Past Events

  • June 15, 2013
    7 p.m.
    Booksigning and reading
    Photographing Fairies — A Victorian-inspired Shimmy Showcase featuring dance and other entertainments
    Viento y Agua Coffeehouse
    Long Beach, CA
  • February 23, 2013
    13th annual “Meet the Authors” luncheon, presented by the San Clemente Friends of the Library

    Discussion with signing to follow
    Arroyo Trabuco Gold Club, Mission Viejo, Calif.
  • September 21, 2012
    1 p.m.

    Discussion with signing to follow
    Big Orange Book Festival
    Chapman University campus, Orange, Calif.
  • July 28, 2012
    Workshop moderator
    2 – 3 p.m.
    From Aether to Zeppelin: Writing Steampunk Romance (CRAFT)
    with Cindy Holby w/a KassyTayler, Suzanne Lazear, and Theresa Meyers
    RWA 2012 National Conference
    Anaheim Marriott, Anaheim, Calif.
  • July 21, 2012
    Panel discussion and booksigning
    1 – 3 p.m. (discussion first, signing follows)
    “Between the Covers,” an author program including Regency romance author Tessa Dare and contemporary romance author Jennifer Bernard
    Garden Grove Regional Library, Garden Grove, Calif.
  • May 5, 2012
    Reading and signing
    7 to 9:30 p.m.
    Dancing at The Chance, An Evening of Vaudevillian Dance — Travel back to the Victorian era with Saviya presenting a Vaudvillian bellydancing program with guest dancers Anastasia, Rebecca, Bella, and Sonia. Plus author DeAnna Cameron will read from her latest Bellydance-themed novel set in the Victorian era and will be autographing copies of her new book at this special Shimmyshowcase.
    Also, the author is sponsoring door prizes, as well as prizes for the most creative top hat and best Victorian costume.
    Viento y Agua Coffeehouse, 4007 E. 4th St., Long Beach, Calif.
  • April 21-22, 2012
    2 p.m. Saturday – booksigning at Mysterious Galaxy booth #372

    2 p.m. Sunday – “Fiction: Love, Actually” panel with a booksigning to follow
    Los Angeles Times Festival of Books

    USC campus
  • April 3, 2012
    DANCING AT THE CHANCE released in trade paperback
  • March 6, 2012
    THE BELLY DANCER released in mass-market paperback
  • February 6, 2012
    Lecture and signing (closed event)
    Palmia, Mission Viejo
  • June 19, 2011
    Historical Novel Society Conference
    Booksigning
    Holiday Inn / San Diego
  • June 3-5, 2011
    34th annual Cairo Caravan belly dance festival
    Lecture and booksigning
    Queen Mary / Long Beach
  • February 11, 2010
    Romance Authors’ Tea, presented by the Friends of the Huntington Beach Public Library
    Huntington Beach Central Library, Huntington Beach, Calif.
  • September 5, 2009
    Booksigning
    Borders Express, Orange, Calif.
  • September 4, 2009
    Booksigning and Belly Dance Showcase
    Laguna Beach Books, Laguna Beach, Calif.
  • August 22, 2009
    An Evening at the Cleopatra Club booksigning
    Anahata Movement Arts, Riverside, Calif.
  • August 8, 2009
    Booksigning
    Barnes & Noble, Costa Mesa, Calif.
  • July 24, 2009
    THE BELLY DANCER Book Release & Benefit for Women For Women Int’l Party
    Merry’s Fashion with Passion Boutique, Long Beach, Calif.
  • July 9, 2009
    THE BELLY DANCER published in trade paperback