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Studio Lunch Adventure

April 24, 2020 @ 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm PDT

$15.00 – $58.00

Due to the Corona virus concerns, this event has been postponed and will be rescheduled at a later date. Should the event not be rescheduled, ticket holders will receive a refund at that time.

About the Event

Grace Kelly knew what people saw, the Cinderella story, an icon of glamour and elegance frozen in dazzling Technicolor, the picture of perfection, the girl in white gloves. But in reality, her story, as revealed in Kerri Maher’s new book, The Girl in White Gloves, was lonely and heartbreaking.  What better place to learn the true story of this beautiful yet tragic figure than in a 1940’s and 1950’s themed movie studio diner that will take you back to the early days of Princess Grace of Monaco.

Over a themed lunch at Studio Diner, part of an actual working movie studio, join Kerri with USA Today bestselling author Susan Meissner and NYT bestselling author Karen White, as they take you behind the glitz and glamour, where the truth lies.

Your Adventure includes a movie themed lunch (perhaps a New York strip steak with a “Maher” mushroom sauce, “Grace’s” grilled salmon, “Girl in White Gloves” grilled lemon-herbed chicken, or “Dial M” pasta with grilled veggies), soft beverage, tax, gratuity, author presentation in conversation format, book signing, and the opportunity to engage in meaningful and intimate conversation with two remarkable authors.

About the Authors

Kerri Maher is the Boston-based author of the The Kennedy Debutante, as well as her memoir, This Is Not a Writing Manual: Notes for the Young Writer in the Real World, under the name Kerri Majors. She is also the founder of an award-winning journal of YA literature, YARN.

Her new novel, The Girl In White Gloves: A Novel of Grace Kelly, tells the Cinderella story of Grace Kelly, an icon of glamour and elegance, the girl in white gloves. But behind the lens, beyond the panoramic views of glistening Mediterranean azure, she knows the truth. The sacrifices it takes for an unappreciated girl from Philadelphia to defy her family and become the reigning queen of the screen. The heartbreaking reasons she trades Hollywood for a crown. The loneliness of being a princess in a fairy tale kingdom that is all too real.

 

 

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.

A 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.

Schedule a book club visit with Susan today thru NovelNetwork. Book clubs join for free.

 

Karen 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 OutFlight Patterns, The Sound of Glass, A Long Time Gone, and The Time Between. She 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.

The New York Times bestselling authors of The Glass Ocean and The Forgotten Room return in All The Ways We Said Goodbye with a glorious historical adventure that moves from the dark days of two World Wars to the turbulent years of the 1960s, in which three women with bruised hearts find refuge at Paris’ legendary Ritz hotel.

Book club visits with Karen are coming soon via NovelNetwork. Book clubs join for free.

 

For Book Clubs

Are 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 Susan and Karen are NovelNetwork authors, available to meet with book clubs via video chat or in person if the authors’ schedules and geography align.

NovelNetwork 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!

To schedule a visit with Susan or any of our authors, join for free here.

About the Venue

Do the time warp and feast your eyes on the neon-lighted Studio Diner. It’s an authentic trip back to the ’40s, wrapped in chrome & Blue neon. Coincidentally, it’s set on the former lot of Stu Segall Productions, between 1991-2010 San Diego county’s largest working movie and TV studio, (Remember “Veronica Mars, Silk Stalkings, Pensacola: Wings of Gold, Renegade the 2010 crime series “Terriers” (filmed here in Ocean Beach that aired on F/X) and all six MyNetworkTV limited-run serials, including “Fashion House”, “Saints & Sinners” and “Watch Over me”

Feature films included “Flying By” with Billy Ray Cyrus, Heather Locklear and Patricia Neal, “Bring It On”, Burt Reynolds in “Raven”, Fast Money, Illegal in Blue, and Dead On. Television films include The Dark, Surrender Dorothy, See Arnold Run, Tiger Cruise, and I Married a Monster. Decorated with “behind-the-scenes” movie-making equipment and serving comfort food with an upscale vibe, Studio Diner is fun for the senses. They were featured on the Food Network’s “Diners, Drive Ins and Dives” in January 2008 and numerous local television news shows.

Details

Date:
April 24, 2020
Time:
12:00 pm - 2:00 pm PDT
Cost:
$15.00 – $58.00
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Venue

Studio Diner
4701 Ruffin Road
San Diego, CA 92123 United States
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