Join us, on facebook live, December 2nd (Thursday), from 5 to 6 pm PST for a free virtual book club with Mona Awad A Facebook Live Event. Click here Miranda Fitch's life is a waking nightmare. The accident that ended her burgeoning acting career left her with excruciating, chronic back pain, a failed marriage, and […]
RSVP HERE With hosts: Jeniffer Thompson and Anastasia Hipkins Joe's course is not your ordinary talk about tips, tricks, and secrets. Designed for aspiring writers who are serious about becoming a novelist, the class chronicles what Joe has learned on his rise from failed career after failed career to successful, critically acclaimed author. Joe Ide […]
Join masters of their crafts, Laurie R. King and Meg Gardiner in conversation on How To Write a Thriller This is a do-not-miss discussion with the last 15 minutes for Q and A. RSVP HERE About Laurie R. King: Laurie R. King's crime novels are both serial and stand-alone. First in the hearts of most readers comes Mary […]
Join us, on facebook live, October 5th (Tuesday), from 5 to 6 pm PST for a free virtual book club with Matt Witten A Facebook Live Event. Click here to join. Please RSVP to the event here. The clock ticks down in a heart-pounding crusade for justice. Susan Lentigo's daughter was murdered twenty years ago—and […]
The theme for this year’s anthology is “I Didn’t See That One Coming” Please join us on September 11th at 2:30 pm (PST) for a virtual book launch. We will have author readings, swag giveaways, and a lively Q and A session with the authors and editors.
Join SDWF host Anastasia Hipkins and listen in on a conversation between Lee Child, Laurie R. King, Neil Nyren, and Frankie Y. Bailey about How to Write a Mystery, based on the new handbook of the same name from Mystery Writers of America. Edited by multi-award-winning NYT bestselling authors Lee Child and Laurie R. King, […]
Producer and screenwriter, Carlos de los Rios hosts an honest conversation about the state of movies and television with a panel of professional producers and writers, including Los Angeles movie and television producer, Lee Caplin (producer of Columbia Pictures’ Ali, starring Will Smith and HBO’s True Detective), screenwriter Tony Griffin (Drop Zone with Wesley Snipes), […]
Join festival co-founder and host of The Premise podcast, Jeniffer Thompson, as she moderates this lively discussion about secrets and questions, pacing and plot twists, riveting yet relatable characters, and chapter-ending hooks that force your hand to turn “just one more page” until you find yourself at the end of the book. Featuring: Bill Clegg, […]
Award-winning NYT bestselling author, 2021 Guggenheim Fellow, and Festival Keynote Tayari Jones discusses her unique approach to the craft of writing with festival co-founder Marni Freedman, followed by the presentation of the 2021 SDWF Writer of the Year Award. A NEW YORK TIMES AND WASHINGTON POST NOTABLE BOOK A 2018 BEST OF THE YEAR SELECTION […]
Following their much-loved appearance during the 2020 Summer Festival Days, acclaimed journalist Dean Nelson and bestselling author Rabbi Steve Leder join us again in 2021 for a conversation about life, death, grief, and The Beauty of What Remains, an inspiring book about loss based on Rabbi Leder’s most popular sermon. As the senior rabbi of […]
Listen in as Brooke Warner, author, Publishers Weekly columnist, and co-host of the popular podcast, Write-minded, interviews Kaitlyn Greenidge, 2021 Guggenheim Fellow and award-winning author of We Love You, Charlie Freeman, about her newest book, Libertie. Libertie has been named One of the Most-Anticipated Books of 2021 by: O, The Oprah Magazine, The New York […]
Join us for the opening of festival day two with spoken word artist Gill Sotu and local San Diego poets sharing their work on the theme, Poetry as Protest. Hosts Marni Freedman and Jeniffer Thompson will present a 2021 SDWF award to Chris Baron, author of All of Me and The Magical Imperfect, and Matt […]