\, and in 2015 she was honored with a Luis Leal Award fo Distinction in Chicano/Latino Literature. Her works have been published internationally in Norway\, South Korea\, and Mexico. \nBorn in Iguala\, Guerrero\, Mexico\, Reyna was two years old when her father left for the U.S. to find work. Her mother followed her farther north two years later\, leaving Reyna and her siblings behind in Mexico. In 1985\, when Reyna was going on ten\, she left Iguala to maker her journey north. She entered the U.S. as an undocumented immigrant\, and later went on to become the first person in her family to graduate from college. \n\nA Dream Called Home depicts this journey. During this difficult journey and with so few resources at her disposal\, Reyna found refuge in words\, and it was her love of reading and writing that propelled her to rise above until she achieved the impossible and was accepted to the University of California\, Santa Cruz. Although her acceptance was a triumph\, the actual experience of American college life was intimidating and unfamiliar for someone like Reyna\, who was then once again estranged from her family and support system. Once again\, she found solace in words\, holding fast to her vision of becoming a writer\, only to discover she knew nothing about what it takes to make a career out of a dream. \nSave
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CATEGORIES:Dinner Adventures,San Diego Adventures
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CREATED:20181219T230447Z
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SUMMARY:Girls' Night Out San Diego Adventure
DESCRIPTION:About the Event\nJoin us as we celebrate bestselling authors Liz Fenton & Lisa Steinke‘s newest book\, Girls’ Night Out\, a chilling novel of psychological suspense that will make you think twice about what your best friend may be hiding… \n \nIf you love fun\, food\, and literature as much as we do\, you won’t want to miss this fabulous Adventure. At one of Carlsbad’s coolest wine spots\, Ignite Bistro\, we will feast on a delicious array of heavy appetizers and enjoy a glass of wine or tasty margarita\, while we learn from the dynamic duo how they plumb the intricacies of female friendship in their new book. \nYour Adventure includes a signed copy of Girls’ Night Out\, heavy appetizers\, a glass of wine or margarita\, tax\, gratuity\, author talk\, book signing\, and the chance to meet the authors up-close and personal in a fun and tantalizing setting. \nAbout the Authors\n\nLiz Fenton & Lisa Steinke are the authors of the forthcoming Girls’ Night Out and the Amazon Charts bestselling novel\, The Good Widow. Liz and Lisa have been best friends for over 25 years. They have also published three novels with Simon & Schuster/Atria Books. Your Perfect Life is a hilarious and heartwarming story of two childhood best friends who switch bodies at their twenty-year high school reunion. The Status of All Things\, is a cautionary tale of a woman who realizes she can change the course of her entire life by what she writes in her Facebook status. And The Year We Turned Forty follows three women who get the chance to relive the year they turned forty\, a year they each made decisions that altered the course of their lives. \nGirls’ Night Out: For estranged friends Ashley\, Natalie\, and Lauren\, it’s time to heal the old wounds between them. Where better to repair those severed ties than on a girls’ getaway to the beautiful paradise of Tulum\, Mexico? But even after they’re reunited\, no one is being completely honest about the past or the secrets they’re hiding. When Ashley disappears on their girls’ night out\, Natalie and Lauren have to try to piece together their hazy memories to figure out what could have happened to her\, while also reconciling their feelings of guilt over their last moments together. \nWas Ashley with the man she’d met only days before? Did she pack up and leave? Was she kidnapped? Or worse—could Natalie or Lauren have snapped under the weight of her own lies? As the clock ticks\, hour by hour\, Natalie and Lauren’s search rushes headlong into growing suspicion and dread. Maybe their secrets run deeper and more dangerous than one of them is willing—or too afraid—to admit. \nFor Book Clubs\nLiz and Lisa are just two of the many authors who are Novel Network members! Through this amazing site\, you and your book club can schedule a meeting with them\, in person or over Skype\, in preparation for this exciting event! Or\, maybe you’ll remember questions after the event that you forgot to ask and need to connect with them to tie up all those loose ends! All this is possible through Novel Network! Click Here for more information and to sign up! \nNovel Network™ is a global space dedicated to connecting authors with avid readers\, an expanded professional network\, and published peers.  Novel Network™ was created to help authors find more innovative ways to connect with readers and promote their books to wider audiences. \n\n\nSave
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CATEGORIES:Dinner Adventures,San Diego Adventures
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180602T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180602T180000
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CREATED:20181223T151804Z
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SUMMARY:Family Stories Dinner Adventure
DESCRIPTION:About the Event\nJoin us for a fun Saturday night Family Stories Dinner Adventure\, with hilarious New York Times bestselling author\, Annabelle Gurwitch. Over a delicious Milton’s dinner of traditional Jewish favorites\, Annabelle will entertain us with tales of her crazy family from her memoir\, Wherever You Go\, There They Are.  \nSurrounded by self-described dysfunctional relatives\, Annabelle secretly prayed as a child that her bootlegging\, gambling\, philandering family was just a terrible mistake. With a wry wit and a healthy does of irresistible self-deprecation the actress (Seinfeld\, Boston Legal\, Dexter)\, TBS Dinner and a Movie co-host\, and NPR commentator asks: who and what makes a family in our modern society? \n\n\nYour Adventure includes a Jewish supper\, beverage\, tax\, gratuity author presentation\, book signing\, and the chance to meet the author up-close and personal in an authentic and intimate setting. \n\n\n\nAbout the Author\nAnnabelle Gurwitch is an actress activist\, and New York Times bestselling author. Her most recent book is the essay collection\, Wherever You Go\, There They Are: Stories About My Family You Might Relate To. Her other books include I See You Made an Effort (New York Times bestseller and Thurber Prize finalist)\, You Say Tomato\, I Say Shut Up (co-authored with Jeff Kahn)\, and Fired!\, also a Showtime Comedy Special. \nGurwitch gained a loyal following during her stint co-hosting the fan favorite\, Dinner & A Movie on TBS\, and year as a regular commentator on NPR. She’s written for the new Yorker\, New York Times\, The Wall Street Journal\, The Los Angeles Times\, Glamour\, Real Simple\, Marie Claire\, The Nation.com\, Salon\, The Hollywood Reporter\, Time.com\, and many other publications. Gurwitch was the news anchor on HBO’s Not Necessarily the News\, hosted three seasons of WA$TED on The Planet Green network\, and programs on The Style Channel and ABC. \nHer acting credits include: Better Things\, Seinfeld\, Boston Legal\, Dexter\, The Shaggy Dog\, Daddy Day Care and Melvin Goes to Dinner. A veteran of many lauded and even more misguided theatrical productions\, her appearances include The World Premiere of Donald Margulies’A Coney Island Christmas at The Geffen Playhouse\, the West Coast Premiere of Go Back to Where You Are by David Greenspan at The Odyssey\,   the West Coast premier of Women in Jeopardy at EST Santa Barbara \,the twentieth anniversary production of UnCommon Womenand Others at Second Stage\, and her performance in the title role of Joe and Betty Off-Broadway and in Los Angeles earned her a place in Top Ten Performances of the Year in The New York Times and The Los Angeles Times. \n\nAnnabelle’s many media appearances include Real Time with Bill Maher\, PBS NewsHour\, The Today Show\, CBS Early Show\, CNN\, MSBNC\, Anderson Cooper Show\, Joy Behar Show\, Wanda Sykes Show\, and numerous programs including All Things Considered\, Marketplace\, Dinner Party Download\, Unfictional\, Ask Me Another and The Moth on NPR. \n\n\nSave
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CATEGORIES:Dinner Adventures,San Diego Adventures
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180423T183000
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DTSTAMP:20260506T131311
CREATED:20181228T190638Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231113T185659Z
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SUMMARY:Greek Dinner Adventure
DESCRIPTION:About the Event\nAdventures by the Book® is excited to announce a very special and exciting Adventure for you! Madeline Miller\, Orange Prize for Fiction winner and New York Times bestselling author\, will be joining us for an unforgettable Greek Dinner Adventure where we will have the pleasure of getting to know her latest book\, Circe! This book takes Greek mythology to the next level and allows readers to immerse themselves in the mythos of the past. Amazon.com has described this book as “one of the most anticipated books of 2018\,” and we can’t wait to share it with you! \nAs you enjoy an authentic Greek dinner at the fabulous Greek Palace Restauarnt\, Madeline will discuss her exciting new book\, Circe! Your Adventure includes a Greek themed dinner\, soft beverage\, tax\, gratuity\, author presentation\, Q&A\, book signing\, and the opportunity to meet Madeline up close and personal in an intimate and authentic setting. \n\nAbout the Author\nMadeline Miller was born in Boston and grew up in New York City and Philadelphia. She attended Brown University\, where she earned her BA and MA in Classics. For the last ten years she has been teaching and tutoring Latin\, Greek and Shakespeare to high school students. \nShe has also studied at the University of Chicago’s Committee on Social Thought\, and in the Dramaturgy department at Yale School of Drama\, where she focused on the adaptation of classical texts to modern forms. \nThe Song of Achilles\, her first novel\, was awarded the 2012 Orange Prize for Fiction and was a New York TimesBestseller. It has been translated into twenty-five languages including Dutch\, Mandarin\, Japanese\, Turkish\, Arabic and Greek. Madeline was also shortlisted for the 2012 Stonewall Writer of the Year\, and her essays have appeared in a number of publications including the Guardian\, Wall Street Journal\, Lapham’s Quarterly and NPR.org. \nShe currently lives in Narberth\, PA\, where she tutors and writes. Her second novel\, Circe\, will be published in April\, 2018. \n\nSave
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CATEGORIES:Dinner Adventures,San Diego Adventures
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CREATED:20181227T121325Z
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SUMMARY:Chinese Dinner Adventure
DESCRIPTION:About the Event\nAdventures by the Book® is excited to take on The Wangs vs. the World with a fun Chinese Dinner Adventure at Chef Chin Chinese Restaurant. Join us for a delicious Chinese dinner\, as author Jade Chang discusses what brought her to write her critically acclaimed debut novel.  \n\n\nYour Adventure includes dinner\, beverage\, tax\, gratuity author talk\, book signing\, and the chance to meet the author up-close and personal in an authentic and intimate setting. \n\n\n\nAbout the Author\nJade Chang is the much-acclaimed author of The Wangs vs. the World\, the quirky\, energetic\, hilarious\, and heartbreaking story of the Wangs\, an unforgettable immigrant family whose spectacular fall from glorious riches to rags brings them together in a way money never could.Her debut novel has earned rave reviews and accolades\, including: \nA New York Times Editor’s Choice \nOne of Amazon’s Best Books of 2016 \nOne of Entertainment Weekly’s Most Anticipated Titles of 2016 \nA Fall 2016 Barnes & Noble Discover Pick \nAn October Indie Next Pick \nAn iBooks Most Anticipated Book for Fall \nA The Millions Most Anticipated Book \nA PopSugar Best Book for Fall \nA Nylon Amazing Book for Fall \nA BuzzFeed Incredible Book for Fall \nAn Elle.com Must-Read Book for Fall \nShe has worked as an arts and culture journalist and editor for publications like the BBC\, Metropolis\, Glamour\, and The Los Angeles Times Magazine. She was recently an editor at Goodreads. Her first paying job after college was as a researcher for the J. Peterman catalog. (Yes\, where Elaine worked on Seinfeld—it’s real!) \nJade is the recipient of a Sundance Arts Journalist fellowship\, the AIGA/Winterhouse Design Criticism Award\, and a Squaw Valley Writers Workshop scholarship. She lives in Los Angeles. \n\nSave
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CATEGORIES:Dinner Adventures,San Diego Adventures
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CREATED:20181210T210329Z
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SUMMARY:French Dinner Adventure with USA Today Bestselling Author Kate Quinn
DESCRIPTION:About the Event\nWe are excited to welcome USA Today bestselling author Kate Quinn to San Diego\, and we invite you to help us extend a warm welcome to the newest member of our beloved literary community at a tres magnifique French Dinner Adventure. \nMeet us at Le Parfait Paris for a decadent French dinner\, while Kate discusses her intriguing and riveting new novel. In The Alice Network\, the life of an American socialite\, undertaking a personal mission in 1947\, intersects with a former female spy recruited to the real-life Alice Network in France during World War I. \nYour Adventure includes dinner\, a glass of wine\, author talk\, book signing\, and the chance to spend the evening with the newest member of San Diego’s literary scene\, in an intimate and authentic setting. \n\nAbout the Author:\n\n \nKate Quinn is a native of southern California. She attended Boston University\, where she earned a Bachelor’s and Master’s degree in Classical Voice. A lifelong history buff\, she has written four novels in the Empress of Rome Saga\, and two books in the Italian Renaissance\, before turning to the 20th century with The Alice Network. All have been translated into multiple languages. \nKate and her husband now live in San Diego with two black dogs named Caesar and Calpurnia\, and her interests include opera\, action movies\, cooking\, and the Boston Red Sox. \nSave \nSave
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180118T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180118T180000
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SUMMARY:Mystery Books & Brews Adventure
DESCRIPTION:About the Event\nAdventures by the Book® is excited to introduce another fun Mystery Books & Brews Adventure\, and we couldn’t be more pleased to feature not one\, not two\, but three New York Times bestselling mystery authors: Deanna Raybourn\, Paddy Hirsch\, and Matthew Quirk! If you love mystery books and beer (and really\, who doesn’t?)\, then make sure to join us at Pure Project Brewery in Bankers Hill\, San Diego. \nAs you enjoy a casual dinner\, and beer (of course!)\, Deanna\, Paddy\, and Matthew will discuss their exciting new books\, A Murderous Relation\, Hudson’s Kill\, and The Night Agent. \nYour Adventure includes dinner\, your choice of not just one\, but two beers (or substitute for kombucha or sparkling flavored waters) from event menu\, tax\, gratuity\, author talk\, book signing\, and the chance to meet the authors up-close and personal in a fun and intimate setting. Special discount is available when purchasing a three-pack of all authors’ books! \n\nAbout the Authors and Books\nDeanna Raybourn is the New York Times bestselling and Edgar Award nominated author whose novels have been nominated for numerous awards including 5 RITAs\, 2 RT Reviewers’ Choice awards\, the Agatha\, 2 Dilys Winns\, a Last Laugh\, and 3 du Mauriers. \nIn her new book\, A Murderous Relation\, a Veronica Speedwell Mystery #5\, Veronica navigates a dark world of scandal and murder when she and her natural historian colleague Stoker are asked by Lady Wellingtonia Beauclerk to help with a potential scandal so explosive it threatens to rock the monarchy. \nWorse yet\, London is gripped by hysteria in the autumn of 1888\, terrorized by what would become the most notorious and elusive serial killer in history\, Jack the Ripper–and Lady Wellie suspects the prince may be responsible. \n  \n\nPaddy Hirsch is “a writer\, a journalist\, and an explainer\,” who has worked in news for nearly 20 years. His first novel\, The Devil’s Half Mile\, is a historical thriller\, set in New York in 1799. The Devil’s Half Mile is a nickname for Wall Street\, and has themes of high finance\, corruption and criminality. \nThe sequel\, Hudson’s Kill\, is set in 1803 New York. Rife with tension as the city expands\, violence builds as a mysterious provocateur pits the city’s black and Irish gangs against each other. \nWhen a young black girl is found stabbed to death\, both Justy Flanagan\, now a City Marshal\, and Kerry O’Toole\, now a school teacher\, decide separately to go after the killer. They each find their way to a shadowy community on the fringes of the growing city\, where they uncover a craven political conspiracy bound up with a criminal enterprise that is stunning in its depravity. \n  \nMatthew Quirk is a New York Times bestselling author who has studied history and literature at Harvard College. After graduation\, he spent five years at The Atlantic reporting on crime\, private military contractors\, terrorism prosecutions\, and international gangs. \nIn his latest book\, an exhilarating political thriller\, an idealistic young FBI agent must question everything and trust no one to stop a Russian mole in the White House to save America from a catastrophic betrayal. \nNo one was more surprised than FBI Agent Peter Sutherland when he’s tapped to work in the White House Situation Room. From his earliest days as a surveillance specialist\, Peter has scrupulously done everything by the book\, hoping his record will help him escape the taint of his past. When Peter was a boy\, his father\, a section chief in FBI counterintelligence\, was suspected of selling secrets to the Russians—a catastrophic breach that had cost him his career\, his reputation\, and eventually his life. \nAbout Pure Project\n \nPure Project started back in 2013 when friends from San Diego\, Jesse Pine and Mat Robar were on a backpacking trip with friends in the Rocky Mountains.  Now if you have ever been backpacking\, there is not a whole lot distracting you out there\, so you tend to talk a lot on the trail and that is where it started\, on the slow climb to the top of a 12\,253 ft mountain in Colorado… \nJesse had recently moved to Costa Rica and was starting to become acquainted with the country.  The conversation flowed from the scenic vistas he had seen to hidden beaches\, exotic local fruits and eventually settled on beer oddly enough.  You see at that time in Costa Rica\, there weren’t many options for beer other than mass produced local lagers.  That being said\, Jesse had attended the country’s 2nd annual craft beer festival and saw that it was starting to gain some traction\, not just with American expats looking for a taste of home\, but also with the local population. \n. \n  \n  \nSave
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