Los Angeles Times Festival of Books

April 6, 2014 by marianne h donley in category Events, Pets, Romance & Lots of Suspense by Linda O. Johnston tagged as A Superstition Mystery, Harlequin Nocturne. Linda O. Johnston, Midnight Ink, Pet Rescue Mysteries with 0 and 0

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by Linda O. Johnston

I’m sorry to say I won’t be at the OCC meeting this month. But I’m happy to say that the reason is an event I really enjoy: the L.A. Times Festival of Books.

The LATFOB is a two-day event. This year, those two days are Saturday, April 12, and Sunday, April 13. I’ll be there both days, which means no OCC meeting, and, as it turns out, no Los Angeles Romance Authors meeting either, since it was changed to the second Sunday of the month rather than its usual third Sunday, which this month happens to be Easter.

I often try to schedule everything I want to do at the LATFOB on the same day, but that didn’t work out this year. I’ll be signing at two mystery booths and helping to staff the Mystery Writers of America booth, and the schedule worked best for me to do some on Saturday and some on Sunday.

Fortunately, I live not far from a Metro stop, so I can take the subway and train to the USC campus, where the festival is now held. It was at the UCLA campus for many years but that changed a few years ago.

I keep hoping for more of a romance presence there, too, but sponsoring booths is expensive. Harlequin had a presence last year but I don’t see them on the list of exhibitors this year. I know there was some talk of a bunch of us contributing to sponsor a booth, but I don’t think that materialized, at least not this year.

Even if you’ll be at OCC this month, come to the USC campus on Sunday and say hi and check out the many wonderful booths. There are also speakers, although you generally have to sign up in advance for those programs. But why not plan ahead? And, yes, there is a romance panel on Saturday that includes some OCC members!

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Linda O. Johnston

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Linda O. Johnston, a former lawyer who is now a full-time writer, has published 52 books so far, including mysteries and romantic novels. More than twenty-five of them are romances for Harlequin, including Harlequin Romantic Suspense and Harlequin Nocturne. Her latest release is Colton 911: Caught in the Crossfire, for Harlequin Romantic Suspense. She has also written several mystery series including the Barkery & Biscuits Mysteries and Superstition Mysteries for Midnight Ink, and the Kendra Ballantyne, Pet-Sitter Mysteries and Pet Rescue Mysteries for Berkley Prime Crime. Nearly all Linda’s current stories involve dogs! Linda enjoys hearing from readers.

http://www.LindaOJohnston.com

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