Author Reception at San Diego Public Library — Good Fun!

Larry Edwards at San Diego Public Library’s 48th Annual Local Author Exhibit.

Good fun at the reception for San Diego Public Library’s 48th Annual Local Author Exhibit last night at the brand-spanking-new Central Library on Park Avenue. Truly a remarkable monument to learning and literature, and a delightful place to hang out. (It even has a whistling dome.) Many thanks to Library Director Deborah Barrow for hosting the event.

The local author exhibit runs through the month of February.

L-R: Milt Burgess, Barbara McNally, Larry Edwards

Nice to see many familiar faces as well as make new acquaintances. I especially enjoyed seeing three of “my” authors there—those for whom I have edited books:

Milt Burgess, Water Shock
Barbara McNally, Unbridled: A Memoir
Christopher Vera, The Left Hand of Light

Larry Edwards with Christoper Vera.

Barbara McNally will be signing books at Warwick’s in La Jolla (San Diego) on Sunday, Feb. 2 (that would be tomorrow) at noon.

Christopher Vera formally launches his book on Sunday, Feb. 16, at Expressive Arts in San Diego.

I found my book, Dare I Call It Murder?: A Memoir of Violent Loss, sitting next to a humor book about nursing. Not sure if there’s any significance in that or not, other than I have a cousin who’s a nurse, and I know several nurses—and they all like to laugh.

Dare I Call It Murder?: A Memoir of Violent Loss — San Diego Public Library’s 48th Annual Local Author Exhibit

Other faces, new and old (in the figurative sense) included:

Pamelia Barratt, Gray Dominion
Zohreh Ghahremani, The Moon Daughter
Margaret Harmon, The Genie Who Had Wishes of His Own — 21st-Century Fables
Ruth Leyse-Wallace, Nutrition and Mental Health
Emily Lynch Morissette, Personal Injury & the Law of Torts for Paralegals, Third Edition
Ellen K. Quick, Core Competencies in the Solution-Focused and Strategic Therapies
Marina Peralta, Barriers to Love: Embracing my Bisexual Identity

AWOL from the event:

Terry Ambrose, License to Lie
Martin Roy Hill, Empty Places
Thomas K. Matthews, Rejection

About Polishing Your Prose

Larry M Edwards is an award-winning investigative journalist, author, editor and publishing consultant. He is the author of three books, and has edited dozens of nonfiction and fiction book manuscripts. Under Wigeon Publishing, he has produced six books. As author, "Dare I Call It Murder? A Memoir of Violent Loss" won First Place in the San Diego Book Awards in 2012 (unpublished memoir) and 2014, Best Published Memoir. The book has also been nominated for a number of awards, including: Pulitzer Prize, Benjamin Franklin Award, Washington State Book Award, and One Book, One San Diego. As Editor, "Murder Survivor’s Handbook: Real-Life Stories, Tips & Resources" won the Gold Award in the 2015 Benjamin Franklin Book Awards, Self-Help. For a sample edit and cost estimate, contact Larry: larry [at] larryedwards [dot] com -- www.larryedwards.com -- www.dareicallitmurder.com -- www.larryedwards.com/wigeonpublishing/

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1 Response to Author Reception at San Diego Public Library — Good Fun!

Marina Peralta says:

February 1, 2014 at 4:43 pm

Larry It was very nice seeing you yesterday. Thank you for mentioning my book.
Marina