PRESS AND MEDIA
BookLife Prize - 2021
Plot/Idea: 10 out of 10
Originality: 10 out of 10
Prose: 10 out of 10
Character/Execution: 10 out of 10
Overall: 10.00 out of 10
An engrossing storyline that sucks in the reader as Brenda's world collapses around her. Fast-paced and set amid drama of the OJ Simpson scandal, this work combines a great plot with strong, likeable characters, and insightful dialogue.
Suanne Schafer, novelist, photographer, editor, and Austin literary force interviews authors, reviews books, and reads an astronomical number of novels every month. In our conversation here we discovered we have a great deal in common. We met in a class at Stanford Continuing Ed, we both almost got kicked out of high school and we both used The OJ Simpson moment in time in our novels.
Story Circle Network said, "Each of the Lockhart women is caught in her own desperate search for a definition of women’s roles in the mid-nineties...The author has a knack for presenting the challenges and triumphs facing American working-class families." Read full review here.
"The Lockhart Women"was featured in Hollywood Reporter's "Rights Available" column, "a snapshot of notable new or upcoming titles that have appeal for studios (and have been shopped)." Read the article here.
“This is a gripping, sometimes funny, novel that will keep you turning the pages.” —San Francisco Book Review
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John Busbee from The Culture Buzz says The Lockhart Women is “a marvelous dash of 1990s pop culture that vibrates with an intensity that reaches deep into the reader's heart, keeping them quickly turning its pages until the final, satisfying word. Listen to our chat here.
"Between OC and OJ, the Lives of 'The Lockhart Women' Delight in Debut Novel" by Gabriel San Roman, "Off The Page Series" Read full article here.
Women Fiction Writers Association and Booktrib included The Lockhart Women in their "Phoenix Listicle" celebrating "Inner strength, individual resilience, courage, and the determination to overcome trauma, tragedy, abuse, illness and near-death experiences, or perhaps even the first steps towards independence after divorce."
Read full article here.
Southern California News Group
OC Register Summer Reads 2021
Author! Author! What's it like to be a first time published writer
by Siel Ju.
“I’m still waiting for Reese Witherspoon to call me,” Camarillo says."
Read interview here.
Irvine Valley College News, Irvine, California
Local Author Found Her Wings at IVC
"Camarillo has a long history with publication, including in IVC’s own "The Ear" literary journal." Read interview here.
Mary Camarillo, author of the debut novel, The Lockhart Women, talks with Barbara DeMarco-Barrett about the challenges of being a debut novelist, why her novel is set during the OJ Simpson trial, and more. Download audio. (Broadcast date: June 16, 2021)
Peter Gerrard, writer, journalist, bicycle enthusiast, and photographer has an unique connection to the helicopters that followed the Simpson chase. Watch a replay of his conversation with Mary Camarillo here.
Mary Volmer, novelist, teacher, athlete, and creator
of the Alta Mesa Center for the Arts
in conversation with Mary Camarillo.
Watch the replay here.
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Writer, teacher, community activist
and Libro Mobile owner
Sarah Rafael Garcia
interviews Mary Camarillo to
celebrate the launch
of "The Lockhart Women"
at The Bookman in Orange, California.
Click here to watch replay.
Book Club wrangler, community activist and Bel Canto Bookstore owner
Jhoanna Belfer
chats with Mary Camarillo about
The Lockhart Women.
Click here to watch replay.