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How to Spice Up Your Book events, Ace Interviews and Talk to Media from an award-winning Author, Filmmaker and Book Reviewer.

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Date	Thursday, February 13, Friday, February 14, Saturday, February 15
Consultation Time	3:30 p.m., 4:00 p.m., 5:00 p.m., 5:30 p.m.

About Leslie Zemeckis

Leslie Zemeckis is a best-selling author, actress, and award-winning documentarian. Critically acclaimed films include Behind the Burly Q, the true story of old-time burlesque in America which ran on Showtime; the award-winning Bound by Flesh, and Mabel, Mabel, Tiger Trainer and Grandes Horizontales.

She has acted in film and television opposite Steve Carell, Tom Hanks, Richard Lawson, Colin Firth and Mickey Rourke. Nov 2024 she will be seen in Miramax’s highly anticipated film Here.

Zemeckis is the author of three best-sellers, Behind the Burly Q, the definitive oral history of burlesque (an Amazon Editor’s Pick), Goddess of Love Incarnate; the Life of Stripteuse Lili St. Cyr and Feuding Fan Dancers (a SCIBA finalist for best bio of the year), about Sally Rand, Faith Bacon and the golden age of the showgirl.

She writes a monthly book column in the Montecito Journal a sought-after newspaper with both hardcopy and online reach (weekly distribution of 12,000+), and has contributed to Huffington Post, Medium, Talkhouse, W Magazine and Stork Magazine. She is also the founder of the program “Stories Matter,” sponsored by Santa Barbara International Film Festival and ENTITY Magazine, with professional female authors mentoring the next generation of female storytellers. Her TEDx talk was “Forgotten to Forever: Immortalizing Women Through Stories.” Zemeckis has spoken at panels and universities including Santa Barbara City College, Los Angeles Times Festival of Books, The Chicago Club, Chicago History Museum, and MoMa.

She was honored for her work inspiring women, in 2023 with the Ellis Island Medal of Honor in part for “sharing and preserving stories of women who were once marginalized and stigmatized . . .” but due to her work “these women are now celebrated for their independence and personal agency.” The Medal is officially recognized by both Houses of Congress and is one of our nation’s most prestigious awards. Past recipients include Presidents Clinton and Reagan, Elie Wiesel, Sen. John McCain and HSH Prince Albert II of Monaco.

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