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Sacramento Women in World War II

Shelley Admin2023-09-14T20:57:08+00:00AUTHOR, Best mysteries, Book Event, Book signing, Fact and fiction, FREE, historian, historical fiction, Jane Benjamin, library, reader, Research, Sacramento Public Library|

Sacramento Library Archivist, James C. Scott, is a history gem. I'm thrilled to be in conversation with him about Poster [...]

We’re having a POSTER GIRL launch party!

Shelley Admin2023-09-14T20:47:38+00:00AUTHOR, book club, Book Event, Book signing, Capital Books, Copy Boy, Fact and fiction, historical fiction, History, Indie Bookstores, Launch, Poster Girl, women in history, world war ii|

I'm so excited to invite you to POSTER GIRL's book launch party, Tuesday, November 14, 5-7 pm at Rossi Sculptural [...]

Icons evolve. Poster girls evolve.

Shelley Admin2023-08-15T18:31:52+00:00Fact and fiction, historical fiction, History, Jane Benjamin, Poster Girl, propaganda, Rosie the riveter, women in history, world war ii|

It's three months out from pub day for Poster Girl, which deals with World War II era Rosie the Riveter and lesser [...]

Rabbit holes, research and Facebook

Shelley Admin2023-06-20T22:16:48+00:00Fact and fiction, historical fiction, History, ideas, journalism, Research|

I’ve been down some research rabbit holes lately. Usually, it starts with a pile of books, ranging from time and [...]

Herb Caen: The Sackamenna Kid

Shelley Admin2022-11-27T14:54:43+00:00#amwriting, Fact and fiction, Herb Caen, historical fiction, History, library|

I'm thrilled to join Archivist James Scott 12-1:30 December 3 for a discussion about the Sackamenna Kid: Herb Caen. We’ll [...]

Journalists as protagonists at BOUCHERCON

Shelley Admin2022-09-27T15:56:05+00:00Book Event, Book signing, Fact and fiction, historical fiction, journalism|

The Bouchercon Mystery Conference. I just returned from a week in Minneapolis with this observation: the crime-writing community is ridiculously [...]

Fiction, life, history, politics

Shelley Admin2022-09-27T15:30:17+00:00Book Event, Fact and fiction, feminist, historical fiction, History, ideas, politics|

I retired from teaching in 2021. One thing I really miss is talking about CONNECTIONS between fiction and life and [...]

Queen of Mean: Hedda Hopper

Shelley Admin2022-09-20T16:54:22+00:00#amwriting, Catriona McPherson, COLUMNIST, Copy Boy, Fact and fiction, Flyboy, Gossip, historical fiction, Interview, Mystery Review Crew, Research, Stories on Stage Sacramento|

Researching the third Jane Benjamin Novel (Flyboy, November 2023) had me reading quite a bit about 1940s gossip columnist Hedda Hopper. [...]

Who gets to tell the story

Shelley Admin2022-09-05T14:56:19+00:00#amwriting, Fact and fiction, History, Rosie the riveter|

I first learned about Betty Reid Soskin (above, in a photograph by Frederic Aranda for National Geographic Traveler) while visiting the [...]

Difficult? Horrible? Badass?

Shelley Admin2022-08-26T22:53:47+00:00#amwriting, audience, AUTHOR, Book Event, Catriona McPherson, Fact and fiction, feminist, Gossip, historical fiction, historical thriller, Interview, Tomboy|

Talking about Tomboy with very good friends. For the past three years I've co-directed Stories on Stage Sacramento with author Dorothy [...]