Dear Loved Ones,
My first new book in five years— Santa Cruz Noir — is out this June 5th!
It’s... tight.
What is this Noir thing? It's 20 addictive short stories on the dark side, Locals-Only, with no moral compass whatsoever.
It’s part of Akashic Books’ legendary Noir series with collections from all over the world.
Pre-order today— be the first one to get lost in the best hair-raising read of the summer.
"Santa Cruz is everything you ever dreamed, and everything you ever screamed—
in one long drop you'll never forget."
Wanna make my day? I’d love to hear your thoughts after you read our stories.
How about, write a review of Santa Cruz Noir online? — or, post a cunning photo of yourself and the book!
Send me the link to your posting, and I'll snail-mail you a personally-inscribed bookplate.
I hope I drown in requests!
Let me introduce the writers; they’re fantastic:
Tommy Moore, Jill Wolfson, Seana Graham, Vinnie Hanson, Calvin McMullin, Lee Quarnstrom, Elizabeth McKenzie, Jon Bailiff, Dillon Kaiser, Margaret Elysia Garcia, Micah Perks, Wallace Baine, Liza Monroy, Maceo Montoya, Ariel Gore, Jessica Breheny, Naomi Hirahara, Peggy Townsend, Lou Mathews, and Beth Liseck.
AUDIOBOOK, TOO!
I produced the killer audiobook edition for Audible Studios, starring some of my favorite VOs:
James Patrick Cronin, Emma Galvin, Therese Plummer, Eliza Foss, Allison Hiroto, Nick Sullivan, Steven Prince, Bailey Carr, Richard Ferrone, P.J. Echlin, Dan Bittner, Michael Crouch, Almarie Guerra, Thom Rivera, and author performances by Jon Bailiff, Susie Bright, Beth Liseck, and Liza Monroy.
LIVE & IN-PERSON
Come meet the authors and myself, in person!— along with our Noir writing workshops and yes, even "Noir Shadow Puppets." No apologies.
Can't wait to see you and catch up!
Love & True Crime,
Susie
SANTA CRUZ NOIR BOOK TOUR
Tuesday, June 19, 7pm
Bookshop Santa Cruz
1520 Pacific Ave., Santa Cruz
Sunday, June 10, 5pm
Skylight Books
1818 N. Vermont Ave, Los Angeles
"That Garden of Eden where all are welcome, alongside drug-heads, serial killers—those who hide in plain sight, in this pseudo-hippie NeverLand on the California coast.” — Dave, GoodReads
LIBRARY AUTHOR/READER TALKS
Saturday, June 30, 2pm
Santa Cruz Public Library - Scotts Valley Branch
251 Kings Valley Road, SV
Thursday, July 12, 6pm
Santa Cruz Public Library - Aptos Branch
7695 Soquel Drive, Apt
"Bright joins the ranks of Akashic editors to rip the lid off the California coastal town that's never seemed less laid-back." — Kirkus Reviews
WRITING WORKSHOPS
Saturday, October 13, 12pm
Latinx Santa Cruz Noir - Café Charla
MAH - Museum of Art and History
705 Front St, Santa Cruz
“The paradox of SC, the zen and the gunshots, the perfect waves and their broken riders…”— Bookshop SC Readers' Club
NOIR: SHADOW PUPPETS FOR FIRST FRIDAY
Friday, October 5, 5pm
Santa Cruz Noir Shadow Puppets - All Ages
MAH - Museum of Art and History
705 Front St, Santa Cruz
"Don't hate us because we're beautiful— we were made that way, like Venus rising off the foam with a brick in her hand.. ."
NOIR GAMES - IF YOU LIKE CLUE...
Sunday, October 21, 11am
Santa Cruz Noir "Murder in the Stacks" Clue Game - All Ages
MAH - Museum of Art and History
705 Front St, Santa Cruz
Santa Cruz Noir delivers on noir sensibility with an extra twist: the California mythology.” — Bookriot
INTERVIEW REQUESTS
Want to interview me? I'll all yours.
Send a note, with "Santa Cruz Noir Interview" in the subject line, to: [email protected] and [email protected]
"There's no beauty like a merciless beauty— and like every crepuscular predator, she thrives at dawn and dusk.
You're just the innocent we've been waiting for, with your big cone of sugar-shark cotton whipped out of pure nothing. "
— Introduction, “Beauty and the Break"
Title’s cover photograph by Shmuel Thaler
Santa Cruz Noir, © 2018 by Susie Bright
