Award-winning author returns to Mission Viejo Mother’s Day
Make it a Mother’s Day to remember with award-winning author Eoin Colfer who’s appearing in the City’s popular Writers Present program on Sunday, May 12. Best known to young readers for his action-packed fantasy series, “Artemis Fowl,” this charismatic writer wowed the crowd during his last visit in 2011. On Sunday, Colfer will discuss the [...]
Award-winning children’s book author Rosemary Wells visits Mission Viejo Sept. 14
Award-winning children’s book author and illustrator Rosemary Wells — perhaps best known for her sibling bunny characters “Max and Ruby” of books and television’s Nickelodeon — will visit Mission Viejo on Wednesday, Sept. 14 to discuss and sign her new book “Hands Off, Harry!” The book is the first in Wells’ 10-part “Kindergators” picture book [...]
Popular children’s book author Judy Schachner to appear in Mission Viejo Sept. 11
Judy Schachner, author of the New York Times bestselling “Skippyjon Jones” series, will appear in Mission Viejo’s Writers Present program on Sept. 11. Schachner will discuss her new book, “Skippyjon Jones Class Action.” Skippyjon Jones is a Siamese cat who wants to be a Chihuahua. The book tells the hilarious tale of the cat’s fun-filled [...]
More than 400 people flock to Mission Viejo Friday to see award-winning humor authors
Humor-writing duo Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson said they get the most enjoyment out of seeing the excitement that their books bring to young people. That enjoyment was obvious and painted on the faces of the more than 400 people who came to see them on Friday. The award-winning authors took part in the Writer’s [...]
America’s funniest authors to appear in Mission Viejo Aug. 19
Reservations are available for a special Aug. 19 program featuring award-winning, funny authors Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson. The popular authors will appear in Mission Viejo’s Writers’ Present program at 7 p.m. at the Norman P. Murray Community and Senior Center, 24932 Veterans Way. Hailed as two of the nation’s funniest authors, Barry and Pearson [...]
America’s funniest authors to appear in Mission Viejo Aug. 19
Reservations are available for a special Aug. 19 program featuring award-winning, funny authors Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson. The popular authors will appear in Mission Viejo’s Writers’ Present program at 7 p.m. at the Norman P. Murray Community and Senior Center, 24932 Veterans Way. Hailed as two of the nation’s funniest authors, Barry and Pearson [...]
Author appearing in Mission Viejo June 9 receives raving book review
Author Josephine Angelini received a raving LA Times review of her debut novel “Starcrossed,” which she will share with the Mission Viejo community on June 9. The spellbinding contemporary fantasy novel for teens that entwines Greek mythology with forbidden romance was compared to the popular “Twilight” and “Percy Jackson” by book reviewer Sonja Bolle. “The [...]
World-renown psychiatrist, bestselling authors visit Mission Viejo May 24
Dr. Gary Small and his wife, Gigi Vorgan, New York Times bestselling co-authors of the Memory Bible, will discuss their latest novel,” The Naked Lady Who Stood on Her Head: A Psychiatrist’s Stories of His Most Bizarre Cases” in Mission Viejo on Tuesday, May 24. Small and Vorgan are infectious and captivating storytellers and the [...]
Author of contemporary fantasy novel for teens to visit Mission Viejo June 9
Author Josephine Angelini will appear in Mission Viejo’s popular Writers Present program on Thursday, June 9 to discuss “Starcrossed,” a spellbinding contemporary fantasy novel for teens. The 7 p.m. presentation takes place in the Heritage Room of the Mission Viejo Library at 100 Civic Center. Angelini’s journey to becoming a published author is an inspirational [...]
One of the world’s top innovators in science and technology to appear in Mission Viejo May 24
Dr. Gary Small and his wife, Gigi Vorgan, New York Times bestselling co-authors of the Memory Bible will discuss their latest novel, “The Naked Lady Who Stood on Her Head: A Psychiatrist’s Stories of His Most Bizarre Cases” in Mission Viejo on Tuesday, May 24. Reservations are available for the Writer’s Present program that starts [...]
