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Speakers Series – Event
Pen on Fire Speakers Series
Sept 18
Lido Village Books
Newport Beach
An Evening with Authors Victoria Patterson & Mark Sarvas

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Writers on Writing
Wednesdays at 9am PT on KUCI 88.9 FM and streaming worldwide More »
Upcoming Guests
- July 11: Marrie talks with short story writer Gabriel Houck, You Or a Loved One and Caeli Wolfson Widger, Mother of Invention
- July 18: Barbara talks with journalist Patt Morrison, Don’t Stop the Presses! Truth, Justice, and the American Newspaper, and memoirist Amy Wallen, When We Were Ghouls
- July 25: Barbara talks with memoirists Melissa Stephenson, Driven, and Elizabeth Rosner, Survivor Cafe
Barbara's Writing Classes
Private Workshops • Group Instruction • Online Classes
USA Noir
Barbara's story, "Crazy for You," that was published in 2010 in Orange County Noir is included in USA Noir: Best of Akashic's Noir Series, released November, 2013. The new anthology includes short stories by some of the greats in the suspense field: T. Jefferson Parker, Michael Connelly, Lee Child, Joyce Carol Oates, and more. Details and purchase information ».
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