Hilarie Burton Morgan in conversation with Sophia Bush at Live Talks Los Angeles discussing her book, "Grimoire Girl: A Memoir of Magic and Mischief." The event took place on October 18, 2023.
The long-awaited next book from actress and New York Times bestselling author of The Rural Diaries, Hilarie Burton Morgan. Through memoir essays and magical practices, Grimoire Girl connects us to the enchantment that exists inside us all.
Hilarie Burton Morgan is an actor, producer, farmer, candy dealer, kid chauffeur, and New York Times bestselling author. Known for her roles as Peyton on One Tree Hill, Sara Ellis on White Collar, her work as an MTV VJ, and her leading roles in popular Lifetime movies, she lives with her husband, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, in New York’s picturesque Hudson Valley with their son Gus, daughter George, and a whole menagerie of animals.
Sophia Bush is an actress, producer, activist, and entrepreneur. Some of her television and film projects include False Positive, Good Sam, Hard Luck Love Song , John Tucker Must Die, Incredibles 2, One Tree Hill, Dick Chicago PD, This Is Us and Love, Victor. She made her West End debut in2023 in 2:22 a Ghost Story the Olivier-nominated thriller play written by Danny Robbins. She hosts a podcast, Work in Progress, as well as co-hosts the iHeartRadio podcast Drama Queens alongside Hilarie Burton Morgan and Bethany Joy Lenz, during which they relive and reclaim nine seasons of CW drama, One Tree Hill. Sophia devotes her free time to bettering girl’s education and the environment. She also General Partner at Union Heritage Ventures, a majority African-American and women-owned venture capital firm.
Since childhood, Hilarie Burton Morgan has felt the call to record, keep, and catalogue life in all its strange wonder. It was a whimsical habit, with no clear goal. And then, when she became a mother, the importance of all that collecting snapped into focus. In an effort to patchwork together an anthology of traditions, curiosity, and magical thinking that she could pass down, Burton Morgan realized she was crafting a grimoire.
In her most intimate book yet, Burton Morgan shares how she’s creating an inheritance of mischief and magic that will outlive her. What’s more, she shows readers how they too can look at the elements of their lives and collect the pieces into a tangible collection of a lifetime of learning. Because in its purest form, a grimoire was a guide to keep you alive.
Like the grimoires of old, full of life-saving wisdom, these pages record the people, places, ideas and habits that have kept Burton Morgan alive, in her signature voice that is at once honest, witty, and charming. Accompanied by whimsical two-color illustrations by Olivia Faust, the book also includes Simple Spells, which are ways to bring magic into your daily life such as: create an altar that delights and inspires; practice candle magic and poetry spells; make an oracle deck; channel your inner kitchen witch with recipes and potions
So begin creating your own inheritance, take a long look inward and decide…
What wisdom will be written on the pages of your Grimoire?
