Local Author: Jill Hall

Twenty-eight-year-old struggling San Francisco artist Anne McFarland is determined to get a one-woman show, even though no one, including herself, believes she can do it. But when she  buys a coat at a thrift shop with a key in its pocket, strange, even magical, occurrences begin to unfold, and she is inspired to create her best work ever.  Fifty years before, the coat’s original owner, young heiress Sylvia Van Dam, is headed toward a disastrous marriage with a scoundrel. In a split-second reaction, she does the unimaginable, which propels her destiny out of alignment and forces her on a trip of self-discovery to nature-filled Northern Arizona.When Anne and Sylvia’s lives intersect, they are both forced to face their fears—and in the process, they realize their true potential.

” Jill G. Hall is inspired to write about nature’s awe, love gone good and bad as well as life’s ironies. Released by She Writes Press in October 2015, her debut novel, The Black Velvet Coat, is a #1 Amazon Bestseller and an International Book Award Finalist for Best New Fiction. In 2016 she was selected as a (W2W) Writer to Watch by The Friends of the San Diego Central Library.  She is a past board president of San Diego Writers, Ink and currently chairs the Creative Catalyst Program for Individual Artists through the San Diego Foundation.”