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A Slice of Literary Orange is a series featuring keynote speakers throughout the year at various venues across the county, with no cost for attendees. These events take place at library locations or with the support of community partners.

We continue to celebrate literacy and promote books and reading!  

Click here to view previous year's authors. 

Upcoming events

Brad Meltzer LP

Author
Brad Meltzer

Thursday, December 5, 2024 at 6:30pm

Brad Meltzer is the Emmy-nominated, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Lightning Rod, The Escape Artist, and eleven other bestselling thrillers. He also writes non-fiction books like The Nazi Conspiracy and the Ordinary People Change the World kids book series, which he does with Chris Eliopoulos and inspired the PBS KIDS TV show, Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum.

Books available for purchase, courtesy of Mysterious Galaxy. No registration required, all ages welcome. Early arrival suggested.

Norma Hertzog Community Center
1845 Park Ave, 
Costa Mesa, CA 92629

For more information, call (714) 566-3034 or email ocpl.programs@occr.ocgov.com

This project is funded in part through a grant from the California Department of Aging and administered locally by the Orange County Office on Aging.

Past events

SLO Author Stephanie Wrobel - Author - LP

Author
Stephanie Wrobel

Wednesday, October 16, 2024 at 6:30pm

Stephanie Wrobel is the author of This Might Hurt and Darling Rose Gold, an international bestseller that has sold in twenty-one countries and was a finalist for the Edgar Award for Best First Novel. Her third book, The Hitchcock Hotel, will be published in Fall 2024.

Complimentary books available, while supplies last. No registration required. Early arrival suggested.

Foothill Ranch Library
27002 Cabriole Way
Foothill Ranch, CA 92610

For more information, call (714) 566-3034 or email ocpl.programs@occr.ocgov.com

Neal Shusterman

Author
Neal Shusterman

Monday, August 26, 2024 at 6:30pm

Neal Shusterman is the New York Times bestselling author of more than thirty award-winning books for children, teens, and adults, including the Unwind dystology, the Skinjacker trilogy, Downsiders, and Challenger Deep, which won the National Book Award. Scythe, the first book in his series Arc of a Scythe is a Michael L. Printz Honor Book. He also writes screenplays for motion pictures and television shows.

Books available for purchase, courtesy of Mysterious Galaxy. No registration required, all ages welcome. Early arrival suggested. 

Norma Hertzog Community Center
1845 Park Ave
Costa Mesa, CA 92629

For more information, call (714) 566-3034 or email ocpl.programs@occr.ocgov.com

This project is funded in part through a grant from the California Department of Aging and administered locally by the orange county Office on Aging.

SLO author Sandra Brown

Author
Sandra Brown

Wednesday, August 14, 2024 at 6:30pm

Sandra Brown is the author of seventy-three New York Times bestsellers, including Blind Tiger, Thick As Thieves, Seeing Red, Sting and Mean Streak. Writing professionally since 1981, Brown has published over seventy-five novels and has upwards of eighty million copies of her books in print worldwide. Her work has been translated into thirty-four languages.

Books available for purchase, courtesy of Mysterious Galaxy. No registration required, all ages welcome. Early arrival suggested. 

Laguna Hills Community Center
25555 Alicia Pkwy
Laguna Hills, CA 92653

For more information, call (714) 566-3034 or email ocpl.programs@occr.ocgov.com

This project is funded in part through a grant from the California Department of Aging and administered locally by the orange county Office on Aging.

James McBride

Author
James McBride

Tuesday, August 13, 2024 at 6:30pm

James McBride, renowned for his landmark memoir, The Color of Water, and his National Book Award-winning The Good Lord Bird, has captivated readers worldwide. With millions of copies sold of his New York Times bestsellers, McBride’s work has left an indelible mark on literature. McBride’s The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store is a runaway New York Times bestseller and named Best Book of the Year by numerous outlets. McBride brings his masterful storytelling skills and his deep faith in humanity to write a novel as compassionate as Deacon King Kong and as inventive as The Good Lord Bird.  A former reporter for The Washington Post and People magazine, he holds a Masters degree in journalism from Columbia University.

Books available for purchase, courtesy of Mysterious Galaxy. No registration required, all ages welcome. Early arrival suggested. 

Crown Valley Community Center
29751 Crown Valley Pkwy
Laguna Niguel, CA 92677

For more information, call (714) 566-3034 or email ocpl.programs@occr.ocgov.com

This project is funded in part through a grant from the California Department of Aging and administered locally by the orange county Office on Aging.

Jessica Knoll LP

Author
Jessica Knoll

Thursday, August 8, 2024 at 6:30pm

JESSICA KNOLL is the New York Times best-selling writer of Luckiest Girl Alive and The Favorite Sister. She adapted and executive produced Luckiest Girl Alive for the screen, starring Mila Kunis, released on Netflix in 2022. Her books have been published in over forty languages. Bright Young Women, her third novel, publishes on September 19th.

Complimentary books available, while supplies last. No registration required. Early arrival suggested.

Clifton C. Miller Community Center 
300 Centennial Way
Tustin, CA 92780

For more information, call (714) 566-3034 or email ocpl.programs@occr.ocgov.com

SLO author Abby Jimenez

Author
Abby Jimenez

Wednesday, August 7, 2024 at 6:30pm

Abby Jimenez is the author of six popular romance novels, several of which have landed her on the New York Times and USA Today bestseller lists. Her books have won her the Minnesota Book Award as well as Book of the Month Club's Book of the Year. Before becoming a writer, Jimenez founded Nadia Cakes, an award-winning cupcake shop and custom cake studio, out of her home kitchen. She went on to win Food Network's Cupcake Wars and was featured on two seasons of TLC's hit show Fabulous Cakes.

Books available for purchase, courtesy of Mysterious Galaxy. No registration required, all ages welcome. Early arrival suggested. 

Laguna Hills Community Center
25555 Alicia Pkwy
Laguna Hills, CA 92653

For more information, call (714) 566-3034 or email ocpl.programs@occr.ocgov.com

This project is funded in part through a grant from the California Department of Aging and administered locally by the orange county Office on Aging.

Henry Winkler

Author
Henry Winkler

Thursday, August 1, 2024 at 6:30pm

Henry Winkler celebrates over 50 years of success in Hollywood and continues to be in demand not only as an actor, producer, and director but as a best-selling author. His autobiography, BEING HENRY... The Fonz and Beyond, was published last October. It was on the New York Times best-seller list for 11 weeks and was a Good Reads Award winner for Best Humor book.

Books available for purchase, courtesy of Mysterious Galaxy. No registration required, all ages welcome. Early arrival suggested. 

Laguna Hills Community Center
25555 Alicia Pkwy
Laguna Hills, CA 92653

For more information, call (714) 566-3034 or email ocpl.programs@occr.ocgov.com

This project is funded in part through a grant from the California Department of Aging and administered locally by the orange county Office on Aging.

Peng Shepherd - LP

Author
Peng Shepherd

Thursday, July 18, 2024 at 6:30pm

Peng Shepherd is the nationally bestselling author of The Cartographers, The Book of M, and the forthcoming All This and More. A graduate of New York University's MFA program, Peng is the recipient of a 2020 fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts.

Complimentary books available, while supplies last. No registration required. Early arrival suggested.

Norma Hertzog Community Center
1845 Park Ave
Costa Mesa, CA 92629

For more information, call (714) 566-3034 or email ocpl.programs@occr.ocgov.com

Michael FInkel LP

Author
Michael Finkel

Wednesday, July 17 2024 at 6:30pm

Michael Finkel is the author of "The Art Thief," "The Stranger in the Woods," and "True Story," which was adapted into a 2015 motion picture. He has reported from more than 50 countries and written for National Geographic, GQ, Rolling Stone, Esquire, Vanity Fair, The Atlantic, and The New York Times Magazine.

Complimentary books available, while supplies last. No registration required. Early arrival suggested.

Clifton C. Miller Community Center
300 Centennial Way
Tustin, CA 92780

For more information, call (714) 566-3034 or email ocpl.programs@occr.ocgov.com

SLO Author Daniel Silva 2024

Author
Daniel Silva

Friday, July 12, 2024 at 6:30pm

Daniel Silva has been called his generation's finest writer of international intrigue and one of the greatest American spy novelists ever. Silva is an award-winning New York Times bestselling author, his books are critically acclaimed bestsellers around the world and have been translated into more than thirty languages.

Complimentary books available, while supplies last. No registration required. Early arrival suggested.

Norma Hertzog Community Center
1845 Park Ave
Costa Mesa, CA 92629

For more information, call (714) 566-3034 or email ocpl.programs@occr.ocgov.com

Julia Quinn - LP

Author
Julia Quinn

Sunday, May 19, 2024 at 11:00am

Julia Quinn is the author of nineteen consecutive New York Times bestsellers, her books have been translated into 42 languages. She is author of the wildly popular Bridgerton books, now a Netflix original series. Quinn is a graduate of Harvard & Radcliffe Colleges and briefly attended Yale School of Medicine before deciding to pursue a full-time writing career.

Books available for purchase, courtesy of Mysterious Galaxy. No registration required, all ages welcome. Early arrival suggested.

Norma Hertzog Community Center
1845 Park Ave
Costa Mesa, CA 92629

For more information, call (714) 566-3034 or email ocpl.programs@occr.ocgov.com

This project is funded in part through a grant from the California Department of Aging, as allocated by the Orange County Board of Supervisors.

Don Winslow LP

Author
Don Winslow

Tuesday, April 9, 2024 at 6:30pm

DON WINSLOW has written twenty-one novels, including The Border, The Force, The Kings of Cool, Savages, The Winter of Frankie Machine and the highly acclaimed epics The Power of the Dog and The Cartel. In addition to his novels, Winslow has published numerous short stories in anthologies and magazines such as Esquire and LA Times Magazine. His columns have appeared in Vanity Fair, Vulture, Huffington Post, CNN Online, and other outlets.

Complimentary books available, while supplies last.
No registration required. Early arrival suggested.

Norma Hertzog Community Center
1845 Park Ave
Costa Mesa, CA 92627

For more information, call (714) 566-3034 or email ocpl.programs@occr.ocgov.com

Tommy Orange LP

Author
Tommy Orange

Sunday, April 7, 2024 at 6:30pm

Tommy Orange is the author of the bestselling There There, a multi-generational story about a side of America few of us have ever seen: the lives of urban Native Americans. There There was a finalist for the 2019 Pulitzer Prize and received the 2019 American Book Award. His newest work, Wandering Stars, conjures the ancestors of the family readers fell in love with in There There, asking what is means to be the children and grandchildren of massacre. 

Books available for purchase, courtesy of Mysterious Galaxy. No registration required, all ages welcome. Early arrival suggested.

Norma Hertzog Community Center
1845 Park Ave
Costa Mesa, CA 92627

For more information, call (714) 566-3034 or email ocpl.programs@occr.ocgov.com

This project is funded in part through a grant from the California Department of Aging, as allocated by the Orange County Board of Supervisors.

A.J. Finn - LP

Author
A.J. Finn

Wednesday, March 13, 2024 at 6:30pm

A.J. Finn is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the global phenomenon The Woman in the Window, which was published in more than forty languages and is the basis for the hit film starring Amy Adams. His second novel, End of Story, was released in February 2024.

Complimentary books available, while supplies last. No registration required. Early arrival suggested.

Bell Tower Regional Community Center
22232 El Paseo
Rancho Santa Margarita, CA 92688

For more information, call (714) 566-3034 or email ocpl.programs@occr.ocgov.com

C.J. Box - Author - LP V.2

Author
C.J. Box

Wednesday, February 28, 2024 at 6:30pm

C.J. BOX is the author of twenty-four Joe Pickett novels, eight stand-alone novels, and a story collection. He has won the Edgar, Anthony, Macavity, Gumshoe, and two Barry awards, as well as the French Prix Calibre .38, the Western Heritage Award for Literature, and two Spur Awards. An avid outdoorsman, Box has hunted, fished, hiked, ridden, and skied throughout Wyoming and the Mountain West. He has been executive producer on shows based on his books, including ABC TV's Big Sky and Joe Pickett on Paramount+.

Complimentary books available, while supplies last.
No registration required. Early arrival suggested.

Laguna Hills Community Center
25555 Alicia Parkway
Laguna Hills, CA 92653

For more information, call (714) 566-3034 or email ocpl.programs@occr.ocgov.com

Jasmine Guillory - LP

Author
Jasmine Guillory

Tuesday, February 27, 2024 at 6:30pm

Jasmine Guillory is a New York Times bestselling author of novels including The Wedding Date, the Reese's Book Club selection The Proposal, and Drunk on Love. Her work has appeared in The Wall Street Journal, Cosmopolitan, Bon Appetit, and Time, and she is a frequent book contributor on The Today Show.

Books available for purchase. No registration required, all ages welcome. Early arrival suggested.

Norma Hertzog Community Center
1845 Park Ave
Costa Mesa, CA 92629

For more information, call (714) 566-3034 or email ocpl.programs@occr.ocgov.com

This project is funded in part through a grant from the California Department of Aging, as allocated by the Orange County Board of Supervisors.

Nicola Yoon - Author - LP

Author
Nicola Yoon

Tuesday, February 6, 2024 at 6:30pm

Nicola Yoon is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Instructions for Dancing, Everything, Everything, The Sun Is Also a Star, and a co-author of Blackout and Whiteout. She is a National Book Award finalist, a Michael L. Printz Honor Book recipient, a Coretta Scott King New Talent Award winner and the first Black woman to hit #1 on the New York Times Young Adult bestseller list.

Complimentary books available, while supplies last. No registration required, all ages welcome. Early arrival suggested.

Norma Hertzog Community Center
1845 Park Ave
Costa Mesa, CA 92629

For more information, call (714) 566-3034 or email ocpl.programs@occr.ocgov.com

This project is funded in part through a grant from the California Department of Aging, as allocated by the Orange County Board of Supervisors.

Silvia Moreno Garcia Website - Author - LP

Author
Silvia Moreno-Garcia

In conversation with Marytza Rubio

Thursday, February 1, 2024 at 6:30pm

SILVIA MORENO-GARCIA is the author of a number of critically acclaimed novels, including Gods of Jade and Shadow, Mexican Gothic, and Velvet Was the Night. She has won the Locus, British Fantasy and World Fantasy awards. She writes in a variety of genres including fantasy, horror, noir and historical.

Books available for purchase, courtesy of Mysterious Galaxy. No registration required, all ages welcome. Early arrival suggested.

Norma Hertzog Community Center
1845 Park Ave
Costa Mesa, CA 92629

For more information, call (714) 566-3034 or email ocpl.programs@occr.ocgov.com

This project is funded in part through a grant from the California Department of Aging, as allocated by the Orange County Board of Supervisors.