Mimi Latt to Speak to Local Lawyers

Best-selling author Mimi Latt will speak at the Orange County Women Lawyers Assn. luncheon meeting Tuesday in Orange.

Latt, a former Los Angeles trial attorney, has published three legal thrillers since leaving her law practice in the late ‘80s--”Powers of Attorney,” “Pursuit of Justice” and “Ultimate Justice.”

The luncheon meeting will be in the Orange County Medical Assn. building, 300 S. Flower St., Orange. $25 for members; $35 for nonmembers; $17 for students. For reservations, call (949) 756-5271.

Also Coming Up

* Ridley Pearson will sign “Middle of Nowhere” at Book Carnival, 348 S. Tustin Ave., Orange. 1 p.m. today. (714) 538-3210.

* Mindy Neff (“Rancher’s Mail-Order Bride”) and Patricia Thayer (“Whose Baby Is This?”) will sign their books and discuss how to write genre fiction at Borders Books and Music in the Block, 20 City Drive West, Orange. 3 p.m. today. (714) 385-1025.

* Janet Evanovich will discuss and sign “Hot Six” at Coffee, Tea & Mystery, 11931 Valley View St., Garden Grove. 12:30 p.m. Monday. (714) 898-2583.

* Members of the Laguna Beach National Poetry Slam Team--Derrick Brown, Jim Dobson, Paul Suntup and Steve Ramirez and team alternate J.D. Glasscock--will read at the Gypsy Den Cafe and Reading Room in the Lab Anti-Mall, 2930 Bristol St., Costa Mesa. 8 p.m. Tuesday. (714) 549-7012.

* Poet Jaimes Palacio will read at Alta Coffee House & Roasting Company, 506 31st St., Newport Beach. 8 p.m. Wednesday. (949) 675-0233.

* Beth Caswell will interview Nathan Walpow (“Death of an Orchid Lover”) at the Best of Times, 812 Electric Ave., Seal Beach. 6:30 p.m. Thursday. $16. Reservations required. (562) 431-3392.

* Barbara DeMarco Barrett will interview Jayne Anne Phillips (“Motherkind”) on “Writers on Writing” on KUCI (88.9 FM) in Irvine. 5 p.m. Thursday.

* Kent Braithwaite will sign “The Wonderland Murders” at Barnes & Noble in the Huntington Beach Mall, 7777 Edinger Ave., Huntington Beach. 7 p.m. Thursday. (714) 897-8781.

* L.M. Lawson will sign “Green Flash” at Bookman II, 19111 Beach Blvd., Huntington Beach. 5 p.m. Friday. (714) 596-1999.

* Louis Posner will sign “Through A Boy’s Eyes” at Barnes & Noble in Fashion Island, 953 Newport Center Drive, Newport Beach. 7 p.m. Friday. (949) 759-0982.

* Steve Hendlin will discuss and sign “The Disciplined Investor” at Barnes & Noble in Fashion Island, 953 Newport Center Drive, Newport Beach. 7 p.m. Saturday. (949) 759-0982.

* Candace Chambers-Belida will discuss and sign “The Secret Codes of Conduct for Marriage” at Borders Books and Music in the Block, 20 City Drive West, Orange. 3 p.m. Saturday. (714) 385-1025.

* M.C. Beaton will discuss and sign “Agatha Raisin and the Fairies of Fryfam” at Coffee, Tea & Mystery, 11931 Valley View St., Garden Grove. 4 p.m. Saturday. (714) 898-2583.

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Send information about book-related events at least 10 days before event to: Dennis McLellan, O.C. Books & Authors, The Times’ Orange County edition, 1375 Sunflower Ave., Costa Mesa, CA 92626. Or e-mail to dennis.mclellan@latimes.com.