The Literary Guild of Orange County
Presents
Our Spring Literary Salon
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Join us for a lively discussion ​with three celebrated authors, each one back with a wonderful new novel.
Thursday,
May 23, 2024
6:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
Mission Viejo Country Club,
Mission Viejo, CA
Our Spring Featured Authors
LIAN DOLAN
IVY POCHODA
KAIRA ROUDA
Lian Dolan is a writer and podcaster. She is the author of five bestselling novels, including her latest, The Marriage Sabbatical, a USA Today bestseller and a People Magazine Best Book. She has written regular columns for Pasadena Magazine, O Magazine, and Working Mother Magazine. She is the creator, producer, and host of Satellite Sisters, the award-winning podcast she created with her four real sisters. In 2017, Lian was given the Podcast Pioneer Award by Women in Podcasting. Lian graduated from Pomona College and currenly lives in Pasadena, California, with her husband, Berick Treidler. She has two adult sons and a senior German shepherd.
Ivy Pochoda is the author of the critically acclaimed novels Wonder Valley, Visitation Street, and most recently These Women, which was a New York Times best thriller of 2020. These Women was also a finalist for The Los Angeles Times Book Prize, The Edgar Award, the California Book Award, The Macavity Award, and the International Thriller Writers Award. Wonder Valley won the 2018 Strand Critics Award for Best Novel and was a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize. Visitation Street won the Prix Page America in France. Her latest is Sing Her Down, released in May 2023. Ivy teaches creative writing at the Studio 526 Skid Row.
Kaira Rouda is a USA Today, Amazon Charts, and internationally bestselling, multiple award–winning author of contemporary fiction that explores what goes on beneath the surface of seemingly perfect lives. Her domestic suspense novels include Best Day Ever, The Favorite Daughter, All the Difference, The Next Wife, Somebody’s Home, The Widow, and the first in her Kingsleys series, Beneath the Surface. The second, Under the Palms, launches May 21, 2024. Kaira has received numerous awards for her community service, including the national Kiwanis Service to Mankind Award, and Kickass Woman of Orange County by Orange Coast Magazine.
The Details
WHEN
Thursday,
May 23, 2024
6:00 to 8:30 p.m.
DINNER
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Your choice of:
VEGETARIAN
Mediterranean Anti-Pasta Plate of Grilled Vegetables, Feta, Artichoke, Cured Olives, Hummus, and Warm Pita
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POULTRY
Herb-Marinated Breast of Chicken, Artichoke Gnocchi, and Tomato-Caper Relish
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SEAFOOD
Roasted Salmon Filet, Crushed Yukon Potato-Caper Salad
WHERE
Mission Viejo Country Club
26200 Country Club Dr.
Mission Viejo, CA 92691
BOOKSTORE
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Call or email to order your books from Mystery Ink
Phone: (714) 960-4000
Email: mysteryink@hotmail.com​
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SCHOLARSHIP
As part of fulfilling our mission to connect various generations of readers and new writers, we are proudly presenting a $1,000 scholarship to a student who has been selected by a committee of the LGOC and by her professors, from one of Orange County’s local community college writing programs.
For information on applying for our scholarship, please click on the link below.
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Registration
If you prefer to send a check by mail or to pay via Venmo, please click on the PDF icon below to download our registration form, then print, fill it out, and mail it to the indicated address.
Getting There
Contact
For more information about LGOC, please contact:
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LINDA MILLER
phone: 714.319.3223