BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Adventures By The Book - ECPv6.15.20//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:Adventures By The Book X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://adventuresbythebook.com X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Adventures By The Book REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20190310T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20191103T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20200308T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20201101T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20210314T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20211107T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20220313T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20221106T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20230312T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20231105T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20240310T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20241103T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20250309T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20251102T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20260308T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20261101T090000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250301T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250301T150000 DTSTAMP:20260506T144403 CREATED:20240725T021432Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250212T211534Z UID:10000529-1740819600-1740841200@adventuresbythebook.com SUMMARY:Super Book VI Adventure featuring world-renowned Zoro the Drummer and our team of NYT and bestselling authors DESCRIPTION:About the Live and In-Person Adventure\n\nIt’s kickoff time! No\, we aren’t talking about Super Bowl; we are talking about Super Book VI\, and you are invited! \nJoin our team of renowned authors\, including our keynote half-time speaker and performer\, internationally renowned Zoro the drummer\, who will give book enthusiasts and reading fans the experience of a lifetime. Complete with four quarters of excitement\, crowd-pleasing food\, and so much more\, our Super Book VI Adventure is scheduled to take place on Saturday\, March 1\, 2025 at: \nAdmiral Baker Golf Course Clubhouse\, 2400 Admiral Baker Rd #3604\, San Diego\, CA 92124 \nAnd of course\, no Adventure by the Book would be complete without lots of excitement and fun\, and… \n\nDaylong Adventure featuring aour team of New York Times and bestselling authors\nCustom Super Book tote bag\nAutographed copy of Maria’s Scarf\nContinental breakfast\nCrowd-pleasing gourmet lunch\nEvent program\nSeating at lunch tables with an author\nVIP option available to seat with your favorite author (limited availability)\nMultiple book signing autographing opportunities with all authors\nPhoto ops with authors\nMeet and greet opportunities with the authors\nBooks provided for sale and signing\nFour quarters of author activities\nHalf-time presentation and performance\nFun prizes and giveaways\n…and much more\n\nRegistration\nCheck out our amazing SuperBook VI lineup\, and snag your tickets below to be part of the fun! \nHalf-Time Presentation and Drumming Performance\n \nYou may know him as internationally renowned Zoro the Drummer playing for the likes of Lenny Kravitz\, Earth Wind & Fire\, New Edition\, Lisa Marie Presley\, Frankie Valli\, who has been voted multiple times as the world’s greatest R&B drummer\, but Zoro has a new talent to share with the world\, that of a motivational\, inspiring\, and powerful writer. \nIn his beautiful and transformative memoir\, Maria’s Scarf\, Zoro shares his heartwrenching and incredible story of a mother’s love\, a family’s unbreakable bond\, and a starry-eyed boy who never lost sight of his dreams. \nAs the fatherless biracial child of a Mexican immigrant\, Danny Donnelly was never expected to amount to much. Before the age of nine\, his single mother had moved her seven children more than thirty times–from the impoverished streets of South Central Los Angeles to rural Oregon and everywhere in between. \nSometimes there was no home to go to\, so they slept in their ’62 Chevy; sometimes dinner was a slice of bread; sometimes they showered in a nearby park. Desperate yet ever hopeful\, they clung to the only thing they had–each other. Through it all\, Danny longed for his father’s love and approval\, ultimately channeling his pain and transforming himself into Zoro\, one of the world’s greatest drummers. \n\nTo schedule a book club visit with Zoro or any of our authors on Adventures by the Book® (formerly NovelNetwork®): \n\n\nConnect with this Author on Adventures by the Book® (formerly NovelNetwork®)\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout the Authors and Books\n\n\n\n \nJennifer Coburn is the USA Today bestselling author of Cradles of the Reich\, a historical novel about three very different women living at a Nazi Lebensborn breeding home at the start of World War ll. She has also published a mother-daughter travel memoir\, We’ll Always Have Paris\, as well as six contemporary women’s novels and five literary anthologies\, including A Paris All Your Own. \nIn her new novel\, Girls of the Glimmer Factory\, Hannah longs for the days when she used to be free\, but now\, she is a Jewish prisoner at Theresienstadt\, a model ghetto where the Nazis plan to make a propaganda film\, but when she recognizes the film’s director is an old childhood friend\, she knows she can use their friendship to bring awareness to what is really going on. \nTo schedule a book club visit with Jennifer or any of our authors on Adventures by the Book® (formerly NovelNetwork®): \n\n\nConnect with this Author on Adventures by the Book® (formerly NovelNetwork®)\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\nElizabeth DeLozier holds a BA in Spanish literature\, a BS in biological anthropology\, and a doctorate in physical therapy. An avid traveler\, animal lover\, and history nerd\, she lives in Southern California with her husband\, twin sons\, and rescue dogs. \nHer debut novel\, Eleanore of Avignon\, is a captivating historical drama about a young midwife and herbalist who risks her life\, freedom and everything she holds dear to protect her beloved city from the encroaching Black Death. \n  \n\n\n\n\n \nRosa Kwon Easton is a debut novelist and a graduate of Smith College\, Columbia University\, and Boston College Law School\, and is a lawyer and trustee of the Palos Verdes Library District. \nHer historical novel\, White Mulberry\, is inspired by the life of her Korean grandmother in 1930s Japan who is torn between two worlds and must reclaim her true identity to provide a future for her family. \nTo schedule a book club visit with Rosa or any of our authors on Adventures by the Book® (formerly NovelNetwork®): \n\n\nConnect with this Author on Adventures by the Book® (formerly NovelNetwork®)\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n  \n \nBecky Ellis is a debut novelist and the daughter of a highly decorated World War II combat sergeant and a veteran of a war fought at home. She earned a BA in English Literature at UC Berkeley\, where her love of writing and reading began. \nLittle Avalanches is a gorgeously written memoir about a daughter’s quest for truth and a soldier’s fight for survival that propels readers from the beaches of California in the early ‘70s to the battlefields of World War II. \nTo schedule a book club visit with Becky or any of our authors on Adventures by the Book® (formerly NovelNetwork®): \n\n\nConnect with this Author on Adventures by the Book® (formerly NovelNetwork®)\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \nLoretta Ellsworth is the award-winning author of children’s and adults books\, including the bestseller Stars Over Clear Lake. \nHer new novel\,The French Winemaker’s Daughter\, is the story of two women\, one the only daughter of a Jewish Winemaker in Nazi occupied France\, and the other\, a 21st century female American pilot\, who are connected across time by a rare bottle of wine hidden from the Nazis. \nTo schedule a book club visit with Loretta or any of our authors on Adventures by the Book® (formerly NovelNetwork®): \n\n\nConnect with this Author on Adventures by the Book® (formerly NovelNetwork®)\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \nMichelle Gable is the New York Times bestselling author of seven novels. Michelle grew up in San Diego and was the kind of kid who checked out a dozen library books at a time\, only to return a week later to check out a dozen more. In fourth grade\, her parents gave her a book called Someday You’ll Write and a new passion was born. According to lifelong friends\, Michelle tried to turn every playdate and slumber party into a writing group. \nHer newest novel\, The Beautiful People\, is a novel about a failed debutante whose new job as assistant to society photographer Slim Aarons takes her into Palm Beach’s inner circle\, and a beguiling friendship with its star\, fashion designer Lilly Pulitzer. \n  \n \nSarah C. Johns is a writer and video producer. After studying in South Africa\, Hungary\, Israel\, and Germany\, she graduated from McGill University before attending film school in Sydney\, Australia. \nHer debut novel\, The Sirens of Soleil City\, is a witty\, touching story of three generations of women learn to own their mistakes and rebuild their bonds as they prepare to compete in the South Florida Senior Synchronized Swimming Competition. \nTo schedule a book club visit with Sarah or any of our authors on Adventures by the Book® (formerly NovelNetwork®): \n\n\nConnect with this Author on Adventures by the Book® (formerly NovelNetwork®)\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \nChristina Lynch is a New York Times bestselling author; her books include Sally Brady’s Italian Adventure and The Italian Party. She was the Milan correspondent for W magazine and Women’s Wear Daily\, and disappeared for four years in Tuscany. \nAn Amazon Top 100 of 2024 pick\, NPR Book of the Day\, and People Magazine Pick of the Week\, her new novel\, Pony Confidential\, is a mystery told from the point of view of a pony who is trying to reunite with the one little girl he really loved\, twenty-five years after he last saw her. \nTo schedule a book club visit with Christina or any of our authors on Adventures by the Book® (formerly NovelNetwork®): \n\n\nConnect with this Author on Adventures by the Book® (formerly NovelNetwork®)\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \nKristina McMorris is the New York Times\, Wall Street Journal and USA Today bestselling author of two novellas and eight historical novels\, including the million-copy bestseller Sold on a Monday. \nIn her soon to be released novel\, The Girls of Good Fortune\, set in 1888 Portland\, a woman awakens amid the subterranean labyrinth of the notorious Shanghai Tunnels\, drugged and disguised who must find a way to escape and return to a place where unearthed secrets can prove deadlier than the dark recesses of Chinatown. \nTo schedule a book club visit with Kristina or any of our authors on Adventures by the Book® (formerly NovelNetwork®): \n\n\nConnect with this Author on Adventures by the Book® (formerly NovelNetwork®)\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \nKaira Rouda is an award–winning\, USA Today and Amazon Charts bestselling author of contemporary fiction that explores what goes on beneath the surface of seemingly perfect lives. Her novels of domestic suspense include her latest\, Beneath the Surface\, which has been optioned for a feature film. \nIn her summer 2025 release\, Jill is Not Happy\, an ill-fated road trip resurrects a married couple’s darkest secrets. Some secrets keep a couple together\, but Jack doesn’t know what else Jill is hiding. \n\n\n\n\nTo schedule a book club visit with Kaira or any of our authors on Adventures by the Book® (formerly NovelNetwork®): \n\n\nConnect with this Author on Adventures by the Book® (formerly NovelNetwork®)\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nOur team can’t wait to see you there! URL:https://adventuresbythebook.com/calendar-event/super-book-vi-3-1-25/ CATEGORIES:San Diego Adventures,SuperBook Weekend ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://adventuresbythebook.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/FINAL-Superbook-VI-3.1.25-1.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240218T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240218T150000 DTSTAMP:20260506T144403 CREATED:20230328T023846Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240115T184514Z UID:10000433-1708246800-1708268400@adventuresbythebook.com SUMMARY:Super Book V: a San Diego Adventure with 20 New York Times and bestselling authors DESCRIPTION:About the Live and In-Person Adventure\n\nIt’s kickoff time! No\, we aren’t talking about Super Bowl; we are talking about Super Book V\, and you are invited! \nJoin our team of 20 renowned authors\, including our keynote half-time speakers\, who will give book enthusiasts and reading fans the experience of a lifetime\, complete with four quarters of excitement\, crowd-pleasing food\, and so much more\, scheduled to take place on Sunday\, February 18\, 2024 at: \nAdmiral Baker Golf Course Clubhouse\, 2400 Admiral Baker Rd #3604\, San Diego\, CA 92124 \nAnd of course\, no Adventure by the Book would be complete without lots of excitement and fun\, and… \n\nDaylong Adventure featuring up to 20 New York Times and bestselling authors\nCustom Super Book tote bag\nContinental breakfast\nCrowd-pleasing gourmet lunch\nCollectible event program\nSeating at lunch tables with an author\nVIP option available to seat with your favorite author (limited availability)\nMultiple book signing autographing opportunities with all authors\nPhoto ops with authors\nMeet and greet opportunities with the authors\nBooks provided for sale and signing\nFour quarters of author activities\nHalf-time presentation\nDiscounted block of hotel rooms*\nFun prizes and giveaways\n…and much more\n\nRegistration\nCheck out our amazing SuperBook V lineup\, and snag your tickets now to be part of the fun! \n*Discounted Hotel Rooms\nA limited number of discounted hotel rooms are now available at Marriott Mission Valley. \nHalf-Time Presentation\nSan Diego native Georgeanne “George” Irvine has devoted her career to raising awareness about animals and wildlife conservation. She is the director of publishing for San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance\, where she has worked for more than 45 years\, as well as the author of nearly 30 children’s books about wildlife. Her award-winning Hope & Inspiration collection features true stories about individual animals from the San Diego Zoo and San Diego Zoo Safari Park that have overcome challenges in their lives. Her newest books is Amazing Omeo: A Baby Koala’s True Story of Survival. \nPrior to publishing\, George served in many capacities during her tenure with the Zoo–she worked in public relations and marketing as well as philanthropy. Her duties ranged from being a media spokesperson to escorting celebrities around the Zoo and animals to television shows (such as Johnny Carson’s “Tonight” show) to creating collateral that helped the Zoo raise millions of dollars each year for conservation and new habitats. \nMajor passions for George include traveling\, photography\, storytelling\, Broadway musicals and\, of course\, wildlife. She lives for adventure travel and loves seeing animals in their native habitats. Her worldwide expeditions have taken her to many of the wildest places on earth—from the jungles of Borneo and South America to the mountains of China and the forests of India to the Outback of Australia and the savannas of Africa. She also enjoys spending time in Alaska’s wild places to observe and photograph brown bears and other North American wildlife. \nJoining George will be the zany Dr. Zoolittle\, who will entertain with a fun interactive presentation sharing stories\, jokes\, poems\, songs\, and interesting facts about wildlife. Together\, the dynamic Zoo duo is sure to capture your hearts and make you laugh with animal tales that inspire a passion for wildlife conservation and education. \nAuthor Preview\nBrigit Binns is the author or co-author of 25 cookbooks\, many of them for Williams-Sonoma\, as well as ghost-writer on many others. During the ten years she spent living in Europe\, Brigit graduated from England’s Tante Marie cooking school\, lived and catered in Spain for three years\, and edited the Costa del Sol’s English-language magazine. Brigit’s cookbook Eating Up the West Coast: The best road trips\, recipes\, and restaurants from California to Washington was her twenty-ninth book. Rottenkid: A Succulent Story of Survival is a coming-of-age memoir―co-starring Brigit’s alcoholic actor father Edward Binns and glamorous but viciously smart narcissistic mother―which reveals how simultaneous privilege and profound neglect led Brigit to seek comfort in the kitchen\, eventually allowing her to find some sense of self-worth. \nTo schedule a book club visit with Brigit or any of our authors on NovelNetwork: \n\n\nConnect with this Author on NovelNetwork®\n\n\nJeffrey Blount is the award-winning author of 3 novels and an Emmy award-winning television director. In his latest novel\, Mr. Jimmy From Around the Way\, after a highly publicized fall from grace\, James Henry Ferguson attempts to flee from the chaos in his life. He ends up in a community he had never heard of before\, a place of abject poverty\, the neighborhood is commonly referred to as “Around the Way.” A self-identified failure is forced to uncover the wisdom of his past in order to recognize that money can’t solve every problem. Full of never-ending twists and turns\, no one can prepare themselves for the surprises in store. \nTo schedule a book club visit with Jeffrey or any of our authors on NovelNetwork: \n\n\nConnect with this Author on NovelNetwork®\n\n\nKathi Diamant is an actress\, author\, TV producer/anchor and adjunct professor at San Diego State University. Since 1998\, she has directed the Kafka Project at SDSU\, the official international search for Kafka’s lost writings stolen by the Gestapo in Berlin in 1933. Her award-winning book Kafka’s Last Love: The Mystery of Dora Diamant is the first biography of the woman who was literary giant Franz Kafka’s last love\, and the woman accused of burning his work. This novel received critical acclaim internationally\, won the Geisel Award\, the “Best of the Best” in the San Diego Book Awards\, and has been published in a dozen editions\, including translations in French\, German\, Spanish\, Russian\, Chinese\, Portuguese\, Turkish and more. \nTo schedule a book club visit with Kathi or any of our authors on NovelNetwork: \n\n\nConnect with this Author on NovelNetwork®\n\n\nPiper G. Huguley is a literature professor at Clark-Atlanta University and blogs about the history behind her novels at http://piperhuguley.com. She lives in Atlanta\, Georgia with her husband and son. Her biographical historical fiction\, By Her Own Design: a Novel of Ann Lowe\, Fashion Designer to the Social Register (William Morrow Publishing) tells the inspiring story of the Black fashion designer of Jackie Kennedy’s wedding dress. By Her Own Design was a Booklist top 100 Editor’s Choice selection for 2022 and was named one of the top 100 books of 2022 in Canada by the Globe and Mail newspaper. \nTo schedule a book club visit with Piper or any of our authors on NovelNetwork: \n\n\nConnect with this Author on NovelNetwork®\n\n\nSusannah Kennedy is a Berkeley- and Oxford-educated anthropologist with extensive travel experience. Reading Jane\, her award-winning memoir\, explores the hidden diaries that her mother left behind before committing suicide\, and offers a vivid study of narratives\, the power of parenthood\, and what freedom looks like when we choose to examine the uncomfortable past. \nTo schedule a book club visit with Susannah or any of our authors on NovelNetwork: \n\n\nConnect with this Author on NovelNetwork®\n\n\nTosca Lee is the award-winning\, New York Times bestselling author of The Line Between\, The Progeny\, Firstborn\, Iscariot\, The Legend of Sheba\, Demon: A Memoir\, Havah: The Story of Eve\, and the Books of Mortals series with New York Times bestseller Ted Dekker. She is the recipient of two International Book Awards\, Killer Nashville’s Silver Falchion\, ECPA Book of the Year in Fiction\, and the Nebraska Book Award. Her work has finaled for the High Plains Book Award\, the Library of Virginia Reader’s Choice Award\, two Christy Awards\, and a second ECPA Book of the Year. Inspired by true stories\, her new book\, The Long March Home\, is a gripping coming-of-age tale of friendship\, sacrifice\, and the power of unrelenting hope. \nTo schedule a book club visit with Tosca or any of our authors on NovelNetwork: \n\n\nConnect with this Author on NovelNetwork®\n\n\nJeffrey Dale Lofton calls the nation’s capital home\, where he serves as a senior advisor at the Library of Congress\, surrounded by books and people who love books—in short\, paradise. His debut novel Red Clay Suzie tells the story of Philbet\, a gay boy enraptured by cars\, who struggles with body-blow rejection to find resolution in life lessons learned in Grandaddy’s vegetable garden. Red Clay Suzie is the recipient of the Seven Hills Literary Prize for Fiction and was recently longlisted for The Center for Fiction First Novel Prize. \nTo schedule a book club visit with Jeffrey or any of our authors on NovelNetwork: \n\n\nConnect with this Author on NovelNetwork®\n\n\nRobin Oliveira grew up just outside Albany\, New York in the town of Loudonville. She holds a B.A. in Russian from the University of Montana\, and studied at the Pushkin Language Institute in Moscow\, Russia. She worked for many years as a Registered Nurse\, specializing in Critical Care and Bone Marrow Transplant. In 2006 she received an M.F.A. in Writing from Vermont College of Fine Arts. Her new novel\, A Wild and Heavenly Place\, is an ode to the Pacific Northwest\, to those courageous and resilient enough to chase the American Dream\, and to a love so powerful it endures beyond distance\, beyond hope. \nTo schedule a book club visit with Robin or any of our authors on NovelNetwork: \n\n\nConnect with this Author on NovelNetwork®\n\n\nShelley Read taught writing\, literature\, environmental studies\, and Honors\, and was a founder of the interdisciplinary Environment & Sustainability major\, the Prague study abroad program\, and a support program for first-generation and at-risk students as an award-winning Senior Lecturer at Western Colorado University for nearly three decades. Her debut novel\, Go as a River\, set amid Colorado’s wild beauty\, is a heartbreaking coming-of-age story of a resilient young woman whose life is changed forever by one chance encounter. A tragic\, uplifting novel of love and loss\, place and displacement\, prejudice and family\, wilderness and survival—and hope. \nRenée Rosen is a USA Today bestselling author. Her novels include The Social Graces\, Park Avenue Summer\, Windy City Blues\, White Collar Girl\, What the Lady Wants and Dollface as well as the young adult novel\, Every Crooked Pot. She is currently working on a new novel about the Barbie doll creator\, Ruth Handler\, coming from Penguin Random House/Berkley in 2025. In Renée’s dazzling new novel\, Fifth Avenue Glamor Girl\, it’s 1938\, and a young woman selling face cream out of a New York City beauty parlor is determined to prove she can have it all. Her name is Estée Lauder\, and she’s about to take the world by storm. \nTo schedule a book club visit with Renee or any of our authors on NovelNetwork: \n\n\nConnect with this Author on NovelNetwork®\n\n\nDeborah Goodrich Royce began her career as an actress\, starring as Silver Kane\, sister of the legendary Erica Kane (played by Susan Lucci) on the ABC soap\, All My Children. She went on to star in feature films such as April Fool’s Day and Just One of the Guys\, TV movies such as Return to Peyton Place and The Deliberate Stranger\, and series such as Beverly Hills 90210 and 21 Jump Street. In her novel\, Reef Road\, a young woman’s life seems perfect until her family goes missing. A writer lives alone with her dog and collects arcane murder statistics. What each of them stands to lose as they sneak around the do-not-enter tape blocking Reef Road beach is exposed by the steady tightening of the cincture encircling them. In a nod to the true crime that inspired it\, Deborah Goodrich Royce’s Reef Road probes unhealed generational scars in a wrenching and original work of fiction. It is both stunning and sexy and\, like a bystander surprised by a curtain left open\, you won’t be able to look away. \nTo schedule a book club visit with Deborah or any of our authors on NovelNetwork: \n\n\nConnect with this Author on NovelNetwork®\n\n\nRenee Ryan is a multi-published\, award-winning author who sold her first book in 2001 by winning the inaugural Dorchester/Romantic Times New Historical Voice Contest. She published her second book with Harlequin in February 2009 and has since sold over thirty books to several publishers. Her new novel\, The Paris Housekeeper\, is a powerful and moving story of bravery and resilience in World War II Paris\, and about one woman who must face impossible choices to survive. \nTo schedule a book club visit with Renee or any of our authors on NovelNetwork: \n\n\nConnect with this Author on NovelNetwork®\n\n\nHeather Webb is the USA Today-bestselling and award-winning author of eight historical novels. In 2015\, Rodin’s Lover was a Goodreads Top Pick\, and in 2018\, Last Christmas in Paris won the Women’s Fiction Writers Association STAR Award. Her latest book\, Queens of London\, is a look at Britain’s first female crime syndicate\, the ever-shifting meaning of justice\, and the way women claim their power by any means necessary. \nTo schedule a book club visit with Heather or any of our authors on NovelNetwork: \n\n\nConnect with this Author on NovelNetwork®\n\n\nKaren White is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of 34 books\, with almost two million books in print in fifteen different languages\, including the Tradd Street series\, The Last Night in London\, Dreams of Falling\, The Night the Lights Went Out\, Flight Patterns\, The Sound of Glass\, and A Long Time Gone. She is the coauthor of The Lost Summers of Newport\, All the Ways We Said Goodbye\, The Glass Ocean and The Forgotten Room with New York Times bestselling authors Beatriz Williams and Lauren Willig. A woman is haunted—both literally and figuratively—by ghosts of the past in her second novel of the Royal Street series\, The House on Prytania. \nTo schedule a book club visit with Karen or any of our authors on NovelNetwork: \n\n\nConnect with this Author on NovelNetwork®\n\n\nBeatriz Williams is the New York Times\, USA Today\, and internationally bestselling author of Our Woman in Moscow\, The Summer Wives\, Her Last Flight\, The Golden Hour\, The Secret Life of Violet Grant\, A Hundred Summers\, and several other works of historical fiction\, including three novels in collaboration with fellow bestselling authors Karen White and Lauren Willig. Beatriz’s books have won numerous awards\, have been translated into more than a dozen languages\, and appear regularly in bestseller lists around the world. Her book\, The Beach at Summerly\, is a ravishing summer read that transports readers to a midcentury New England rich with secrets and Cold War intrigue. \nLauren Willig is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of more than twenty works of historical fiction\, including Band of Sisters\, The Summer Country\, The English Wife\, the RITA Award-winning Pink Carnation series\, and four novels co-written with Beatriz Williams and Karen White. Her books have been translated into over twenty languages\, picked for Book of the Month Club\, awarded the RITA\, Booksellers Best\, and Golden Leaf awards\, and chosen for the American Library Association’s annual list of the best genre fiction. Two Wars and a Wedding is a dramatic coming-of-age story with a dual timeline and a single heroine—a bold and adventuring young woman who finds herself caught up in two very different wars on both sides of the Atlantic. \nKitty Zeldis is the pen name of a Brooklyn based author of nine novels\, numerous essays\, articles and works of short fiction as well as forty books for children. She lives with her family in Brooklyn\, NY. Moving from the bustling streets of Brooklyn and Manhattan to late 19th century Russia and the lively quarters of New Orleans\, her new novel\, The Dressmakers of Prospect Heights\, is a story of female friendship\, the families we are born with and the families we make\, and how some bonds can be tested but never broken. \nTo schedule a book club visit with Kitty or any of our authors on NovelNetwork: \n\n\nConnect with this Author on NovelNetwork®\n\n\nAbout Our Special Guest\nCasey Biggs is the perfect award-winning Paso Wine Man: attractive\, impressive\, convincing and internationally famous. He lives in Paso Robles (California)\, a country known for its world-class wines and wineries. Casey becomes and performs the Paso Wine Man\, the face of the Paso Roble wine country\, in many marketing videos for the Paso Robles Wine Country Alliance. \nCasey Biggs as the Paso Wine Man got the reward “Wine Person of Excellence Award (Winter to Spring 2014)” for being “the most interesting Wine Person of Excellence in the world” from the Wine Consumer Seal of Excellence. \n\nOur team can’t wait to see you there! URL:https://adventuresbythebook.com/calendar-event/super-book-v-2-18-24-2/ CATEGORIES:San Diego Adventures,SuperBook Weekend ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://adventuresbythebook.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/superbook-2.18.24-REV-12.14.23-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230216T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230216T150000 DTSTAMP:20260506T144403 CREATED:20221029T003654Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231113T185831Z UID:10000340-1676538000-1676559600@adventuresbythebook.com SUMMARY:Super Book IV: a San Diego Adventure featuring 22 New York Times/bestselling authors including half-time speakers Julia Whelan and Allison Winn Scotch DESCRIPTION:About the Live and In-Person Adventure\nVirtual registration is now available! \n\nIt’s kickoff time! No\, we aren’t talking about Super Bowl; we are talking about Super Book IV\, and you are invited! \nJoin our team of 22 renowned authors\, including half-time speakers\, renowned audio book narrator and author Julia Whelan and New York Times bestselling author Allison Winn Scotch\, who will give book enthusiasts and reading fans the experience of a lifetime\, complete with national anthem\, special half-time presentation\, four quarters of excitement\, and crowd-pleasing food\, scheduled to take place on Thursday\, February 16\, 2023. at: \nAdmiral Baker Golf Course Clubhouse\, 2400 Admiral Baker Rd #3604\, San Diego\, CA 92124 \nAnd of course\, no Adventure by the Book would be complete without lots of excitement and fun! Your ticket includes: \n\nDaylong Adventure featuring up to 22 New York Times and bestselling authors\nFREE copy of Thank You for Listening paperback book by Julia Whelan\nFREE copy of The Rewind paperback book by Allison Winn Scotch\n$25 reduced early bird ticket pricing available for the first 50 Adventurers\nCustom Super Book tote bag\nContinental breakfast\nCrowd-pleasing gourmet boxed lunch\nCollectible event program\nSeating at lunch tables with an author\nVIP option available to seat with your favorite author (limited availability)\nMultiple book signing autographing opportunities with all authors\nPhoto ops with authors\nMeet and greet opportunities with the authors\nBooks provided for sale and signing\nNational anthem performance\nFour quarters of author activities\nHalf-time presentation\nDiscounted block of hotel rooms\nFun prizes and giveaways\n…and much more\n\nBook Pre-Sales\nBooks will be available for purchase and signing at the event. Or\, pre-order copies using THIS ORDER FORM and then email completed forms to Amber at events@adventuresbythebook.com. Please note\, only books purchased at the event or pre-purchased will be eligible for signing at the event. \n\nRegistration\nAvailable below. Your choice of End Zone Registration and/or MVP add-on to request seating with your favorite author (limited availability). \nAnd\, we are now offering Virtual Registration\, which includes a Zoom link to view the live sessions and either 1 hardcover book or 2 paperback books. Please select your desired titles and add it to the notes section of checkout or email events@adventuresbythebook.com. If no titles are selected\, we will send you titles we recommend. \n  \n\nThe Half-Time Speakers\nJulia Whelan is an American actress and author of the international bestselling My Oxford Year\, her debut novel. She is best known for her role as Grace Manning on the television family drama series Once and Again (1999–2002)\, and her co-starring role in the 2002 Lifetime movie The Secret Life of Zoey. \nJulia has also won acclaim for her narration of over 500 audiobooks\, including Gillian Flynn’s thriller Gone Girl\, Tara Westover’s Educated\, Kristin Hannah’s The Four Winds\, and Taylor Jenkins Reid’s and Emily Henry’s books. \nHer uplifting new novel\, Thank You for Listening\, tells the story of a former actress turned successful audiobook narrator—who has lost sight of her dreams after a tragic accident—and her journey of self-discovery\, love\, and acceptance when she agrees to narrate one last romance novel. \n  \nAllison Winn Scotch is a New York Times best-selling American author\, best known for her novels The Theory of Opposites (2013)\, Time of My Life (2008)\, and The Department of Lost and Found (2007). She is also a magazine contributor and has written for\, among others\, Cooking Light\, Fitness\, InStyle Weddings\, Men’s Health\, Prevention\, Redbook\, Self\, Shape\, and Women’s Health. \nAt present\, she contributes celebrity interviews and profiles to American Way. Time of My Life is currently under development at The Weinstein Company\, with Meryl Poster producing. \nIn her latest book\, The Rewind\, two exes wake up together with wedding bands on their fingers—and no idea how they got there. They have just one New Year’s Eve at the end of 1999 to figure it out in this big-hearted and nostalgic rom-com. \n  \nPanel 1: It’s a Nail-Biter\nRobert Dugoni is the critically acclaimed New York Times\, Wall Street Journal\, Washington Post and #1 Amazon bestselling author of the Tracy Crosswhite police series set in Seattle\, which has sold more than 8 million books worldwide. In his latest book\, What She Found\, Detective Tracy Crosswhite has agreed to look into the disappearance of investigative reporter Lisa Childress. Detective Tracy Crosswhite has agreed to look into the disappearance of investigative reporter Lisa Childress. \n\n  \n  \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\, The Summer I Met Jack\, and The Bookseller’s Secret\, which launched in August 2021 and is a national and Canadian bestseller. The Lipstick Bureau: A Novel Inspired by a Real-Life Female Spy\, inspired by a real-life female spy\, is a WWII-set novel about a woman challenging convention and boundaries to help win a war\, no matter the cost. \nTo schedule a book club visit with Michelle or any of our authors on NovelNetwork: \n Connect with this Author on NovelNetwork®\n \n  \nRobert Kerbeck fought one of the worst fires in California history\, the 2018 Woolsey Fire\, to save his home. His debut book\, Malibu Burning: The Real Story Behind LA’s Most Devastating Wildfire\, won the 2020 IPPY Award as the Silver Medalist in Creative Nonfiction\, the Readers’ Favorite Award as the Silver Medalist in Nonfiction Drama\, and the Best of LA award. His newest memoir\, RUSE: Lying the American Dream from Hollywood to Wall Street\, is a thrilling look into the world of corporate espionage and his career as a secret spy. \nTo schedule a book club visit with Robert or any of our authors on NovelNetwork: \n Connect with this Author on NovelNetwork®\n \n  \nHank Phillippi Ryan is the USA Today bestselling author of 13 thrillers\, winning the most prestigious awards in the genre: five Agathas\, five Anthonys\, and the coveted Mary Higgins Clark Award. She is also on-air investigative reporter for Boston’s WHDH-TV\, with 37 EMMYs and dozens more journalism honors. Her book\, The House Guest is a diabolical cat-and-mouse thriller ―but which character is the cat\, and which character is the mouse? The fates and fortunes of two women twist and turn until the shocking truth emerges: You can’t always get what you want. But sometimes you get what you deserve. \n\n  \n  \nPanel 2: It’s Magic\nAmy Meyerson is the bestselling author of The Bookshop of Yesterdays and The Imperfects. Her books have been translated into eleven languages\, and her short fiction has been published in numerous literary magazines. Her book\, The Love Scribe\, is a charming novel about a woman with a special gift—her stories help people fall in love. Emotional\, deeply imaginative and brimming with valuable life lessons\, The Love Scribe explores love\, fate and the power of stories when we choose to believe in them. \n  \n  \nAnnabel Monaghan’s first novel for adults\, Nora Goes Off Script\, is an IndieNext and LibraryReads pick and was selected as a best book of summer by Washington Post\, USA Today and as a GMA Best Book of June. Her next novel\, Same Time Next Summer\, will be released in June 2023. She is the author of two novels for young adults\, A Girl Named Digit and Double Digit. She is also the author of Does This Volvo Make My Butt Look Big? a collection of essays based on her column that appears on the Huffington Post\, The Week and The Rye Record. \n  \n  \nJoe Stillman co-wrote “Shrek” for Dreamworks which earned him an Academy Award® nomination for Best Adapted Screenplay and the Annie and BAFTA Awards. Other produced features are “Beavis & Butthead Do America”\, “Shrek 2”\, “Gulliver’s Travels”\, “Planet 51” and “Joseph King Of Dreams.” The Man Who Came and Went\, his novel of the new west\, is a magically realistic story for the modern era that will tease your understanding and beliefs\, and draw you into the mysteries of the universe. \nTo schedule a book club visit with Joe or any of our authors on NovelNetwork: \n Connect with this Author on NovelNetwork®\n \n  \nPanel 3: It’s Personal\nCassandra King Conroy is an award-winning author of five novels\, a book of nonfiction\, numerous short stories\, magazine articles\, and essays. She has taught creative writing on the college level\, conducted corporate writing seminars\, and worked as a human interest reporter. In her book\, Tell Me a Story\, Cassandra considers her life and the man she shared it with\, paying tribute to her husband\, Pat Conroy\, the legendary figure of modern Southern literature. \n  \n  \n  \nRyan Dusick is an Associate Marriage and Family Therapist\, the founding drummer of the world’s most popular band Maroon 5\, a mental health advocate\, and an author. His life has been a long and winding road from aspiring pop-star with anxiety\, to heartbroken alcoholic\, to thriving mental health survivor and messenger of hope in recovery. His new book\, Harder to Breathe\, is a roller-coaster memoir about how making it to the top sent him to the bottom—and how he let go of the past and embraced a new future\, one breath at a time.\n \n  \n  \nJesse Leon is a social impact consultant to foundations\, impact investors\, non-profits\, and real estate developers on ways to address issues of substance abuse\, affordable housing\, and educational opportunities for at-risk youth. Since receiving a master’s degree from the Harvard Kennedy School\, Jesse has managed multi-million dollar philanthropic grantmaking for various foundations and banking institutions\, managed over $1B in public sector investments for affordable housing\, and built thousands of units of mixed-income housing as a real estate developer for Bank of America. Jesse’s unforgettable memoir\, I’m Not Broken\, is an inspirational portrait of one young man’s indomitable strength and spirit to survive—against all possible odds. \n\n  \nPanel 4: It’s a Family Thing\nJeffrey Blount is the award-winning author of 3 novels and an Emmy award-winning television director. In his latest novel\, The Emancipation of Evan Walls\, it is June 1968 and the Civil Rights movement is winding down after the death of Martin Luther King\, Jr. Evan is ten years old and\, in the jargon of the times\, young\, gifted and black. In the presence of his parents and a summer porch gathering of their friends\, he makes a startling declaration. From that moment on\, the central question of his life is born. Is he black enough? \nTo schedule a book club visit with Jeffrey or any of our authors on NovelNetwork: \n Connect with this Author on NovelNetwork®\n \n  \nSusan Meissner is a USA Today bestselling author of historical fiction with more than three-quarters of a million books in readers’ hands and translations in eighteen languages. She is an author\, speaker and writing workshop leader with a background in community journalism. Her new book\, Only the Beautiful\, is a heartrending story about a young mother’s fight to keep her daughter\, and the winds of fortune that tear them apart. \nTo schedule a book club visit with Susan or any of our authors on NovelNetwork: \n Connect with this Author on NovelNetwork®\n \n  \nKatherine Reay is a national bestselling and award-winning author of several novels. She has enjoyed a lifelong affair with books and history\, and brings that love to her stories. Katherine has also written one full-length nonfiction work. In her book\, The London House\, an uncovered family secret sets one woman on the journey of a lifetime through the history of Britain’s WWII spy network and glamorous 1930s Paris in an effort to understand her past\, save her family\, and claim her future. \n  \n  \nJennifer Rosner is the award-winning author of The Yellow Bird Sings\, called “exquisite\, heart-rending… an absolutely beautiful and necessary novel” by The New York Times Book Review and a Finalist for the 2020 National Jewish Book Award in the categories of Debut Fiction and Book Club. Her previously published books include the memoir\, If a Tree Falls: A Family’s Quest to Hear and Be Heard\, and the picture book\, The Mitten String\, a Sydney Taylor Book Award Notable. Her forthcoming novel\, Once We Were Home\, is based on true stories of children stolen in wartime and raises heart-wrenching questions of belonging\, identity\, and what it really means to find home. \nTo schedule a book club visit with Jennifer or any of our authors on NovelNetwork: \n Connect with this Author on NovelNetwork®\n \n  \nPanel 5: It’s Top Secret\nJanie Chang’s historical novels have been Canadian national bestsellers and nominated for international literary awards. Her debut novel\, Three Souls\, was a finalist for the 2014 BC Book Prizes Fiction award; Dragon Springs Road\, her second book\, was a Globe and Mail national bestseller. Both were nominated for the International Dublin Literary Award. Her third book\, The Library of Legends\, was a Book of the Month Club selection and a Globe and Mail national bestseller. Her upcoming novel\, The Porcelain Moon\, set in WWI France\, releases in February 2023. \nTo schedule a book club visit with Janie or any of our authors on NovelNetwork: \n Connect with this Author on NovelNetwork®\n \n  \nEliza Knight is an award-winning and USA Today bestselling author. She is the creator of the popular historical blog\, History Undressed and a co-host on the History\, Books and Wine podcast. Her book\, The Mayfair Bookshop\, is a brilliant dual-narrative story about Nancy Mitford—one of 1930s London’s hottest socialites\, authors\, and a member of the scandalous Mitford Sisters—and a modern American desperate for change\, connected through time by a little London bookshop. \nTo schedule a book club visit with Eliza or any of our authors on NovelNetwork: \n Connect with this Author on NovelNetwork®\n \n  \nMadeline Martin is a New York Times and International Bestselling author of The\nLast Bookshop in London. Her moving new novel\, The Librarian Spy\, is inspired by the true history of America’s library spies of World War II. Ava thought her job as a librarian at the Library of Congress would mean a quiet\, routine existence. But an unexpected offer from the US military has brought her to Lisbon with a new mission: posing as a librarian while working undercover as a spy gathering intelligence. \nTo schedule a book club visit with Madeline or any of our authors on NovelNetwork: \n Connect with this Author on NovelNetwork®\n \n  \nKristina McMorris is a New York Times\, Wall Street Journal\, and USA Today bestselling author of two novellas and seven novels\, including the million-copy bestseller Sold on a Monday. Previously\, she hosted weekly TV shows\, beginning at age nine with an Emmy Award-winning program. Inspired by stunning true accounts\, her novels have garnered more than two dozen prestigious awards and nominations. Her new book\, the international bestseller The Ways We Hide\, was named Target’s top-five reads of 2022 and features a WWII illusionist recruited by British intelligence to help thwart the Germans. \nTo schedule a book club visit with Kristina or any of our authors on NovelNetwork: \n Connect with this Author on NovelNetwork®\n \n  \nOur team can’t wait to see you there! URL:https://adventuresbythebook.com/calendar-event/super-book-iv-2-16-23/ CATEGORIES:San Diego Adventures,SuperBook Weekend ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://adventuresbythebook.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/superbook-iv-2.16.23-1-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220226T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220226T160000 DTSTAMP:20260506T144403 CREATED:20211210T043820Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231113T185740Z UID:10000252-1645866000-1645891200@adventuresbythebook.com SUMMARY:Super Book III: a Live and In-Person Adventure featuring 20 authors (including) half-time speaker Karen Grassle DESCRIPTION:   About the Event\nIt’s kickoff time (yes\, we are back live and in-person this year)! No\, we aren’t talking about Super Bowl weekend; we are talking about Super Book III\, and you are invited!! Purchase your ticket soon to take advantage of special early bird rates\, or to give as a perfect holiday gift this season for the literary lover in your life. \nJoin our team of 20 renowned authors who will give book enthusiasts and reading fans the experience of a lifetime\, complete with national anthem\, special half-time presentation\, four quarters of excitement\, and crowd-pleasing food\, scheduled to take place in the beautiful Special Events Room of the San Diego Central Library\, overlooking San Diego Bay\, on Saturday\, February 26\, 2022. And of course\, no Adventure by the Book would be complete without lots of excitement and fun. Your ticket includes: \n\nDaylong Adventure featuring 20 bestselling authors\nNational anthem sung by NYT bestselling author and classically trained singer Kate Quinn\nFour quarters of author activities\nHalf-time presentation featuring Little House on the Prairie’s Karen Grassle\nAutographed copy of Bright Lights\, Prairie Dust\nSubstantially discounted hotel rooms at the boutique Hotel Indigo\, less than a 10 minute walk from our event and close to the San Diego International Airport*\nCrowd-pleasing gourmet boxed lunch\nContinental breakfast\nMeet and greet opportunities with the authors\nPhoto ops (with fun props)\nBooks provided for sale courtesy of The Library Shop\nMultiple autographing opportunities\nCustom Super Book tote bag\nSeating at lunch tables with an author (for early registrants)\nReduced early bird ticket pricing available for a limited time\nCollectible event program\nPrizes and giveaways\n…and much more\n\n*To reserve your discounted room(s) at Hotel Indigo\, click on this link or call 1-888-465-4329 and ask for the Adventures by the Book discounted group rate. Limited availability so reserve soon. \nTICKETS ARE NOW AVAILABLE! SCROLL DOWN TO REGISTER NOW!\nThis special experience is possible with support from NovelNetwork and Magic Time Literary Publicity. COVID protocol will be that of the San Diego Central Library. \n  \nBOOK SALES:\nBooks will be available for purchase and signing at the event or preorder copies through The Library Shop at the San Diego Central Library for delivery and signing at the event. And to pre-order books that publish after Super Book\, see tickets below or preorder copies here. \nOnly books purchased at the event or pre-purchased through The Library Shop will be eligible for signing at the event. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n About the Authors\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Cara Black is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of 19 books in the Private Investigator Aimée Leduc series\, which is set in Paris. Her riveting novel\, Murder at the Porte de Versailles\, is the 20th installment of the Aimée Leduc series and entangles Parisian private investigator Aimée Leduc in a dangerous web of international spycraft and terrorist threats in Paris’s 15th arrondissement. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Jeffrey Blount is the award-winning author of 3 novels and an Emmy award-winning television director. In his latest novel\, The Emancipation of Evan Walls\, it is June 1968 and the Civil Rights movement is winding down after the death of Martin Luther King\, Jr. Evan is ten years old and\, in the jargon of the times\, young\, gifted and black. In the presence of his parents and a summer porch gathering of their friends\, he makes a startling declaration. From that moment on\, the central question of his life is born. Is he black enough? \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Marie Bostwick is a New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of 19 uplifting works of historical and contemporary fiction. Her latest novel\, The Restoration of Celia Fairchild\, is an unforgettable novel of secrets revealed\, laughter released\, creativity rediscovered\, and waves of wisdom. Evvie Drake Starts Over meets The Friday Night Knitting Club in this wise and witty novel about a fired advice columnist who discovers lost and found family members in Charleston. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Jennifer Coburn is a USA Today bestselling author. Her latest novel\, Cradles of the Reich\, is a historical novel about three very different women living at a Nazi Lebensborn breeding home at the start of World War ll\, inspired by the true and largely untold stories of the Lebensborn program\, Himmler’s state-supported homes housing young women whose sole purpose was to give birth to pure-blooded Aryan children\, to be raised by SS families as future leaders of new Nazi Germany. \nTo schedule a book club visit with Jennifer or any of our authors on NovelNetwork: \n Connect with this Author on NovelNetwork®\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Diana Giovinazzo is an author and the co-creator of Wine\, Women and Words\, a weekly literary podcast\, and she is also active as the vice president of the Los Angeles chapter of the Women’s National Book Association. Bursting with intrigue\, adventure\, and romance\, Antoinette’s Sister expertly brings to life one of history’s most formidable European monarchs: a woman who upended societal conventions for the betterment of her people as Queen of Naples\, and who courageously lived—and loved—on her own terms. \nTo schedule a book club visit with Diana or any of our authors on NovelNetwork: \n Connect with this Author on NovelNetwork®\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Nancy Goldstone has a passion for medieval history and old and rare books. She is the author most recently of three works of non-fiction examining the role of high-born women in the Middle Ages: The Maid and the Queen: The Secret History of Joan of Arc\, Four Queens\, and The Lady Queen. Her latest novel\, In the Shadow of the Empress: The Defiant Lives of Maria Theresa\, Mother of Marie Antoinette\, and Her Daughters is the vibrant\, sprawling saga of Empress Maria Theresa—one of the most renowned women rulers in history—and three of her extraordinary daughters\, including Marie Antoinette\, the doomed queen of France.  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Karen Grassle is an author and American actress\, known for her role as Caroline Ingalls in the NBC television drama series Little House on the Prairie. In her candid memoir Bright Lights\, Prairie Dust\, Grassle reveals her journey to succeed as an actress even as she struggles to overcome depression\, combat her own dependence on alcohol\, and find true love. With humor and hard-won wisdom\, Grassle takes readers on an inspiring journey through the political turmoil on ’60s campuses\, on to studies with some of the most celebrated artists at the famed London Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts\, and ultimately behind the curtains of Broadway stages and storied Hollywood sets. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Gervais Hagerty worked as a news reporter and producer for both radio and television broadcasts. In 2013\, she earned her M.B.A. from The Citadel\, The Military College of South Carolina\, and soon after became a professor teaching Leadership Communications. Gervais’s compelling debut novel\, In Polite Company\, allows readers a fascinating glimpse into an elite Southern society trying to hold onto age-old traditions and values in a rapidly changing world. \nTo schedule a book club visit with Gervais or any of our authors on NovelNetwork: \n Connect with this Author on NovelNetwork®\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Naomi Hirahara is an Edgar Award-winning author of multiple traditional mystery series and noir short stories. Set in 1944 Chicago\, Naomi’s eye-opening and poignant new mystery\, Clark and Division\, is the story of a young woman searching for the truth about her revered older sister’s death. This story brings to focus the struggles of one Japanese American family released from mass incarceration at Manzanar during World War II. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Elise Hooper spent several years writing for television and online news outlets before getting a MA and teaching high-school literature and history. Inspired by the extraordinary true stories of World War II’s American Army nurses famously known as the Angels of Bataan and the unsung contributions of Filipinas of the resistance\, her latest novel Angels of the Pacific transports readers to a remarkable era of hope\, bravery\, perseverance\, and ultimately victory. \nTo schedule a book club visit with Elise or any of our authors on NovelNetwork: \n Connect with this Author on NovelNetwork®\n  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Alka Joshi has a BA from Stanford University and an MFA from California College of the Arts. She ran her own advertising and PR agency for 30 years. Her first novel\, The Henna Artist\, was a Reese Witherspoon book club selection and is currently in development for a Netflix series. In New York Times bestselling author Alka Joshi’s intriguing new novel\, The Secret Keeper of Jaipur\, henna artist Lakshmi arranges for her protégé\, Malik\, to intern at the Jaipur Palace in this tale rich in character\, atmosphere\, and lavish storytelling. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Susan Meissner is a USA Today bestselling author of historical fiction with more than three-quarters of a million books in print in eighteen languages. In her novel\, The Nature of Fragile Things\, it’s April 18\, 1906: A massive earthquake rocks San Francisco just before daybreak\, igniting a devouring inferno. Lives are lost\, lives are shattered\, but some rise from the ashes forever changed. This gripping novel is about the bonds of friendship and mother love\, and the power of female solidarity. \nTo schedule a book club visit with Susan or any of our authors on NovelNetwork: \n Connect with this Author on NovelNetwork®\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Jacquelyn Mitchard is the New York Times bestselling author of 22 novels for adults and teenagers\, and was the first author ever featured on Oprah’s Book Club. Her gripping\, emotionally charged novel\, The Good Son\, is about a mother who must help her son after he is convicted of a devastating murder. Three years later\, he’s released to a world that refuses to let him move on. If there is so much she never knew about her own son\, what other secrets has she yet to uncover—especially about the night Belinda died? \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Kate Quinn is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of historical fiction. She attended Boston University where she earned a Bachelor’s and Master’s degree in Classical Voice. Her latest novel\, The Diamond Eye\, is an unforgettable World War II tale of a quiet librarian who becomes history’s deadliest female sniper. In the snowbound city of Kiev\, wry and bookish history student Mila Pavlichenko organizes her life around her library job and her young son until Hitler’s invasion of Russia sends her on a different path. \nTo schedule a book club visit with Kate or any of our authors on NovelNetwork: \n Connect with this Author on NovelNetwork®\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Rebecca Rosenberg is an award-winning novelist\, champagne geek\, and lavender farmer. In her novel\, Champagne Widows\, based on the true story of Veuve (the widow) Cliquot\, 20-year-old Barbe-Nicole inherited Le Nez (an uncanny sense of smell) from her great-grandfather\, a renowned champagne maker. Her parents see Le Nez as a curse and try to marry her off to an unsuspecting suitor. But Barbe-Nicole is determined to use Le Nez to make great champagne. \nTo schedule a book club visit with Rebecca or any of our authors on NovelNetwork: \n Connect with this Author on NovelNetwork®\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Bryn Turnbull is a writer of historical fiction and holds a Master of Letters in Creative Writing from the University of St. Andrews and a Bachelor’s degree in English Literature from McGill University. Her sweeping novel\, The Last Grand Duchess\, takes readers behind palace walls to see the end of Imperial Russia through the eyes of Olga Nikolaevna Romanov\, the first daughter of the last tsar. \nTo schedule a book club visit with Bryn or any of our authors on NovelNetwork: \n Connect with this Author on NovelNetwork®\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Heather Webb is the USA Today bestselling and award-winning author of 7 historical novels\, including Rodin’s Lover\, a Goodread’s Top Pick\, and the award-winning Last Christmas in Paris. Heather’s new solo novel\, The Next Ship Home\, is inspired by true events and reveals the dark secrets of Ellis Island as two unlikely friends challenge a corrupt system\, altering their fate and the lives of the immigrants that come after them. \nTo schedule a book club visit with Heather or any of our authors on NovelNetwork: \n Connect with this Author on NovelNetwork®\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Karen White is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of 29 books\, including the beloved Tradd Street series. In her blockbuster historical novel\, The Last Night in London\, Karen weaves a captivating story of friendship\, love\, and betrayal that moves between war-torn London during the Blitz and the present day. Filled with intrigue\, spies\, secrets\, romance\, friendships\, and betrayals\, The Last Night in London will captivate you right up until the last page. \nTo schedule a book club visit with Karen or any of our authors on NovelNetwork: \n Connect with this Author on NovelNetwork®\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Beatriz Williams is the New York Times\, USA Today\, and internationally bestselling author of Our Woman in Moscow\, and several other works of historical fiction\, including 3 novels in collaboration with fellow bestselling authors Karen White and Lauren Willig. In her novel\, The Wicked Widow\, Gin Kelly\, the wicked redhead\, is back! What ugly secrets lurk in the opulent enclaves—and bank accounts–of America’s richest families? And can two determined women from two different generations thwart the murderous legacy of the demon liquor? \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Tracey Enerson Wood is a USA Today bestselling author of historical fiction including The Engineer’s Wife\, a novel of the Brooklyn Bridge. While working as a Registered Nurse\, starting her own Interior Design company\, raising two children\, and bouncing around the world as a military wife\, she indulged in her passion as a playwright\, screenwriter and novelist. In The War Nurse\, based on the true story of pioneering WWI nurse Julia Stimson\, readers are transported to early 20th century France\, where a band of medical professionals struggles to meet the ever-changing demands of a war zone. \nTo schedule a book club visit with Tracey or any of our authors on NovelNetwork: \n Connect with this Author on NovelNetwork® URL:https://adventuresbythebook.com/calendar-event/superbookiii/ CATEGORIES:Event,Flash Sale,Library Adventures,SuperBook Weekend ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://adventuresbythebook.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/superbook-iii-2.26.22-revised.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210206 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210207 DTSTAMP:20260506T144403 CREATED:20191112T093507Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231113T185724Z UID:10000163-1612569600-1612655999@adventuresbythebook.com SUMMARY:SuperBook II: A Virtual Adventure by the Book DESCRIPTION:[hurrytimer id=”15156″]\nAbout the Adventure\nIt’s almost kickoff time! No\, we aren’t talking about Super Bowl; we are talking about our second annual Super Book Adventure and you are invited!! By popular demand\, our Super Book Adventure is back\, and we think you will be excited by what we have planned for this year’s virtual Adventure. It’s time for three great teams of twelve superstar authors\, captained by three superstar bookstagramers\, to give book enthusiasts and reading fans the experience of a lifetime. Mark your calendar for Game Day on Saturday\, February 6\, 2021. \nYour Super Book II Adventure Includes\n\nThree unique panel discussions with 12 superstar authors\nNational anthem sung by one of our featured authors\n“Authors Got Talent” half-time show\nVirtual meet and greet opportunities with the authors\nBook purchase opportunities (includes signed bookplates for U.S. based authors and shipping within the U.S.)\nA Grub Hub voucher for lunch delivery during half-time show (included with Super Fan\, MVP\, and Championship admissions)\nLots of literary excitement and fun worth cheering for!\nREGISTRATION OPTIONS:\nGeneral Admission (1 Book): To receive General Admission to one particular panel\, simply purchase a minimum of ONE of the featured author’s books below. Included in this admission is ONE book of your choice (hardcover or paperback)\, autographed bookplate for U.S. based authors\, shipping within the U.S.\, admission to that author’s panel\, AND admission to our “Author’s Got Talent” half-time show (Zoom invite will be emailed to you 3 days prior to the event.) \nNOTE: with this option\, you just need purchase the book of your choice. \nSuper Fan admission (3 Books): To receive Super Fan admission\, choose the “Super Fan Admission” option below for $75. Included in this admission are THREE books of your choice (a maximum of one hardcover)\, autographed bookplates for U.S. based authors\, shipping within the U.S.\, AND admission to all three Team panels (Zoom invites will be emailed to you 3 days prior to the event)\, AND admission to our “Author’s Got Talent” half-time show\, AND a $10 Grub Hub e-gift certificate you may use to order lunch to enjoy during the Adventure. \nNOTE: with this option\, you will use the “Super Fan Admission” option below only\, and list your 3 selected books in the “memo” section of your order. \nMVP admission (6 Books): To receive MVP admission\, choose the “MVP Admission” option below for $145. Included in this admission are SIX books of your choice (a maximum of two hardcovers)\, autographed bookplates for U.S. based authors\, shipping within the U.S.\, AND admission to all three Team panels (Zoom invites will be emailed to you 3 days prior to the event)\, AND admission to our “Author’s Got Talent” half-time show\, AND a $20 Grub Hub e-gift certificate you may use to order lunch to enjoy during the Adventure. \nNOTE: with this option\, you will use the “MVP Admission” option below only\, and list your 6 selected books in the “memo” section of your order. \nChampionship admission (12 Books): To receive Championship admission\, choose the “Championship Admission” option below for $286. Included in this admission are a bundle of all TWELVE books\, autographed bookplates for U.S. based authors\, shipping within the U.S.\, AND admission to all three Team panels (Zoom invites will be emailed to you 3 days prior to the event)\, AND admission to our “Author’s Got Talent” half-time show\, AND a $25 Grub Hub e-gift certificate you may use to order lunch to enjoy during the Adventure. \nNOTE: with this option\, you will use the “Championship Admission” option below only which will automatically include all 12 books in your order. \n\n\n\nTeam ABTB Europe\n9:00-10:30am Pacific/10-11:30am Mtn/11-12:30pm Central/12-1:30pm Eastern\nTo attend the Team ABTB Europe panel\, simply purchase one or more of the featured authors’ books below and we will send you a Zoom invite for this panel three days prior to the event. \nJane Green is the author of 20 novels\, including 17 New York Times bestsellers. She has over ten million books in print\, is published in over 25 languages\, and has several books in development for film and tv. She currently lives in London. \nHer most recent book\, The Friends We Keep\, is about how despite disappointments we’ve had or mistakes we’ve made\, it’s never too late to find a place to call home. Evvie\, Maggie\, and Topher have known one another since college. Their friendship was something they swore would last forever. Now\, years have passed\, the friends have drifted apart\, and they never found the lives they wanted—the lives they dreamed of when they were young and everything seemed possible. \nEvvie starved herself to become a supermodel but derailed her career by sleeping with a married man. Maggie married Ben\, the boy she fell in love with in college\, never imagining the heartbreak his drinking would cause. Topher became a successful actor\, but the shame of a childhood secret shut him off from real intimacy. By their thirtieth reunion\, these old friends have lost touch with one another and with the people they dreamed of becoming. Together again\, they have a second chance at happiness…until a dark secret is revealed that changes everything. \n  \nJean Kwok is the award-winning\, New York Times and international bestselling author of Searching for Sylvie Lee\, Girl in Translation\, and Mambo in Chinatown. Her work has been published in 20 countries and has been taught in universities\, colleges and high schools across the world. Jean immigrated from Hong Kong to Brooklyn when she was five and worked in a Chinatown clothing factory for much of her childhood. She received her bachelor’s degree from Harvard and her MFA in fiction at Columbia University. \nHer most recent novel\, Searching for Sylvie Lee\, now out in paperback\, was inspired by her beloved brother Kwan\, who passed away in a tragic plane accident. The book was an instant New York Times bestseller\, and was selected for the Read with Jenna Today Show Book Club and featured in The New York Times\, Time\, Newsweek\, CNN\, The New York Post\, The Washington Post\, O Magazine\, People\, Entertainment Weekly and more.  \nSearching for Sylvie Lee is a suspenseful family drama about long-buried family secrets that tie together three women – a mother and her two daughters – and what happens in this Chinese immigrant family when the gifted\, dazzling eldest daughter disappears on a trip to the Netherlands and the younger\, timid\, shy daughter has to pull herself together and follow the tracks of her beloved older sister to try to figure out what happened to her. It’s an exploration of passionate love\, the love between mothers and daughters\, and how the limits of culture and language can stop us from truly knowing the people we love most in the world. \n  \nChristina McDonald is the USA Today bestselling author of Do No Harm\, Behind Every Lie and The Night Olivia Fell\, which has been optioned for television by a major Hollywood studio. She lives in London\, England with her husband\, two sons\, and their dog\, Tango. \nDo No Harm is Christina’s unforgettable new novel about the lengths one woman will go to save her son. Even good people get addicted to bad things. Emma loves her life. She’s the mother to a precocious kindergartener\, married to her soulmate—a loyal and loving detective—and has a rewarding career as a doctor at the local hospital. \nBut everything comes crashing down when her son\, Josh\, is diagnosed with a rare form of cancer. Determined to save Josh\, Emma makes the risky decision to sell opioids to fund the life-saving treatment he needs. But when somebody ends up dead\, a lethal game of cat and mouse ensues\, her own husband leading the chase. With her son’s life hanging in the balance\, Emma is dragged into the dark world of drugs\, lies\, and murder. Will the truth catch up to her before she can save Josh? \n  \nCate Quinn is a bestselling historical thriller novelist in the UK under the name C.S. Quinn—her Charlie Tuesday series for Thomas & Mercer UK sold over 350\,000 copies across four books\, and 35\,000 ebooks in the U.S. She is also a travel and lifestyle journalist for The Times\, The Guardian\, and The Mirror\, alongside many magazines. She lives in London. \nBlack Widows is a bombshell of a suspense novel and her first novel as Cate Quinn. The story unfolds through three sister-wives married to the same man\, and each woman is unique\, fascinating\, and full of surprises. The only thing that they had in common was Blake. Until all three are accused of his murder. \nWhen Blake is found dead under the desert sun\, all three wives become suspect—not only to the police\, but to each other. As the investigation draws them closer\, each wife must decide who can be trusted. With stories surfacing of a notorious cult tucked away in the hills\, whispers flying about a fourth wife\, and evidence that can’t quite explain what had been keeping Blake busy\, the three widows face a reckoning that might shatter all they know to be true.They say his wife killed him. If so… which one? \n  \nTeam ABTB East\n11:00am-12:30pm Pacific/12-1:30pm Mtn/1-2:30pm Central/2-3:30pm Eastern\nTo attend the Team ABTB East panel\, simply purchase one or more of the featured authors’ books below and we will send you a Zoom invite for this panel three days prior to the event. \nJanet Skelsian Charles is the award-winning author of Moonlight in Odessa and The Paris Library. Her shorter work has appeared in revues such as Slice and Montana Noir. She learned about the history of the American Library in Paris while working there as the programs manager. She divides her time between Montana and Paris. \nThe wit\, empathy\, and meticulous research that brings her new novel\, The Paris Library\, to life also brings to light a cast of lively real-life characters and a little-known chapter of World War II history: the story of the American librarian\, Miss Reeder\, who created the Soldiers’ Service to deliver books to servicemen\, and who later faced the Nazi ‘Library Protector’ in order to keep her library open. She and her colleagues defied the Bibliotheksschutz by delivering books to Jewish readers after they were forbidden from entering the library. \nParis\, 1939. Odile Souchet is obsessed with books and the Dewey Decimal System\, which makes order out of chaos. She soon has it all – a handsome police officer beau\, an English best friend\, and a job at the American Library in Paris\, a thriving community of students\, writers\, diplomats\, and book lovers. Yet when war is declared\, there’s also a war on words. Montana\, 1983. Widowed and alone\, Odile suffers the solitary confinement of small-town life. Though most adults are cowed by her\, the neighbor girl will not let her be. Lily\, a lonely teenager yearning to break free of Froid\, is obsessed by the French woman who lives next door. As the two become friends\, Odile sees herself in Lily – the same love of language\, the same longings\, the same lethal jealousy. The Paris Library’s dual narratives explore the relationships that make us who we are – family and friends\, first loves and favorite authors. \n  \nJennifer Dupee is the eldest of a set of fraternal triplets\, and she grew up seeking any quiet corner of the house so that she could read\, write\, and work on puzzles. She’s a keen observer of human life and writes in an imagistic and prosaic style infused with an impish sense of humor and tender moments.  Her goal with her writing is to make you laugh\, cry\, and think a little more deeply about the world and the people around you. \nJennifer is a graduate of Brown University\, where she received her honors in Creative Writing.  She is an active member of the Grub Street writing community in Boston and has published in The Feminist Press.  She was a semi-finalist for the 2016 James Jones First Novel Competition and a semi-finalist for the 2016 Faulkner-Wisdom competition.  Jennifer lives in a historic house just outside of Boston with her family and is currently at work on her next two novels. \nHer life-long passion for old houses inspired Elmhurst\, the grand home featured in her debut novel\, The Little French Bridal Shop (publication: March 2021). When Larisa Pearl returns to her small seaside hometown in Massachusetts to manage her beloved great aunt’s estate\, she’s a bit of an emotional mess. When she passes by the window of The Little French Bridal Shop\, a beautiful ivory satin wedding gown catches her eye… Now\, to the delight of everyone in town\, Larisa is planning her wedding. The only thing missing is the groom. How did this happen? All she did was try on a dress and let her fantasy take flight.  Lost in a web of her own lies\, Larisa must first face some difficult truths\, including her mother’s fragile future\, before she can embrace her family\, straighten out her life\, and open her heart to finding love. \nBOOK CLUBS – Are you in a book club\, library reading group\, or is your group of friends\, colleagues\, family members seeking fabulous authors who are excited and available to meet with you? Then you will be delighted to know that Jennifer Dupee is a member of our wonderful community of over 125 NovelNetwork authors available to meet with small groups via video chat. To schedule a book club visit with Jennifer or any of our authors\, visit NovelNetwork. \n  \nGreer Macallister’s debut novel The Magician’s Lie was a USA Today bestseller\, an Indie Next pick\, and a Target Book Club selection. Her novels Girls in Disguise and Woman 99 were inspired by pioneering 19th-century private detective Kate Warne and fearless journalist Nellie Bly\, respectively. A regular contributor to Writer Unboxed and the Chicago Review of Books\, Greer lives with her family in Washington\, DC. \nHer new book\, The Arctic Fury\, named an Indie Next and Library Reads pick\, an Amazon Best Book of the Month\, is set against the unforgiving backdrop of one of the world’s most inhospitable locations\, and uses the true story of Lady Jane Franklin’s tireless attempts to find her husband’s lost expedition as a jumping-off point to spin a tale of bravery\, intrigue\, perseverance and hope. \nEccentric Lady Jane Franklin makes an outlandish offer to adventurer Virginia Reeve: take a dozen women\, trek into the Arctic\, and find her husband’s lost expedition. Four parties have failed to find him\, and Lady Franklin wants a radical new approach: put the women in charge. A year later\, Virginia stands trial for murder. Survivors of the expedition willing to publicly support her sit in the front row. There are only five. What happened out there on the ice? \n  \nKaren White  is the New York Times bestselling author of 27 books\, with almost two million books in print in fifteen different languages\, including the Tradd Street series\, Dreams of Falling\, The Night the Lights Went Out\, Flight Patterns\, The Sound of Glass\, A Long Time Gone\, and The Time Between. She is the coauthor of All the Ways We Said Goodbye\, The Glass Ocean and The Forgotten Room with New York Times bestselling authors Beatriz Williams and Lauren Willig. \nShe grew up in London but now lives with her husband near Atlanta\, Georgia. When not writing\, Karen spends her time reading\, singing\, and avoiding cooking. \nIn her next book\, The Last Night in London\, to be released in April 2021\, Karen weaves a captivating story of friendship\, love\, and betrayal that moves between war-torn London during the Blitz and the present day. \nBOOK CLUBS – Are you in a book club\, library reading group\, or is your group of friends\, colleagues\, family members seeking fabulous authors who are excited and available to meet with you? Then you will be delighted to know that Karen White is a member of our wonderful community of over 125 NovelNetwork authors available to meet with small groups via video chat. To schedule a book club visit with Karen or any of our authors\, visit NovelNetwork. \n  \n“Authors Got Talent” Half-Time Show\n1:00-1:30pm Pacific/2-2:30pm Mtn/3-3:30pm Central/4-4:30pm Eastern\nTo attend the Half-Time Show\, simply purchase one of the event options below\,  and we will send you a Zoom invite for the applicable author panel and “Author’s Got Talent” half-time show three days prior to the event. \nWe know “Authors Got Talent.” We see it everyday on the pages of their books. But did you know that these incredibly talented writers also have “hidden” talents that you may not necessarily know about? Did you know that one of our featured authors used to be a competitive ballroom dancer? Did you know that a few of them are incredible singers? Since this wouldn’t be a “Super Book” Adventure without a half-time show\, we have recruited a handful of authors to briefly perform for their adoring fans. You won’t want to miss this fun opportunity to get to know some of your favorite authors in an entirely different light! \n  \nTeam ABTB West\n2:00-3:30pm Pacific/3-4:30pm Mtn/4-5:30pm Central/5-6:30pm Eastern\nTo attend the Team ABTB Europe West\, simply purchase one or more of the featured authors’ books below and we will send you a Zoom invite for this panel three days prior to the event. \nPam Jenoff is the author of numerous books\, including The Kommandant’s Girl\, which was an international bestseller and nominated for a Quill award. She attended George Washington University and Cambridge University in England\, after which she accepted an appointment as Special Assistant to the Secretary of the Army\, allowing her to help the families of Pan Am Flight 103 victims. \nFollowing her work at the Pentagon\, Pam moved to the State Department\, developing expertise in Polish-Jewish relations and the Holocaust. Pam left the Foreign Service in 1998 to attend law school and graduated from the University of Pennsylvania. She lives outside Philadelphia with her husband and three children. \nIn her most recent novel\, The Lost Girls of Paris\, set in 1946 Manhattan\, Grace Healey is rebuilding her life after losing her husband. One morning while passing through Grand Central Terminal\, she finds an abandoned suitcase. Unable to resist her curiosity\, Grace opens the suitcase\, where she discovers a dozen photographs – each of a different woman. Grace impulsively takes the suitcase and learns that it belonged to the leader of a ring of female secret agents who were deployed out of London during the war. Setting out to learn the truth behind the women in the photographs\, Grace finds herself on a daring mission overseas. \n  \nMary Kubica is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of six novels\, including The Good Girl\, Pretty Baby\, Don’t You Cry\, Every Last Lie\, and When the Lights Go Out.  A former high school history teacher\, Mary lives outside of Chicago with her husband and two children. \nHer first novel was an Indie Next pick in August of 2014\, received a Strand Critics Nomination for Best First Novel and was a nominee in the Goodreads Choice Awards in Debut Goodreads Author and in Mystery & Thriller for 2014. Mary’s novels have been translated into over 30 languages and have sold over two million copies worldwide. \nIn her most recent novel\, The Other Mrs.\, Sadie and Will Foust have only just moved their family from bustling Chicago to small-town Maine when their neighbor\, Morgan Baines\, is found dead in her home. The murder rocks their tiny coastal island\, but no one is more shaken than Sadie\, who is terrified by the thought of a killer in her very own backyard. As the eyes of suspicion turn toward the new family in town\, Sadie is drawn deeper into the mystery of Morgan’s death. But Sadie must be careful\, for the more she discovers about Mrs. Baines\, the more she begins to realize just how much she has to lose if the truth ever comes to light. \n  \nSusan Meissner is a USA Today bestselling author of historical fiction with more than half a million books in print in 15 languages. She is an author\, speaker and writing workshop leader with a background in community journalism. \nHer novels include The Last Year of the War\, named to Real Simple magazine’s list of best books for 2019; As Bright as Heaven\, which earned a starred review in Library Journal; Secrets of  Charmed Life\, a Goodreads finalist for Best Historical Fiction 2015; and A Fall of Marigolds\, named to Booklist’s Top Ten Women’s Fiction titles for 2014. A California native\, she lives in San Diego. \nHer new novel\, The Nature of Fragile Things\, coming on February 8\, 2021\, explores the bonds of friendship and mother love\, and the power of female solidarity. 1905 – Sophie Whalen is a young Irish immigrant so anxious to get out of a Manhattan tenement that she answers a San Francisco widower’s mail-order bride ad. Sophie quickly develops deep affection for Kat\, his silent five-year-old daughter. Even so\, something about her hastily manufactured happiness isn’t right. Then one early-spring evening a year later\, a stranger at the door sets in motion a transforming chain of events. Sophie discovers hidden ties to two other women. The fates of these three women intertwine on the eve of the devastating earthquake\, thrusting them onto a perilous journey that will test their resiliency and resolve and\, ultimately\, their belief that love can overcome fear. \nBOOK CLUBS – Are you in a book club\, library reading group\, or is your group of friends\, colleagues\, family members seeking fabulous authors who are excited and available to meet with you? Then you will be delighted to know that Susan Meissner is a member of our wonderful community of over 125 NovelNetwork authors available to meet with small groups via video chat. To schedule a book club visit with Susan or any of our authors\, visit NovelNetwork. \n  \nMark Sullivan is the acclaimed author of 18 novels\, including the #1 New York Times bestselling Private series\, which he writes with James Patterson. Mark has received numerous awards for his writing\, including the WHSmith Fresh Talent Award\, and his works have been named a New York Times Notable Book and a Los Angeles Times Best Book of the Year. He grew up in Medfield\, Massachusetts\, and worked as a volunteer in the Peace Corps in Niger\, West Africa.  An avid skier and adventurer\, he lives with his wife in Bozeman\, Montana\, where he remains grateful for the miracle of every moment. \nHis #1 bestselling Beneath a Scarlet Sky is based on the true story of a forgotten hero\, the triumphant\, epic tale of one young man’s incredible courage and resilience during one of history’s darkest hours. Pino Lella wants nothing to do with the war or the Nazis. He’s a normal Italian teenager\, but when his family home in Milan is destroyed by Allied bombs\, Pino joins an underground railroad helping Jews escape over the Alps\, and falls for Anna\, a beautiful widow six years his senior. \nIn an attempt to protect him\, Pino’s parents force him to enlist as a German soldier—a move they think will keep him out of combat. But after Pino is injured\, he is recruited at the tender age of eighteen to become the personal driver for Adolf Hitler’s left hand in Italy\, General Hans Leyers\, one of the Third Reich’s most mysterious and powerful commanders. Now\, with the opportunity to spy for the Allies inside the German High Command\, Pino endures the horrors of the war and the Nazi occupation by fighting in secret\, his courage bolstered by his love for Anna and for the life he dreams they will one day share. \nTeam Cheerleaders\nEvery team needs great cheerleaders\, and our three featured teams are lucky to have the support of three superstar bookstagramers! Michelle\, Lisa and Jaymi love all things book-related\, so who better to rally readers to attend Super Book II\, create buzz around our event and their team of authors\, and stand on the sidelines and do what they do best: get people excited about books! Meet our Team Cheerleaders below\, and make sure to follow them on social media to get all the latest book news! \nThe ABTB Europe bookstagram cheerleader is Michelle. Michelle is the dynamic cheerleader for authors and books. She is a neuroscience nurse and educator by day\, and a book bragger by night. She loves talking and making noise about the books she enjoys\, and loves nothing more than connecting readers to their perfect read. \nFollow her at @nurse_bookie. \n  \nThe Team ABTB East bookstagram cheerleader is Lisa\, a special needs school bus driver and a lifelong book lover. She is passionate about helping authors and publishers promote their books and loves to create beautiful book photos. Lisa and her husband\, Jeff\, have his and hers libraries in their tiny house and love to visit indie bookstores together. Some of her favorite genres are historical mysteries\, romantic comedies\, and thrillers. \nFollow her at @booksloveandunderstanding. \n  \nThe Team ABTB West bookstagram cheerleader is Jaymi\, a book blogger and Little Free Library steward. She loves meeting authors and other readers and going to bookish events. Her passion is supporting authors by reading and reviewing newly released titles and connecting book lovers around the world. Some of her favorite genres are nonfiction\, historical fiction\, romance and suspense thrillers. \nFollow her at @theocbookgirl. \n  \n  \n  \n  URL:https://adventuresbythebook.com/calendar-event/superbookii-2/ CATEGORIES:SuperBook Weekend,Virtual Adventure ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://adventuresbythebook.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Copy-of-SuperBook-2-6-21-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200201T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200201T160000 DTSTAMP:20260506T144403 CREATED:20190613T044539Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231113T185715Z UID:10000144-1580547600-1580572800@adventuresbythebook.com SUMMARY:SuperBook Weekend Adventure DESCRIPTION:About the Event\nIt’s kickoff time! Time for two great teams of authors to give book enthusiasts and reading fans the experience of a lifetime\, complete with national anthem (sung by none other than classically-trained singer and internationally renowned author Kate Quinn!)\, four quarters of excitement\, crowd-pleasing food\, and Friday night Tale Gate reception (tickets sold separately) scheduled to take place aboard the luxurious and historic Queen Mary in Long Beach\, California\, on Saturday\, February 1\, 2020. \n \nAnd of course\, no Adventure by the Book would be complete without lots of excitement and fun. Your ticket includes: \n\nKeynote speakers and panel discussions with 22 authors (two “teams” of 11 each)\nNational anthem sung by NYT bestselling author and classically trained singer Kate Quinn\nFour quarters of author activities\nCustomized\, crowd-pleasing lunch\nMeet and greet opportunities with the authors\nReduced pricing until January 15\, 2020\nSubstantial discount to January 31 Tale Gate reception (tickets available here)\nPhoto ops (with fun props)\nBook purchase and signing opportunities (stay tuned soon for special pre-order pricing and book bundle packages)\nCustom swag bag with free goodies\n$20.00 voucher that can be used towards any of our featured author’s books\nComplimentary admission to tour The Queen Mary (a $40 value)\nComplimentary event parking (an $18 value)\nSeating at lunch tables with an author\nPrizes and giveaways\nDiscounted hotel rooms aboard the Queen Mary (limited number of blocked rooms while supplies last) Note: The facility fee will be waived upon check-out\n…and much more\n\nNo\, we aren’t talking about Super Bowl weekend; we are talking about our inaugural Super Book Weekend and you are invited!! \nTICKETS ARE NOW AVAILABLE! SCROLL DOWN TO REGISTER NOW!\n$155.00 until January 15\, 2019\n$175 after January 15\nThis special experience is possible with support from NovelNetwork and  Magic Time Literary Publicity \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Featured Author Lineup (More To Be Announced!)\n​\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \nCassandra King Conroy is a best-selling novelist whose fiction has won the hearts of readers everywhere\, especially in the American South.\n\nIn her new book\, My Life With Pat Conroy\, Cassandra turns to memoir as she considers her life and the man she shared it with\, paying tribute to her husband\, the legendary Pat Conroy\, as well as other renowned figures of modern Southern literature.\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \nJasmin Darznik was born in Tehran\, Iran\, and moved to America when she was five years old. She is the author of the New York Times bestseller The Good Daughter: A Memoir of My Mother’s Hidden Life. Her work has been published in thirteen countries and recognized by the Steinbeck Fellows Program\, the Corporation of Yaddo\, and the William Saroyan International Prize. \n\nHer stories and essays have been published in The New York Times\, The Washington Post\, the Los Angeles Times\, and elsewhere. She holds an MFA in fiction from Bennington College and a Ph.D. in English from Princeton University. Now a professor of literature and creative writing at California College of the Arts\, she lives in Northern California\, with her family.\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\nFiona Davis is the nationally bestselling author of The Dollhouse\, The Address\, The Masterpiece\, and Chelsea Girls. Fiona began her career in New York City as an actress\, where she worked on Broadway\, off-Broadway\, and in regional theater. \nAfter getting a master’s degree at Columbia Journalism School\, she fell in love with writing\, leapfrogging from editor to freelance journalist before finally settling down as an author of historical fiction. Fiona’s books have been translated into more than a dozen languages. She’s a graduate of the College of William & Mary and is based in New York City. \n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \nNew York Times and USA Today bestselling author of A Paris Apartment\, I’ll See You in Paris\, The Book of Summer\, and her most recent\, The Summer I Met Jack. Michelle Gable graduated from The College of William & Mary. \nWhen not dreaming up fiction on the sly\, she currently resides in Cardiff by the Sea\, California\, with her husband\, two daughters\, and one lazy cat. \nSchedule a book club visit with Michelle today thru NovelNetwork. Book clubs join for free. \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n Lee Goldberg is a two-time Edgar Award and two-time Shamus Award nominee and the #1 New York Times bestselling author of more than thirty novels\, including the Ian Ludlow thrillers\, Killer Thriller\, and True Fiction. \nHis new novel\, Lost Hills\,is the launch of a new series featuring Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department homicide detective Eve Ronin. \n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Tod Goldberg is the New York Times bestselling author of over a dozen novels\, including Gangster Nation\, a finalist for the International Thriller of the Year Award\, Gangsterland\, a finalist for the Hammett Prize\, The House of Secrets\, which he co-wrote with Brad Meltzer\, Living Dead Girl\, a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize\, and the popular Burn Notice series. His next book\, Gang Related\, will be out next year.\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\nKristin Harmel is a #1 international bestselling novelist whose books have been translated into numerous languages and are sold all over the world. A former reporter for PEOPLE magazine\, Kristin has also freelanced for many other publications\, including American Baby\, Men’s Health\, Glamour\, Woman’s Day\, Travel + Leisure\, and more. Her latest novel\, The Winemaker’s Wife\, a World War II tale of love\, family\, and betrayal set in the rolling vineyards of Champagne\, France\, is out now from Gallery Books/Simon & Schuster. Her previous novels\, The Room on Rue Amelie\, The Sweetness of Forgetting\, The Life Intended\, and When We Meet Again–all international bestsellers–are also available wherever books are sold. \n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Kristy Woodson Harvey is a born-and-bred North Carolina girl who loves all four seasons—especially fall in Chapel Hill\, where she attended college\, and summer in Beaufort\, where she and her family spend every free moment. \nThe author of The Southern Side of Paradise\, The Secret of Southern Charm\, Slightly South of Simple\, Dear Carolina\, and Lies and Other Acts of Love\, Kristy is also the founder of the popular interior design blog Design Chic. \nSchedule a book club visit with Kristy today thru NovelNetwork. Book clubs join for free. \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \nGregg Hurwitz is the New York Times #1 internationally bestselling author of 21 thrillers including Into the Fire. His novels have won numerous literary awards and have been published in 32 languages. \nAdditionally\, he’s written screenplays and television scripts for many of the major studios and networks\, comics for DC and Marvel\, and political and culture pieces for Wall Street Journal\, The Guardian\, and others. Gregg lives with his two Rhodesian ridgebacks in Los Angeles\, where he continues to play soccer\, frequently injuring himself. \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n Attica Locke’s is the author of Pleasantville\, which won the 2016 Harper Lee Prize for Legal Fiction and was long-listed for the Bailey’s Prize for Women’s Fiction; Black Water Rising\, which was nominated for an Edgar Award; and The Cutting Season\, a national bestseller and the winner of the Ernest Gaines Award for Literary Excellence. \nShe was a writer and producer on the Fox drama\, Empire. A native of Houston\, Texas\, Attica lives in Los Angeles\, California\, with her husband and daughter. \n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Tembi Locke is an accomplished actor who has appeared in over sixty television shows and films\, including The Magicians\, NCIS: LA\, Animal Kingdom\, and Dumb and Dumber To. She is also a TEDx speaker. Her talk\, What Forty Steps Taught Me About Love and Grief\, traces her journey as a cancer caregiver. \nShe is the creative voice behind The Kitchen Widow\, an online grief support community that has received mentions in The New York Times and The Guardian. The author of From Scratch\, she lives in Los Angeles with her young daughter\, but can be found each summer on the island of Sicily. \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n Kristina McMorris is a New York Times and USA Today bestselling author published by Sourcebooks Landmark\, Penguin Random House\, HarperCollins\, and Kensington Books. \nHer novels have garnered more than two dozen prestigious awards and nominations\, including the IMPAC Dublin Literary Award\, RWA’s RITA® Award\, and a Goodreads Choice Award for Best Historical Fiction. \nSchedule a book club visit with Kristina today thru NovelNetwork. Book clubs join for free. \n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Susan Meissner is a USA Today bestselling author of historical fiction with more than half a million books in print in fifteen languages. She is an author\, speaker and writing workshop leader with a background in community journalism. Her novels include As Bright as Heaven\, starred review in Library Journal; Secrets of  Charmed Life\, a Goodreads finalist for Best Historical Fiction 2015; and A Fall of Marigolds\, named to Booklist’s Top Ten Women’s Fiction titles for 2014. \nA California native\, she attended Point Loma Nazarene University and is also a writing workshop volunteer for Words Alive\, a San Diego non-profit dedicated to helping at-risk youth foster a love for reading and writing. \nSchedule a book club visit with Susan today thru NovelNetwork. Book clubs join for free. \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\nMary Alice Monroe is the New York Times bestselling author of more than twenty books\, including the Beach House series: The Beach House\, Beach House Memories\, Swimming Lessons\, Beach House for Rent\, and Beach House Reunion. \nShe is a 2018 Inductee into the South Carolina Academy of Authors’ Hall of Fame\, and her books have received numerous awards\, including the 2008 South Carolina Center for the Book Award for Writing\, the 2014 South Carolina Award for Literary Excellence\, and the 2015 SW Florida Author of Distinction Award. \n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Jan Moran is an Amazon All-Star Author and Rizzoli Bestselling author of 20th-century historical novels and heartfelt contemporary series. The Chocolatiers\, The Winemakers\, and Scent of Triumph are stylish historical novels published in more than a dozen languages\, while\nher Summer Beach: Seabreeze Inn is a beloved beach read series. \nMidwest Book Review calls Jan’s heroines “strong\, complex\, and resourceful.” Booklist says she is a “compelling voice to follow\,” and Library Journal adds that “readers will devour” her novels. Jan earned her MBA from Harvard Business School and graduated from the University of Texas before attending the University of California at Los Angeles Writers’ Program. Before\ndevoting herself to writing\, she invented a technology for beauty retailers that Sephora acquired. She lives in SoCal and loves to travel. \nSchedule a book club visit with Jan today thru NovelNetwork. Book clubs join for free. \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\nColleen Oakley is the author of two previous novels\, Close Enough to Touch and Before I Go\, which were named best books by People\, Us Weekly\, Library Journal and Real Simple\, and both were long-listed for the Pat Conroy Southern Book Prize. Oakley is also the former senior editor of Marie Claire and editor in chief of Women’s Health & Fitness. \nHer articles\, essays and interviews have been featured in the New York Times\, Ladies’ Home Journal\, Marie Claire\, Women’s Health\, Redbook\, Parade and Martha Stewart Weddings. She lives in Georgia with her husband\, four kids\, and the world’s biggest lapdog. \n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \nKate Quinn is the New York Times\, USA Today\, and international bestselling author of the runaway bestsellers The Alice Network and The Huntress. A native of southern California\, she attended Boston University where she earned a Bachelor’s and Master’s degree in Classical Voice. \nShe has written four novels in the Empress of Rome Saga\, and two books in the Italian Renaissance\, before turning to 20th century historical fiction.  All have been translated into multiple languages. Kate and her husband now live in San Diego with two rescue dogs named Caesar and Calpurnia\, and her interests include opera\, action movies\, cooking\, and the Boston Red Sox. \nSchedule a book club visit with Kate today thru NovelNetwork. Book clubs join for free. \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n J. Ryan Stradal is a contributing editor at TASTE Magazine. His bestselling debut\, Kitchens of the Great Midwest\, won the 2016 American Booksellers Association Indie’s Choice Award for Adult Debut Book of the Year and also the 2016 Midwest Booksellers Choice Award for debut fiction. \nBorn and raised in Minnesota\, he now lives in Los Angeles. \n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\nKaren White is the New York Times bestselling author of more than twenty novels\, including the Tradd Street series\, Dreams of Falling\, The Night the Lights Went Out\, Flight Patterns\, The Sound of Glass\, A Long Time Gone\, and The Time Between. \nShe is the coauthor of The Glass Ocean and The Forgotten Room with New York Times bestselling authors Beatriz Williams and Lauren Willig. She grew up in London but now lives with her husband near Atlanta\, Georgia. \n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \nBeatriz Williams is the New York Times\, USA Today\, and internationally bestselling author of The Golden Hour\, The Summer Wives\, The Secret Life of Violet Grant\, A Hundred Summers\, and several other works of historical fiction\, as well as the screenwriter for the television adaptation of The Summer Wives\, currently in development with John Wells Productions. \nA graduate of Stanford University with an MBA in Finance from Columbia University\, Beatriz worked as a communications and corporate strategy consultant in New York and London before she turned her attention to writing novels that combine her passion for history with an obsessive devotion to voice and characterization. Beatriz’s books have won numerous awards\, have been translated into more than a dozen languages\, and appear regularly in bestseller lists around the world. URL:https://adventuresbythebook.com/calendar-event/superbook-weekend-adventure/ CATEGORIES:SuperBook Weekend ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://adventuresbythebook.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/SuperBook-Email-Banner.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200131T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200131T193000 DTSTAMP:20260506T144404 CREATED:20191229T235307Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231113T185729Z UID:10000175-1580493600-1580499000@adventuresbythebook.com SUMMARY:Super Book TaleGate Adventure: A Meet and Greet Reception DESCRIPTION:About the Event\nIn partnership with the Signal Hill Community Foundation\, we are delighted to invite you to a fun Super Book TaleGate Adventure. Here’s your opportunity to meet some of our Super Book authors up close and personal prior to the Saturday event\, in an informal meet and greet reception at the beautiful new Signal Hill Library near Long Beach\, California. \nWhile enjoying a glass of wine or beer and light bites\, get to know bestselling and perennial book club favorite authors Cassandra King Conroy\, Fiona Davis\, Kristin Harmel\, Kristy Woodson Harvey\, Kristina McMorris\, Mary Alice Monroe\, Jan Moran\, Karen White\, Beatriz Williams\, and who knows which others authors may pop in to surprise us! And more great news: if you have purchased a ticket to our Super Book Adventure on Saturday aboard the Queen Mary\, you will receive a substantial discount on your ticket purchase below! \n \nYour Adventure includes a glass of wine or beer\, light bites\, an informal author presentation\, book signing\, photo ops\, and the opportunity to engage in meaningful and intimate conversation with multiple bestselling authors. Only books preordered below (for delivery at the event)\, or purchased at the event are eligible for signing. \n \n\nSpecial thanks to Magic Time Literary Publicity for their generous support of the Super Book weekend activities. Magic Time provides passionate literary support to award-winning and bestselling authors around the country. \n\nAbout the Authors\n\n\n\n\nCassandra King Conroy is a best-selling novelist whose fiction has won the hearts of readers everywhere\, especially in the American South. As an award-winning author of five novels\, a book of nonfiction\, numerous short stories\, magazine articles\, and essays\, she has taught creative writing on the college level\, conducted corporate writing seminars\, and worked as a human interest reporter.\n\n\nOften told in first person\, her novels portray strong and memorable characters who struggle with the same timely issues and dilemmas that readers face in their own lives.\n\n\nIn her new book\, My Life With Pat Conroy\, Cassandra turns to memoir as she considers her life and the man she shared it with\, paying tribute to her husband\, the legendary Pat Conroy\, as well as other renowned figures of modern Southern literature.\n\n\n\n\n \nFiona Davis is the nationally bestselling author of The Dollhouse\, The Address\, The Masterpiece\, and Chelsea Girls. Fiona began her career in New York City as an actress\, where she worked on Broadway\, off-Broadway\, and in regional theater. \nAfter getting a master’s degree at Columbia Journalism School\, she fell in love with writing\, leapfrogging from editor to freelance journalist before finally settling down as an author of historical fiction. Fiona’s books have been translated into more than a dozen languages. She’s a graduate of the College of William & Mary and is based in New York City. \n  \n\nKristin Harmel is a #1 international bestselling novelist whose books have been translated into numerous languages and are sold all over the world. A former reporter for PEOPLE magazine\, Kristin has also freelanced for many other publications\, including American Baby\, Men’s Health\, Glamour\, Woman’s Day\, Travel + Leisure\, and more. \nHer latest novel\, The Winemaker’s Wife\, a World War II tale of love\, family\, and betrayal set in the rolling vineyards of Champagne\, France\, is out now from Gallery Books/Simon & Schuster. \nHer previous novels\, The Room on Rue Amelie\, The Sweetness of Forgetting\, The Life Intended\, and When We Meet Again–all international bestsellers–are also available wherever books are sold. \n\n  \n  \nKristy Woodson Harvey is the international bestselling author of Dear Carolina\, Lies and Other Acts of Love\, Slightly South of Simple\, and The Secret to Southern Charm. She is the winner of multiple awards and was a finalist for the Southern Book Prize. In addition\, her work has been optioned for film. She blogs with her mom Beth Woodson on Design Chic about how creating a beautiful home can be the catalyst for creating a beautiful life. \nIn her new book\, The Southern Side of Paradise\, a secret threatens the tight-knit bond between a trio of sisters and their mother. Told with her signature charm\, wit\, and heart\, it is another masterful novel that proves Kristy is a “Southern writer with staying power” (Booklist).   \n  \n\nKristina McMorris is a New York Times and USA Today bestselling author\, whose novels have garnered more than two dozen prestigious awards and nominations\, including the IMPAC Dublin Literary Award\, RWA’s RITA® Award\, and a Goodreads Choice Award for Best Historical Fiction. \nAt age nine\, she began creatively expressing herself when she embarked on a five-year stint as the host of an Emmy® and Ollie award-winning kids’ television program.Later\, as the owner of a wedding/event planning company\, she served as the six-year host of the WB’s weekly program Weddings Portland Style. \nInspired by an actual newspaper photograph that stunned the nation\, her newest book\, Sold on a Monday is a powerful novel of love\, redemption\, and the unexpected paths that bring us home. \n\n  \n\nNew York Times bestselling author Mary Alice Monroe found her true calling in environmental fiction when she moved to coastal South Carolina. Already a successful author\, she was captivated by the beauty and fragility of her new home. Her experiences living in the midst of a habitat that was quickly changing gave her a strong and important focus for her novels. \nMary Alice Monroe writes richly textured books that delve into the complexities of interpersonal relationships and the parallels between the land and life. Monroe’s novel The Beach House was adapted into a Hallmark Channel Hall of Fame Movie\, starring three-time Golden Globe nominee Andie MacDowell. \nHer new book\, The Summer Guest\, is a heartwarming and evocative novel about the bonds and new beginnings that are born from natural disasters and how\, even during the worst of circumstances-or perhaps because of them-you discover what is most important in life. \n \nJan Moran is an Amazon All-Star Author and Rizzoli Bestselling author of 20th-century historical novels and heartfelt contemporary series. The Chocolatier\, The Winemakers\, and Scent of Triumph are stylish historical novels published in more than a dozen languages\, while her Summer Beach: Seabreeze Inn is a beloved beach read series. \nBooklist says she is a “compelling voice to follow\,” and Library Journal adds that “readers will devour” her novels. Jan earned her MBA from Harvard Business School. Before\ndevoting herself to writing\, she invented a technology for beauty retailers that Sephora acquired. She lives in SoCal and loves to travel. \nSchedule a book club visit with Jan today thru NovelNetwork. Book clubs join for free. \n  \n \nKaren White is the New York Times bestselling author of more than twenty novels\, including the Tradd Street series\, Dreams of Falling\, The Night the Lights Went Out\, Flight Patterns\, The Sound of Glass\, A Long Time Gone\, and The Time Between. \nShe is the coauthor of The Glass Ocean and The Forgotten Room with New York Times bestselling authors Beatriz Williams and Lauren Willig. She grew up in London but now lives with her husband near Atlanta\, Georgia. \n  \n\n  \n\n \nBeatriz Williams is the New York Times\, USA Today\, and internationally bestselling author of The Golden Hour\, The Summer Wives\, The Secret Life of Violet Grant\, A Hundred Summers\, and several other works of historical fiction\, as well as the screenwriter for the television adaptation of The Summer Wives\, currently in development with John Wells Productions. \nA graduate of Stanford University with an MBA in Finance from Columbia University\, Beatriz worked as a communications and corporate strategy consultant in New York and London before she turned her attention to writing novels that combine her passion for history with an obsessive devotion to voice and characterization. Beatriz’s books have won numerous awards\, have been translated into more than a dozen languages\, and appear regularly in bestseller lists around the world. \n  \n\n  \n  \n\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 both Kristy and Kristina are NovelNetwork authors\, available to meet with book clubs via video chat or in person if the authors’ schedules and geography align. \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 Kristy or Kristina or any of our authors\, join for free here. URL:https://adventuresbythebook.com/calendar-event/super-book-tale-gateadventure/ CATEGORIES:Event,Happy Hour Adventures,Orange County Adventures,San Diego Adventures,SoCal Adventures,SuperBook Weekend ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://adventuresbythebook.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/12-31-Super-Book-Talegate-Adventure-2020.jpg END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR