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Inspired by Herb Caen

Shelley Admin2022-12-01T18:25:50+00:00AUTHOR, COLUMNIST, Copy Boy, Fact and fiction, Gossip, Herb Caen, historical fiction, origin story, Research, San Francisco, Tomboy|

I love this Jerald Silva painting of Sacramento literary luminaries featuring authors Cornel West, Joan Didion, Ann Bannon, Ernesto Galarza, [...]

Book release party at Bogle Winery

Shelley Admin2022-06-03T22:06:01+00:00AUTHOR, Book Event, Book signing, Copy Boy, Dust Bowl, Fact and fiction, FAMILY, historical fiction, Launch, Publishing, Tomboy|

Tuesday, June 28, 2022, 6:30-8:30 Pacific. You're invited to help me celebrate TOMBOY’s publication day at Bogle Winery with wine and heavy [...]

Start Jane Benjamin’s adventure with Copy Boy–free upload

Shelley Admin2022-03-02T19:27:48+00:00AUTHOR, Copy Boy, Dust Bowl, Fact and fiction, FAMILY, feminist, feminist noir, FREE, Giveaway, historical fiction, historical thriller, Noir, Publishing|

I loved Mona's cranky, disgruntled humor in Elizabeth Gonzalez James's debut novel, MONA AT SEA. That's why I was so [...]

Mustn’t let adults know

Shelley Admin2022-01-27T21:51:00+00:00AUTHOR, banned books, Fact and fiction, FAMILY, History, Justice|

I used to run The Banned Book Club for teenagers. We only read books that had been banned by libraries [...]

Cantankerous and fussy

Shelley Admin2022-01-18T18:25:24+00:00AUTHOR, Copy Boy, Fact and fiction, feminist, Grit, historical fiction, historical thriller, History|

I wrote Copy Boy, my first of the Jane Benjamin novels, in ten years, dipping in and out of the [...]

Interviews are dangerous

Shelley Admin2022-01-18T18:27:28+00:00audience, AUTHOR, Copy Boy, Craft, Dust Bowl, Fact and fiction, FAMILY, historical thriller, Interview|

It's like I'm a sophomore. It's fascinating to me how a person can turn sixty and still feel, well, sophomoric. To [...]

The passing of Joan Didion

Shelley Admin2022-01-18T18:29:12+00:00AUTHOR, COLUMNIST, Craft, Fact and fiction, FAMILY, History, Joan Didion|

Sacramento-born author, Joan Didion, who passed away over the holidays, had an outsized effect on me, especially this idea from [...]

Never off the rack

Shelley Admin2022-01-18T18:30:35+00:00AUTHOR, Barbara Stanwyck, Fact and fiction, Fashion, feminist noir, History, Noir, Renee Patrick Books|

I just subscribed to the Renee Patrick Books newsletter, drawn in by their Golden Age of Hollywood series, featuring legendary [...]

Caitlin Rother and Origin Stories

Shelley Admin2022-01-18T18:33:24+00:00AUTHOR, Craft, Fact and fiction, FAMILY, History, Interview, origin story, Research|

On LitHub's Authors in the Tent, Ona Russell recently interviewed true crime writer, Caitlin Rother. Rother's written 14 books. As a [...]

Shopping for 1939 fashion

Shelley Admin2021-11-01T22:33:16+00:00Fact and fiction, Fashion, historical fiction, historical thriller, History, Research, RMS Queen Mary, Uncategorized|

Writing historical fiction means a lot of learning. Some of it gives me a headache. But other research topics are [...]

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