TC NovDec 2025 Newsletter

Town Club member Shirley Burton has written a captivating novel, Misfire – a Story of Ginger Philllips , a young woman in love with Brad, but also intrigued with mythology’s gods and goddesses to the extent that her real-life experiences often parallel the stories of Hera, the goddess of marriage. One reviewer has written that Misfire is “engaging, original, wise, and amusing. A lovely read about the perils and hopes that come with love.”

Shirley is also the author of a memoir, Mama Says It’s Hogwash, and a book of poetry, Awakening . She is a cum laude graduate of Texas State University. Shirley currently resides in Altadena. She has two children, a daughter, Jennifer Ford Davis, a retired teacher; and a son Tom Ford, fashion designer and filmmaker. Shirley will be interviewed by Elizabeth Kaye, who leads the writers’ group at The Town Club. She is a New York Times #1 best-selling author and the Dance Historian of American Ballet Theatre. She has edited many books and written six including American Ballet Theatre: A 25 Year Retrospective; Ain’t No Tomorrow: Kobe, Shaq, and the Making of a Lakers Dynasty; Lifeboat No. 8: Surviving the Titanic; Mid-Life: Notes from the Halfway Mark.

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