Come meet Kitty Felde and take home a FREE autographed copy of my latest Fina Mendoza Mystery HOME OF THE BRAVE!

Thanks to LA City Councilwoman Eunisses Hernandez who represents the Montecito Heights neighborhood where the Mendozas live. She has invited Fina - and me - to participate in this year’s Back-to-School event and provided 100 copies of HOME OF THE BRAVE to young readers.

Meet me in the KIDS ZONE and take home a copy of Fina!

Saturday, August 1, 2026

2814 N. Broadway 90031

Join St. Monica parishioner Kitty Felde for a discussion about her literary mission: teaching civics to the new generation through a mystery series set inside the U.S. Capitol.

Coffee and Fina Mendoza books for sale!

Holy Grounds Coffee Bar & Book Shop

725 California Avenue in Santa Monica.
Free underground parking!

Book 4 in The Fina Mendoza Mysteries gets its OFFICIAL launch party:

Saturday, August 8th

11 AM

Village Well

9900 Culver Blvd.

Culver City

Fina is back in Los Angeles where her father is running for re-election to Congress. But her old neighborhood has changed - new mega-mansions, brush fires, and vandalism. Neighbors suspect the homeless veteran living in an RV down the hill, a man they call “the Bear” and take their concerns to City Hall. But Fina suspects someone else is to blame.

Come see LA through Fina’s eyes and meet Kitty Felde!