Diane Marie Brown enthralls Literary Women with her debut novel, ‘Black Candle Women’

Diane Marie Brown enthralled 800 women attending the 42nd annual Literary Women Festival of Authors at the Long Beach Convention Center with stories about her writing journey and publication of her first book at age 50 which may be turned into a television series. Photo: Rich Archbold

Brown, who lives in Bixby Knolls, was one of seven authors from around the nation to speak at the popular Literary Women event which has become one of the hottest and hardest tickets to get in Long Beach.

–Shelby Van Pelt and her best-selling debut novel, “Remarkably Bright Creatures,” sometimes referred to as “that Octopus book.” It is a story about a widow’s connection with a giant Pacific octopus. In her naivete, she said she hadn’t fathomed that she could pursue an education that supported a creative career. Instead, at 17, she left her hometown of Stockton for UCLA as an economics major. Ultimately, she graduated with a degree in sociology and returned for a master’s degree in public health.

She tried all kinds of writing projects, including short stories, children’s books, an online soap opera, one-act play and other books. All fizzled.

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