icon caret-left icon caret-right instagram pinterest linkedin facebook twitter goodreads question-circle facebook circle twitter circle linkedin circle instagram circle goodreads circle pinterest circle

EVENTS

12th Award for California Sister!

Honored to receive this prestigious award! California Sister is the 2024 Independent

Press Award Winner in the category Grief:Fiction. 12th award for my novel.

Gloria Mattioni discusses the making of California Sister with her publisher, including the soundtrack for her novel.

BOOKSIGNING AT BARNES & NOBLE-THE GROVE WAS A BLAST!

Signed copies of California Sister for sale at the entrance of the store.

Lots of copies were sold at the Los Angeles March signing at Barnes & Noble-The Grove. SIGNED COPIES of California Sister are now for sale at the entrance of the store on a table with the promising title "Once Upon A Time in Hollywood." I couldn't think about a better placement for my novel, aspiring to become a movie. Go grab your signed copy there! 

 

THE PULPWOOD QUEENS AND TIMBER GUYS BOOK CLUB CONVENTION

Me at the Bollywood themed ball the first night of the convention in Amelia Island, Florida, January 13th.

How fun to go to Florida in January to present California Sister and interact with other authors and readers from book clubs! There were panels but also themed balls:)

California Sister was selected as International Book of the Month for November 2023.

We wore costumes and tiaras, and had a fundraising for the Pat Connor Literary Center that raised more than $ 4,000.

OJAI SIGNING AT OJAI COFFEE ROASTERS

12/2/2022 Coffee & Books, what could be best to start December on the right foot?

Last December 2nd, we had a very special evening at Ojai Coffee Roasters, meeting new readers, signing copies and listening to talented Isabella Han-Bolelli singing Bougainvillea Sister, one of the four original songs that are part of the book. What a fun night!

MYSTERY INK SIGNING IN HUNTINGTON BEACH

Booksigning in Huntington Beach at Mystery Ink Bookstore, 11/12/22

 

 

SAN DIEGO WRITERS' FESTIVAL

California Sister signing at the San Diego Writers' Festival, 10/8/22
 
 
 

BOOK LAUNCH AT DIESEL BOOKSTORE

Book Launch at Diesel in Santa Monica 11/20/22