Speaker

Our speaker will be Jojo Cook on “Social Action Writing: What Makes The Pen Mighty?” Jojo Cook is a native of Auburn and a graduate of CSU Monterey Bay’s Social Action […]

Our speaker will be Karen A. Phillips on “Using Tropes to Strengthen Your Story”. Karen A. Phillips is a past president of Capitol Crimes, the Sacramento chapter of Sisters In Crime. Her books in the Rocky Nelson Boxing Mystery series, which features an amateur sleuth who boxes, are: A Deadly Combo (Book 1), A Deadly Match (Book 2), […]

May Speaker Geri Spieler Wednesday May 20, 2026 @ 10:00-12:00 “Bringing Journalistic Rigor to Fictional Storytelling” Former Investigative Journalist Geri Spieler landed an agent and a publisher for her breakthrough book, Housewife Assassin: The Woman Who Tried to Kill President Ford (Diversion Books), based on her extensive and vetted research. Subsequently, she landed an option for a ten-episode TV […]