We are really excited about the amazing authors that will join us on August 11, 2016 at the very cool and uber chic speakeasy, The Association Bar, in Downtown Los Angeles located at 110 E 6th St, Los Angeles, CA 90014.

​Join us for drinks and readings from some of today's favorite and critically acclaimed authors. Stay after to get writing tips, publishing tips and autographed copies and photos with these talented and inspiring authors. We will also be giving away 1 signed copy of each book; to enter just register for the event before August 9. See you at Lit Scene L.A.

Featured Authors:

Dana Johnson

The author of Break Any Woman Down, winner of the Flannery O’Connor Award for Short Fiction, and the novel Elsewhere, California. Both books were nominees for the Hurston/Wright Legacy Award. Born and raised in and around Los Angeles, she is an associate professor of English at the University of Southern California. For more information, visit www.danajohnsonauthor.com.

Following her prize-winning collection Break Any Woman Down, Dana Johnson returns with a collection of bold stories set mostly in downtown Los Angeles that examine large issues — love, class, race — and how they influence and define our most intimate moments.

Bernadette Murphy

The author of three books of creative nonfiction: The Tao Gals’ Guide to Real Estate (with Michelle Huneven); The Knitter’s Gift; and the bestselling Zen and the Art of Knitting (2002) in which she uses memoir and reportage to explore the connection between fiber arts, creativity, and spirituality. She served for six years as a weekly book critic for the Los Angeles Times. Her personal narratives and essays on literature have appeared in The Rumpus, The Nervous Breakdown, Manifest Station, BOOK Magazine, Ms. Magazine, LA Weekly, the San Francisco Chronicle, the San Jose Mercury News, the Los Angeles Times Magazine, and elsewhere. She currently serves as core faculty in creative nonfiction at the Antioch University Los Angeles MFA program.
www.bernadette-murphy.com

“After reading Harley and Me, I now know that without risk, you can’t ride into the center of your life, with or without a motorcycle.” —Henry Winkler

“Murphy’s book is a hybrid: part memoir, part travelogue, part science-psychology. It’s a powerful call to reconsider our impulse to ‘settle in’ during the second half of our lives. For Murphy, risks and new experiences are not exclusive to 25-year-olds. We’d all do well to look ‘into the Eyes of the Beast’ more often, to lean into our fears, turn on the gas, and roll.” —Chicago Review of Books

Erin Judge

A nightclub entertainer who also writes literary fiction, Erin’s first stand-up comedy CD, So Many Choices, was released by Rooftop Comedy Productions in 2012. She tours nationally with the Pink Collar Comedy Tour, has headlined the Women in Comedy Festival, and has appeared on Comedy Central’s Live at Gotham and NBC’s Last Comic Standing. Her work as a stand-up comic has been written about in the pages of The New York Times, Time Out New York, and The Boston Globe. Her writing has been featured in Salon, Thought Catalog, the Dallas Observer, and The Boston Phoenix, among others. Erin lives in Los Angeles and performs all over the world.

“A smart, funny, and fast-paced book about sex, love,
body image, and friendship.”
—Kirkus

“Fat-positive, bi-affirming, clever, and fun, Vow of Celibacy is
the beach read of your dreams.”
—Lindsay King-Miller, AfterEllen.com and author of
Ask A Queer Chick

Iris De Anda

A writer, activist, and practitioner of the healing arts, and the author of CODESWITCH: Fires From Mi Corazon.She is a native of Los Angeles and believes in the power of spoken word, poetry, storytelling, and dreams. She has been published in Mujeres de Maiz Zine, Loudmouth Zine: Cal State LA, OCCUPY SF poems from the movement, & online @ La Bloga. She is an active contributor to Poets Responding to SB 1070. She performs at community venues & events throughout the Los Angeles area & Southern California. http://irisdeanda.com/