Wednesday, December 3, 2025 | 6:30–8 p.m. (PT)
Heading into the winter season, we explore dark themes in fiction to shed light on humanity’s capacity for grace and terrible crimes.
WeHo Reads: Going Dark to Bring Light
Online Via Zoom and YouTube
Free, RSVP Requested
Writers of mystery and crime fiction walk a tightrope between revelation and revulsion. They crack open the facades of families, cities, and histories to expose what festers underneath. Whether through the sly charm of a cozy, the razor edge of noir, or the suffocating weight of suspense, these stories don’t just entertain—they force us to confront the mess of being human.
Heading into the winter season, we explore dark themes in fiction to shed light on humanity’s capacity for grace and terrible crimes. Featuring: Jennifer Chow, Lefty-Award nominee and author of the Magical Fortune Cookie novels, L.A. Night Market Mysteries, and Sassy Cat series; Nicholas George, author of the A Walk Through England mystery series; Tori Eldridge, author of Kaua’i Storm and the Lily Wong Thrillers—nominated for the Anthony, Lefty, and Macavity Awards and winner of the 2021 Crimson Scribe for Best Book of the Year; and Georgia Jeffries, USC School of Cinematic Arts professor and award-winning author of The Younger Girl, a Midwest noir based on a true crime of family murder and betrayal that crosses three generations.
The event is free. WeHo Reads is a literary series presented by the City of West Hollywood. For more information and events, visit www.weho.org/wehoreads. The 2025 season is produced by BookSwell, a literary media company amplifying historically excluded voices. Additional support is provided by media partnerships with Book Soup and Los Angeles Review of Books.
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Authors
Jennifer Chow
Jennifer J. Chow writes cozies filled with hope and heritage. She has been a finalist for the Agatha, Anthony, Lefty, and Lilian Jackson Braun Memorial Award. Kirkus Reviews said of her Magical Fortune Cookie mysteries: “Good things lie ahead in this series.” Star-Crossed Egg Tarts was highlighted in Book Riot, Criminal Element, and Fresh Fiction. Jennifer is a past president of Sisters in Crime and an active member of Crime Writers of Color and Mystery Writers of America. She regularly blogs at chicksonthecase.com.
Connect with her online at JenniferJChow.com.
Nicholas George
Nicholas George is the author of the “A Walk Through England” mystery series, featuring retired police detective Rick “Chase” Chasen. Although a native Californian, Nicholas is an avid Anglophile (perhaps from listening to hours and hours of Beatles records as a teenager) and visits England regularly, usually to indulge in his other passion, country walking. Before taking up mystery writing, Nicholas oversaw communication programs for large corporate clients including Lockheed, Merck and Nissan. He lives in Pasadena, California, with his husband.
To learn more about Nicholas, visit his website: nicholasgeorgeauthor.com.
Tori Eldridge
Tori Eldridge is the bestselling author of Kaua’i Storm (Ranger Makalani Pahukula Mystery), Dance Among the Flames, and the Lily Wong thrillers—The Ninja Daughter, The Ninja’s Blade, The Ninja Betrayed, and The Ninja’s Oath. She has been nominated for Anthony, Lefty and Macavity Awards, is an Academy Nicholl Fellowship semifinalist, and won the 2021 Crimson Scribe Award for Best Book of the Year. Born and raised in Honolulu of Hawaiian, Chinese, Norwegian descent, Tori holds a fifth-degree black belt and has performed on Broadway, television, and film. She lives in Portland where she narrated the audiobook for Kaua’i Storm.
To learn more about Tori, visit her website: torieldridge.com.
Georgia Jeffries
Georgia Jeffries is the award-winning author of The Younger Girl, a Midwest noir based on a true crime of family murder and betrayal that crosses three generations. Her short fiction appears in the anthologies, Made in L.A.: Hollywood Adjacent and Mystery Writers of America’s Odd Partners edited by Anne Perry. Born in the Illinois heartland, Jeffries came of age in the wilds of Los Angeles. A writer of Emmy and WGA Award-winning TV drama, she is a professor at USC’s School of Cinematic Arts where she created the first undergraduate screenwriting thesis at an American university.
Connect with her at georgiajeffries.com.
Special Guest: West Hollywood Poet Laureate
Jen Cheng
Jen Cheng is a multi-disciplinary storyteller, weaving her skills as a poet, writer, musician, improvisor, and artist. She helps create your story and amplify under-represented stories. Jen is a community curator and cross-pollinator.
Find out more about Jen at: jencvoice.com.
