About this Event
Ava will discuss her romantasy/space opera with author Julie Lew.
A book signing will follow with both authors. This ticketed event includes a paperback copy of The Stargazers.
Can't attend the event? Signed copies from Ava are available for LA in-store pick-up and shipping. Must order by October 6th.
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About The Stargazers:
On Earth you live. On Luella, you survive.
Attending an elite NASA training program, the American Space Academy, Julia Mastroff, Ky Nolan, Natalie D az, and Milo Fry become the newest members of The Stargazers Project, a top secret program that creates working teenage astronauts. On a test mission, The Stargazers space shuttle is sucked into a portal, and they crash on a magical planet with a past of its own. Now stranded somewhere in the universe and threatened by fae hunters, unidentified creatures, and secrets beyond their imagination, they must find a way to survive or a way to get back home. But it gets even more complicated when Julia is saved by a Luarian hunter, and she discovers she has magical abilities she did not possess before. With love entanglements and betrayals, The Stargazers must survive the creatures hunting them and unravel the mystery of the truth behind The Stargazers Project. Julia can't and won't leave Luella until she finds out exactly what her destiny is.
About Ava Lauren Grayson:
Based in Los Angeles, AVA LAUREN GRAYSON is a creative director and author of Young Adult storytelling from a female gaze. Award-winning director, Grayson graduated from ArtCenter College of Design’s Undergraduate Film program with Distinction. With a background in production design, styling, and art direction, Grayson is proud to have worked on over two-hundred films and campaigns, including three features, award-winning indie shorts, and a Columbia Records music video, and has worked with clients such as Cuyana, MGA Entertainment, Libertine Fragrance, Runway 7, and Lentement Studio.
As a writer, Grayson has had four stories published by Havok Publishing, was published in the Crowns: A Heartbrooks Anthology by Quill and Flame Publishing House in December 2023, the Once Upon a Valentine’s Anthology from Azala Press in February 2024, and the Creatures, Crowns, and Curses Anthology from Quill and Flame Publishing House in October 2024. Grayson recently signed a two-book deal with Quill and Flame Publishing House for her debut YA space fantasy duology. Her third book Ravenspire comes out in 2028. If she's not writing or creating, you can probably find her rewatching Lord of the Rings, getting a tattoo, or feeding her cat. :3
About Julie Lew:
Julie Lew loves all things fantasy and horror, the darker and queerer the better. Her adult gothic horror, The Wives of Herrick Hall, is out now, and her YA fantasy mystery, Death in Verse, releases September 22nd, 2026.
Event venue & nearby stays
The Ripped Bodice, 3806 Main Street, Culver City, United States
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