Join local mystery authors Janet Raye Stevens and Sharon Healy-Yang for "She Can Do It: Real/'Reel' Women and Midcentury Mysteries" an engaging, multimedia program focused on the intriguing aspects of creating a mystery set circa WWII.

 Using film clips, photos, anecdotes, and excerpts from their books, Janet and Sharon will talk about 1940s women in real as well as reel life and how these smart, stylish, and wise-cracking gals in books and film inspired the authors’ own 1940s-set mysteries. We'll integrate personal anecdotes and historical details with film clips and photos illustrating the points we make about 1940s women as smart, witty, sassy, independent, and dependable. We also give a short reading from our books that tie in to the individual points.

At the end of the talk we’ll take questions about our writing, research, writing in general, the WWII era, etc.  We also invite the audience to share their own experience or knowledge on the time period or about writing.

If you love mysteries, movies, and lots of banter, don’t miss it!