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May Speaker
Geri Spieler
Wednesday May 20, 2026 @ 10:00 am – 12:00 noon
Our speaker will be Geri Spieler on“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 series based on the book. Geri has written for the Los Angeles Times, San Francisco Chronicle, and Forbes; and has been interviewed by the New York Times, Washington Post, the Associated Press, the BBC, and by Brian Lamb, founder of C-SPAN. For more info, visit https://gerispieler.com/.
Speaker meetings are held in the Rose Room at Auburn City Hall.
Public Invited — Free
June Speaker
James L’Etoile
Wednesday June 17, 2026 @ 10:00 am – 12:00 noon
Our speaker will be James L’Etoile on “The Author’s Toolkit: Building a Successful Book”
James L’Etoile uses his twenty-nine years behind bars as an influence in his award-winning novels, short stories, and screenplays. He is a former associate warden in a maximum-security prison, a hostage negotiator, and director of California’s state parole system. His most recent novels are Illusion of Truth in the Detective Emily Hunter Mystery series, and Sins of the Father in the Nathan Parker Detective series. James serves as the Executive Vice President of Mystery Writers of America. For more info, visit https://jamesletoile.com/.
Public Invited — Free