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The Literary Guild of Orange County
Presents

Our Spring Literary Salon

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
Featured Authors

Our Spring Featured Authors

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LIAN DOLAN
IVY POCHODA
KAIRA ROUDA
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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.

 

www.liandolan.com

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.

 

www.ivypochoda.com

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 EverThe Favorite DaughterAll the DifferenceThe Next WifeSomebody’s HomeThe 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.

 

www.kairarouda.com

The Details

WHEN

 

Thursday,

May 23, 2024

6:00 to 8:30 p.m.

 

DINNER

Your choice of:

 

VEGETARIAN

Mediterranean Anti-Pasta Plate of Grilled Vegetables, Feta, Artichoke, Cured Olives, Hummus, and Warm Pita

POULTRY

Herb-Marinated Breast of Chicken, Artichoke Gnocchi, and Tomato-Caper Relish

SEAFOOD

Roasted Salmon Filet, Crushed Yukon Potato-Caper Salad

WHERE

 

Mission Viejo Country Club

26200 Country Club Dr.

Mission Viejo, CA 92691

 

BOOKSTORE

Please support our local independent bookstore!

 

Call or email to order your books from Mystery Ink

 Phone:  (714) 960-4000

www.mysteryink.com

 Email: mysteryink@hotmail.com

Details
Registration
Directions

Registration

ONLINE

Please click the button below to register online.

To ensure an intimate event, seating is limited.

BY MAIL / VENMO

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

Contact

For more information about LGOC, please contact:

LINDA MILLER

email: L4882@aol.com

phone: 714.319.3223

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