Speaker
Deborah Holt Larkin is available for speaking events and interviews
Deborah Holt Larkin is uniquely qualified to tell this captivating yet horrifying crime story. From a front row seat in her family’s living room, she lived the fear and disbelief that gripped her hometown in 1958.
Upcoming Events
April 6th, 2024
The Fifth Annual San Diego Writers Festival
Deborah will be speaking on the Killer Reads: Writing about True Crime panel.Past Events
Book Launch Tour
“Pool side reception for authors and agents at the 2024 Santa Barbara Writers Conference.”
Lovely Girl Launch party
A Lovely Girl Launch party and talk in Berkeley, CA
SBWC Panel
I appeared on the Murder, Mystery, and thriller author panel at the Santa Barbara Writers conference in June.
Rakestraw Books
Book talk and signing at Rakestraw Books in Danville.
Rakestraw Books Display
Book talk and signing at Rakestraw Books in Danville.
Ventura Rotary Club
Book talk and slide show of old press photos of the infamous trial at the Ventura Rotary Club South. Great Audience. Lots of good questions.
Leisure Village in Camarillo
Book talk and slide show of old press photos at Leisure Village in Camarillo.
Old Ventura County Court House
Book talk and signing at the old Ventura County Courthouse (now city hall) where Elizabeth Duncan’s trial took place in 1958. What a thrill to talk about Olga’s story in this grand old building, now a historic landmark.
Dudley House
A book signing and talk for members of the Ventura Dudley House Historic Museum. They were a wonderful audience. Many remembered Elizabeth Duncan and my dad’s articles and columns from their own childhoods.
Osher
Presentation on writing and publishing for an OSHER extension class at the University of California at San Diego
Julian Library
Book Launch at the Julian Library.
Carlsbad Library
A panel discussion at the Carlsbad Library with fellow San Diego Sisters in Crime members on mystery and crime fiction.
Carpinteria Book Festival
Carpinteria Book Festival
Anaheim Public Library Foundation event
Signing books at Anaheim Public Library Foundation Luncheon fundraiser.
Roundtable at Santa Barbara Writers Conference
Authors Roundtable at Santa Barbara Writers Conference. 1st row Conrad Hogan, Mathew J. Pallamary, Anita Perez Ferguson, Deborah Holt Larkin, Paul Levine. Back row Rachel Sarah Thurston
SBWC
“Pool side reception for authors and agents at the 2024 Santa Barbara Writers Conference.”