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Timeless Art of Storytelling
Sisters in Crime Orange County
Sunday, March 23, 2025
3:00 p.m. @ Book Carnival in Orange, CA
Georgia Jeffries in Conversation with Marjorie McCown
A St. Patrick’s Day-themed gathering that’s sure to be a pot of gold for mystery lovers! Acclaimed author Georgia Jeffries, in conversation with Marjorie McCown, dives into the Timeless Art of Storytelling and Georgia’s award-winning debut novel, THE YOUNGER GIRL. Expect insightful discussion, lively conversation, and plenty of intrigue—all wrapped up in the festive green trappings of the season. Whether you’re a fan of gripping mysteries or j, in conversation with Marjorie McCown, divesust love a good tale, this is a meeting you won’t want to miss!
The Details
What: Timeless Art of Storytelling with Georgia Jeffries in Conversation with Marjorie McCown
When: Sunday, March 23, 2025
Time: 3 p.m.
Where: Book Carnival – 348 S. Tustin St., Orange, CA 92866
Georgia Jeffries is a writer of Emmy winning drama honored with multiple Writers Guild Awards. Her debut novel, THE YOUNGER GIRL, a Midwest noir based on a true crime of family murder and deception that crosses three generations, has been praised by Rachel Howzell Hall as “eye-opening, immersive historical fiction at its best”. Her short stories in the MWA anthology, ODD PARTNERS, and SinC/LA’s anthology, THE LAST RESORT, were described by The Los Angeles Review of Books as “firecracker tales”. Born in the Illinois heartland, Georgia worked as a journalist for American Film before writing and producing ground-breaking female-driven dramas, Cagney & Lacey, China Beach, and Sisters. Her screenwriting career involved extensive field research, from patrolling the mean streets of Rampart with the LAPD, to crashing a Vegas bounty hunters’ convention, to reporting from a Walter Reed Army Hospital surgical bay, each investigation the basis for one of her many docudramas and series pilots for CBS, ABC, NBC, HBO and Showtime. She is a professor at USC’s School of Cinematic Arts where she created the first undergraduate screenwriting thesis program at an American University.
MARJORIE MCCOWN spent 27 years in Hollywood working on the costumes for movies such as Forrest Gump, Apollo 13, and The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. Her film career inspired her Hollywood Mystery series of books set behind the scenes in the world of moviemaking. FINAL CUT, Book #1 in the series was an Amazon Editors #39; Pick in the best Mystery, Thriller, and Suspense category. STAR STRUCK, Book #2 was published May 7, 2024.
