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Join me Sunday, May 18th in Mission Viejo for the event Books Are Better Shared. I will be one of the featured authors. Hope to see you there!
http://booksarebettershared.com/

This Saturday, April 5th, you can find me on the author panel
Fiction: Outside Looking In. Come join me!

https://literaryorange.org/index.php

Join me Sunday, May 18th in Mission Viejo for the event Books Are Better Shared. I will be one of the featured authors. Hope to see you there!

http://booksarebettershared.com/

I'm excited to be a guest author at Orange County's Premier Literary Event. You can find me on the panel Fiction: Outside Looking In. Come join me!

https://literaryorange.org/index.php

I'm honored to share with you Jonathan Kirsch's review of Scent of Butterflies in the Jewish Journal.

http://www.jewishjournal.com/books/ar...

By Jennifer Erickson on March 13th, 2014
Tales Inspire Ties Across Cultures
By Jennifer Erickson | LB Indy
“Education is the key to equality for women,” said Karen Dennis, chair of the American Association of University Women’s 27th annual literary lunch held last Saturday. No one disagreed.
Year after year the local AAUW showcases women authors to support their mission to empower women and girls through education. The slate never fails to inspire the audience of an event that funds elementary school tutoring and science and math camp for middle school girls, among other programs.
Silent auctions and stellar venue aside, the event’s success owes much to a line-up of speakers who always manage to convince their listeners that they, too, have the power to change lives simply by connecting with others and sharing what they know.

Dora Levy Mossanen surmounted both internal and external cultural barriers through writing. Born in Israel, she moved to Iran at age 9 and then fled with her family to the United States as the Islamic Revolution took hold.
The best-selling author of historical romance novels, including “Harem,” Mossanen admitted that the hardest to write was also the most rewarding. Just-published “Scent of Butterflies,” was inspired by her first husband’s bitter betrayal, culturally accepted in the Persian community while a subsequent divorce was not. But the 20 years she spent cultivating this very personal fiction of betrayal and revenge, “ended up healing me and making me whole again,” she said.

http://www.lagunabeachindy.com/tales-...

Another fantastic luncheon with the American Association of Univeristy Women! It's such a pleasure to participate and support the AAUW's mission to educate women and young girls.

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Please join me at the Literary Luncheon in Huntington Beach, CA this Saturday, March 14th. I am honored to be one of the guest speakers for the American Association of University Women. The AAUW is a national organization that promotes equality for all women and girls, lifelong education, and positive societal change.

http://aauw-wmfv-hb.com/

Please join me at the Literary Luncheon in Laguna Beach this Saturday, March 8th. I am honored to be one of the guest speakers for the American Association of University Women which has been working to empower women and girls since 1881.

http://www.scribd.com/doc/210377766/L...