Fromson, Xach
Xach Fromson For the Love of Horror, Saturday, May 4, 5:00-6:00pm, Mountain View Mausoleum Xach Fromson (2013 – ) is a Los Angeles native who has been obsessed with horror and dark fiction from a very young age. After a brief and ill-advised attempt at being a theater major, he received his BA in Creative […]
Chou, Jackie
Jackie Chou Altadena Poetry Review, Sunday, May 5, 3:30-4:30pm, Mountain View Mausoleum Jackie Chou is a Pushcart and Best of the Net nominee whose poem Formosa was a finalist in the 2023 Stephen A DiBiase Poetry Prize. She has numerous poems published by Fevers of the Mind Poetry Digest inspired by the late great Sylvia Plath, Anne Sexton, Pablo […]
French, Wayne
Wayne French Beyond Borders: Readings and Conversations with African American, LGBTQ and other marginalized writers, Saturday, May 4, 3:30-4:30pm Wayne French is an award winning novelist, playwright and screenwriter. He is an alumnus of the American Film Institute’s (AFI) Conservatory and International Black Writers and Artists Los Angeles (IBWALA) president.
Hernandez, Gustavo
Gustavo Hernandez Cruising the Gayborhood, Saturday, May 4, 3:30-4:30pm, Mt. View Mausoleum Gustavo Hernandez is the author of the poetry collection Flower Grand First (Moon Tide Press). His work has been featured in the Los Angeles Times, The Harvard Review, The Slowdown Podcast, and The Academy of American Poets’ Poem-a-Day series. In January 2024, Hernandez […]
Bryan-Zwick, Kelsey
Kelsey Bryan-Zwick Cruising the Gayborhood, Saturday, May 4, 3:30-4:30pm, Mt. View Mausoleum Kelsey Bryan-Zwick (she/they) is a Pushcart Prize Winning author and the Assistant Director of The Poetry Lab. A multi-modal creative whose debut book of poems, Here Go the Knives (Moon Tide Press 2022) is part memoir, part magical realism, part illustration and focuses […]
Arriola-Headley, Jubi
Jubi Arriola-Headley Cruising the Gayborhood, Saturday, May 4, 3:30-4:30pm, Mt. View Mausoleum JUBI ARRIOLA-HEADLEY (he/him) is a Black queer poet, storyteller, first-generation United Statesian, and the author of two collections of poems: ORIGINAL KINK (Sibling Rivalry Press, 2020), recipient of the 2021 Housatonic Award, and BOUND (Persea Books, 2024). He’s currently at work on a […]
Cole Silverman, Nancy
Nancy Cole Silverman SoCal Crime Writers, Saturday, May 4, 3:30-4:30pm, Mountain View Mausoleum Nancy Cole Silverman spent nearly twenty-five years in news and talk radio, beginning her career in college on the talent side as one of the first female voices on the air. Later, on the business side in Los Angeles, she retired as […]
Byron, Ellen
Ellen Byron SoCal Crime Writers, Saturday, May 4, 3:30-4:30pm, Mountain View Mausoleum Ellen Byron is a bestselling author, Anthony nominee, and recipient of multiple Agatha and Lefty awards for her Cajun Country Mysteries, Vintage Cookbook Mysteries, and Catering Hall Mysteries (as Maria DiRico). Her new series, the Golden Motel Mysteries, debuts in July. She is […]
McCown, Marjorie
Marjorie McCown SoCal Crime Writers, Saturday, May 4, 3:30-4:30pm, Mountain View Mausoleum Marjorie McCown spent 27 years working on the costumes for movies such as Forrest Gump, Apollo 13, and The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. Her cozy murder mystery, FINAL CUT, published in June 2023, is set behind the scenes of a big budget […]
Margarita, Maddie
Maddie Margarita SoCal Crime Writers, Saturday, May 4, 3:30-4:30pm, Mountain View Mausoleum Maddie Margarita writes mystery/romantic suspense. She is the host of Lit Up! OC –a popular monthly writer’s salon in Southern California, and the Southern California Writers Association HUMP DAY BOOK TOUR broadcast live on Facebook every Wednesday morning, available on YouTube @SCWAwritersonline. When […]
Carroll, Mary Lea
Mary Lea Carroll Across the Street, Around the Corner: A Road Home, Saturday, May 4th, 3:30 – 4:30pm, Mountain View Mausoleum Mary Lea Carroll is an award winning author of two previous books: Saint Everywhere-Travels in Search of the Lady Saints (a People Magazine Pick) and Somehow Saints-More Travels in Search of the Saintly. Before […]
Richards, Jamie
Jamie Richards The Art of Translating: A Beginner’s Workshop, Saturday, May 4th, 2:00 – 3:00pm, Mountain View Mausoleum Jamie Richards is a widely published translator from the Italian. Her most recent book translation is Marosia Castaldi’s The Hunger of Women. A 2021 NEA fellow, she holds an MFA from the University of Iowa, where she […]
