The Mission Viejo Library, in partnership with the Southern California Writers Association, is happy to host New York Times #1 internationally bestselling author Gregg Hurwitz, who has written 24 thrillers including the Orphan X series. His novels have won numerous literary awards and have been published in 33 languages. Additionally, he’s written screenplays and television scripts for many of the major studios and television networks.

The SCWA has been an Orange County leader in the writing community presenting noted writers every month since 1981. Past speakers include many of today’s top authors, film personalities, and publishers such as Naomi Hirahara, Hank Phillipi Ryan, Joe Ide, Matthew Quirk, Jonathan Maberry, Chris Hauty, Karen Dionne, Ivy Pochoda, Raymond Obstfeld and film producer Dean Devlin.