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Los Angeles Times Festival of Books - April 22, 23, at USC campus.

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I'm happy to announce that I will participating on a panel at the La Times Festival of Books

this Sunday, April 23, at 3:00, entitled "From Page to Screen to Page: Writing in Hollywood."

The panel will be at USC, the Salvatori Computer Science Center, room 101, 

and I will be signing  my books afterwards in signing area 2. I would love to see friends there.

I need someone to ask a question as I will be talking about Dark Shadows and the importance of fans.

I'm thrilled to have been invited. I always go every year, and it is a wonderful event for writers.

Many tips, and words of wisdom, are always revealed.

NEW DARK SHADOWS NOVEL -- HEIRESS OF COLLINWOOD

LEARN THE SECRETS OF VICKI'S PAST.

WHY DOES SHE COME BACK TO COLLINWOOD? WHERE HAS THE COLLINS FAMILY DISAPPEARED TO?

WHERE IS BARNABAS?

WHAT PART DOES ANGELIQUE PLAY IN THE MYSTERY?

To order your autographed copy please send a check for $20 ($15 for the book plus $5 postage) to Lara Parker,  Box 1254, Topanga, CA 90290. Please indicate how you want the book to be signed.

For Pay Pal Buttons and the 2 book and 3 book deals, click on AUTOGRAPHS.

Blurb for Dark Shadows: Heiress of CollinwoodMysterious, romantic, scary and wonderfully atmospheric, Lara Parker’s Heiress of Collinwood captures all of the magic that has cast a spell over generation after generation of Dark Shadows fans. It’s a novel that positively gleams with a great sense of style and a great sense of place – and that place is the magnificently imaginative territory known as Collinsport, Maine. It’s a landscape Parker knows intimately well, having played Angelique on the original series and having written three previous Dark Shadows novels. Parker’s portrayal of Angelique made a tremendous impact on viewers. Now Parker continues the enduring storytelling legacy with a suspenseful and gripping tale of Victoria Winters returning to the grand and gloomy mansion of Collinwood . . . and finding it empty (except for the spirits, of course). Like Victoria, you’re lured into the mystery, then held in its thrall. Unlike the Collinwood Victoria discovers, this novel is anything but empty. It is, indeed, packed with all of the elements (and a few added ingredients) that went into the intoxicating brew that was (and is) Dark Shadows. There is a point in the novel where Parker quotes the favorite line of Poe’s raven, “Nevermore!” Her book will leave readers raving, “Please, some more!”Mark DawidziakTelevision critic and author of The Night Stalker Companion, Grave Secrets, The Bedside, Bathtub and Armchair Companion to Dracula and Everything I Need to Know I Learned in The Twilight Zone

Election Day! HEIRESS OF COLLINWOOD released today! Discover the secrets of Vicki's past!

Order a signed copy of the book with any dedication you choose. Send $15 plus $5 mailing, that's $20 total, to Lara Parker Box 1254, Topanga CA 90290 and I will send you a copy right away!

TWO BOOK SIGNINGS!

Saturday, Oct 29th,6:30Woman's Club of Hollywood1749 N. La Brea Ave.Hollywood, CADark Shadows 50th Anniversary Celebration12 noon- 12 midnight(Those attending book reading and signing only do not pay entrance fee after 6:00.)



Saturday, November 12,2 pmDark Delicacies Bookstore3512 W. Magnolia Burbank, CA818-556-6660

Janet Meehan has created a 45 page illustrated album of "Angelique's Descent" telling the story in beautiful original pastel drawings.Janet has her own style, rich in details, employing vibrant colors, revealing depth of character and uncovering layers within the plot few have seen.
Janet will be selling her graphic novels, or individual paintings, at the 50th Anniversary of Dark Shadows Halloween CelebrationSaturday, October 29, at the Woman's Club of Beverly Hills1749 N La Brea Ave., Beverly Hills, CA12 noon until 12 midnight.

http://www.broadwayworld.com/los-angeles/article/DARK-SHADOWS-50th-ANNIVERSARY-Actors-from-the-Original-TV-Classic-Reunite-20161004

http://www.broadwayworld.com/los-angeles/article/DARK-SHADOWS-50th-ANNIVERSARY-Actors-from-the-Original-TV-Classic-Reunite-20161004

TWO BOOK SIGNINGS!

Saturday, Oct 29th,6:30Woman's Club of Hollywood1749 N. La Brea Ave.Hollywood, CADark Shadows 50th Anniversary Celebration12 noon- 12 midnight(Those attending book reading and signing only do not pay entrance fee after 6:00.)



Saturday, November 12,2 pmDark Delicacies Bookstore3512 W. Magnolia Burbank, CA818-556-6660

Here's the play Kathryn and I wrote and performed on the island of Martinique during the Dark Shadows Cruise to the Caribbean last January.

The beautiful location is the ruins of the theater in the town of Saint Pierre. Enjoy!



https://vimeo.com/hollinsworthproductions/review/170880780/e4a784e7c1



Trivia :

I am wearing a dress designed for me by Broadway costumer Michael Hannah based on one of my original Angelique costumes. Kathryn is wearing her grandmother's wedding dress. The film was edited by Ansel Faraj.

The walls and stage of the theater are still intact, but most of the town was destroyed by the Pele volcano that killed everyone in the town of Saint Pierre in 1902. Supposedly Angelique was born in Martinique. The theater is featured in my novel ANGELIQUE'S DESCENT.