About Sue Hinkin: Raised in Chicago, Sue Hinkin is a former college administrator, TV news photographer (one of the very first women in this job) and NBC-TV art department staffer. With a B.A. from St. Olaf College, she completed graduate work at the University of Michigan and was a Cinematography Fellow at the American Film Institute in Los Angeles where she lived for many years. She is a puppy foster volunteer—latest failed foster is a white bichon/poodle mix named Harley. She lives in … [Read more...] about Interview with Author – Sue Hinkin
Confessions of a Carnivore by Diane Lefer
After Rae's ear is shot off by a jittery security guard at the health food store, the insurance settlement allows her to take a year off from teaching. She spends it volunteering at the Los Angeles Zoo. Except for her best friend Jennie, Rae has little use for human beings. She loves cats–lots of cats. The refugee she cares for, airlifted from Afghanistan to safety, is not a person but a mountain goat. As the US goes to war and baboons fall deeply, tragically, in love, … [Read more...] about Confessions of a Carnivore by Diane Lefer
Shade City: The Dead Side Blues by Domino Finn
For Dante Butcher, Los Angeles ghost hunting isn't a business, it's a pastime. Going to clubs, knocking back a few drinks, even taking the occasional punch are all in a night's work. But cool confidence doesn't prepare Dante for what begins in a piss-soaked bathroom. The Dead Side opens up a whole new world to him, and for the first time, it's the ghosts that are hunting Dante. Targeted Age Group:: 18+ What Inspired You to Write Your Book? The old architecture of Los Angeles and how the … [Read more...] about Shade City: The Dead Side Blues by Domino Finn
The Heart Teaches Best by M.J. Schiller
He’s the cop. Cooper Sullivan is the cop in charge of investigating a murder outside of a Los Angeles night club. The famous romance author, Sydney Essex, has been found strangled in the parking lot. When the young officer returns to the scene of the crime the night after the murder, he gets involved in a fight in order to protect a woman, who he realizes afterward, is the victim’s sister. Soon he finds himself torn by his attraction to the irresistible blond teacher, and his need to maintain a … [Read more...] about The Heart Teaches Best by M.J. Schiller
Abandon All Hope by M.J. Schiller @mjschiller
It was one of those mornings for newspaper-writer/photographer Hope Creswell. The alarm clock didn’t go off and she cut her finger on broken glass. Not one to let such things get her down, Hope headed into her assignment meeting with excitement, only to leave it stunned. Her new assignment is to trail the sensational rock-star, Chase Hatton, for an article. Chase Hatton! No one knows the power that name holds for her. No one knows of the childhood friendship that blossomed into romance, only … [Read more...] about Abandon All Hope by M.J. Schiller @mjschiller
City of Angeles by Marlayna Glynn Brown
Following the wildly popular award-winning Overlay: A Tale Of One Girl's Life In 1970s Las Vegas, the author continues her remarkable journey in City of Angeles, revealing the underside of a life lived in 1980s Los Angeles. This searing, often bizarre tale of Marlayna's teens and twenties reveals the author's flight from Las Vegas to the formidable world of self re-invention among the angels and demons populating 1980s Los Angeles. The author unflinchingly begets a self from the unlikeliest … [Read more...] about City of Angeles by Marlayna Glynn Brown
Nowhere to Run by Nina D’Angelo @janinedangelo
A dominatrix is murdered; her body displayed in a show of dominance. An actress is found dead beneath the Hollywood sign. Stephanie Carovella left her career, her friends and her home town of Los Angeles, but she couldn't outrun the demons on her past. When she is lured back by the death of her best friend she enters a world where no one's safe. As her deepest and darkest secrets are revealed, Stephanie must find out who she can trust. Will it be Jesse Carlisle? Her ex-lover and the man … [Read more...] about Nowhere to Run by Nina D’Angelo @janinedangelo
Meanwhile, Back at Cafe Du Monde…Life Stories About Food by Peggy Sweeney-McDonald
