Hallie Ephron, Mystery Novelist and Boston Globe Crime Fiction Book Reviewer To Host a Wilderness House Lunch
On September 10th 2005 Wilderness House will host Hallie Ephron, mystery novelist, Boston Globe crime fiction book reviewer, and author of the how-to guide about mystery writing that cracks the code.
Littleton, MA (PRWEB) August 26, 2005 -- Wilderness House Literary Retreat continues its tradition by presenting Lunch with C. Hallie Ephron."
A casual chat over lunch with author and renowned mystery writer Hallie Ephron. Wilderness House is an exceptional location in which to talk about reading, writing and life over lunch. Bring your favorite stories to read or just come, listen and feast. An open reading will follow lunch.
Hallie Ephron is a mystery novelist, Boston Globe crime fiction book reviewer, and author of the how-to guide about mystery writing that cracks the code. She is also a nominee for the Ellen Nehr Award for Excellence in Mystery Reviewing 2004.
After careers as a teacher, consultant, and marketing copywriter, Hallie tried her hand at writing fiction. She and Donald Davidoff, a neuropsychologist at McLean Hospital, created the fictional forensic neuropsychologist Dr. Peter Zak and investigator Annie Squires. Under the shared pseudonym G. H. Ephron, Hallie and Don have written five series mystery/suspense novels.
Hallie combines writing talent with a love of teaching in her new book, Writing and Selling Your Mystery Novel: How to Knock 'Em Dead with Style (Writers Digest Books, 2005). She says, "Mystery novels are genre fiction. Though there's no one way to write one, there really are insights that can make the process a whole lot less painful the first time out."
Hallie grew up in Los Angeles. She is the third of four writing Ephron sisters (Nora, Delia, and Amy) and her parents were screenwriters Henry and Phoebe Ephron who wrote classic movies like The Desk Set and Carousel. She credits genes with giving her the courage to finally get started writing fiction.
The Ephron sisters are to this generation what the Bronte sisters were to another. -- Ramey DArcy
September 10th from 11 A.M. till 2 P.M.
$25 per person, limited to 20 participants.
The event will take place in Wilderness House, 32 Foster Street, Littleton MA
History -- Wilderness House is a 7-bedroom cabin built in the early 20th century as a sportsman retreat by a large wealthy family. Situated deep within several hundred acres of forest, Wilderness House sits on the second highest point in Littleton MA with an unobstructed view of the Wapack Range and, on a clear day, Mt. Monadnock some 40 miles distant in New Hampshire. A series of trails lead from the cabin atop Wilderness Hill through this primitive preserve to a private dock nestled in a secluded corner of Littletons Long Lake.
Wilderness House has hosted such notables as poet Robert Creeley, poet and biographer Lois Ames and poet and editor C. Michael Curtis.
Wilderness House Inc. will offer a series of intense literary workshops lead by an acknowledged literary master of their genre. Each month a different literary genre will be presented. We may have poets one month, mystery writers the next followed by playwrights after that. The goal of the Wilderness House Literary Retreat is to embrace the literary goals of each participant in such a way as to empower each writer to become better than when they arrived and to inspire each participant with a new sense of what can be.
See www.wildernesshouse.org for more information and background
Wilderness House is accessible by car from Rt. 2 and Rt. 495 as well as commuter rail (the Fitchburg line) at the Littleton/495 station. Wilderness House is an easy mile walk from the station.
Wilderness House
145 Foster Street, Littleton MA 01460
Contacts Steve Glines (978-952-6340) info@wildernesshouse.org
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