Mystery Author, Muralist to Speak at SV Library

Joyce Oroz Describes Her Journey Writing With A Learning Disability

The Friends of the Scotts Valley Library will host local mystery author Joyce Oroz on Saturday, July 8 at 2 p.m. at the Scotts Valley Library. Oroz will talk about her life as a muralist-later-writer, and the downs and ups of living with dyslexia.

Joyce Oroz writes about the things she loves: painting, animals, California, relationships, mystery, and adventure. Her books feature amateur sleuth Josephine Stuart, a Santa Cruz county-based muralist, who just happens to be painting nearby when crimes occur.

Set in local neighborhoods and the backcountry of the Santa Cruz Mountains, the stories are great fun as Josephine plans her artworks, mixes her colors, and muddles through clues to discover who-dunnit.

The author will sell copies of her eight mysteries (Secure the Ranch, Read My Lipstick, Shaking In Her Flip Flops, Beetles in the Boxcar, Cuckoo Clock Caper, Roller Rubout, Scent of a $windle, and Who Murdered Mary Christmas?) at the event. She will also bring copies of “Sammy the Dump Truck,” written by Nancy Weitzel and illustrated by Joyce Oroz.

A percentage of the sales go to the Friends of the Scotts Valley Library.

Sponsored by the Friends of Scotts Valley Library, a chapter of the Friends of the Santa Cruz Public Libraries, the event will feature a short talk by the author, a question and answer session, plus an opportunity to purchase an autographed copy of one of Oroz’s books. The event is free and all are welcome.

For more information about Friends of the Scotts Valley Library, see www.fsvpl.org

For more information about Joyce Oroz, see http://authorjoyceoroz.blogspot.com. You can also see many of Joyce’s murals in Aromas, her hometown.