Anthologies

Short Stories

Topics

Craft

Public Speaking Details

Previous Speaking Engagements * University of Wisconsin/Madison: Writers Institute?(Workshops on plotting, first pages, character development, and how to find the action in the paragraph) * University of the Pacific: Creative Writing Conference ( Workshops on plotting, first pages, and writer’s voice) * Romance Writers of America / Sacramento (plotting workshop) * Romance Writers of America / San Francisco (“Last Author Standing” workshop) * Why There are Words (Literary Salon) * Screenwriters World Conference Boot Camp (“Anatomy of a Novel Becoming a TV Pilot”) * Jane Austen Society of North America - National Conference ("The Making of Pride & Prejudice - The Musical")

Biography

Novelist, journalist, and playwright Josie Brown is the author of 26-novel Housewife Assassin’s Handbook series (Signal Press; previously optioned for television); ?8-novel Totlandia episodic series (Signal Press); ? 3-novel Extracurricular episodic series (Signal Press); and 2-novel True Hollywood Lies series (HarperCollins); as well as Stand-alone novels The Candidate and The Baby Planner (Simon & Schuster) Her novel, Secret Lives of Husbands and Wives (Simon & Schuster), was optioned by producer Jerry Bruckheimer for television.