Actress, activist, and author Alyssa Milano made an appearance to sign copies of her new children’s book Hope: Project Middle School. The event took place at The Grove’s Barnes & Noble in LA.

The event was scheduled to start at 7 p.m. and unlike the last book signing I attended, I arrived very early. When the event started Alyssa discussed her book alongside the illustrator Eric S. Keyes. It was then followed by a Q&A session and book signing.

I’ve always been a big fan of Alyssa’s earlier work such as the movie Commando, where she co-starred alongside Arnold schwarzenegger and the TV sitcom Who’s the Boss? It was a pleasure to finally meet her.

Eric S. Keyes is also a character designer for the TV series The Simpsons. I had him sign the book as well.

The only issue with this event is that the line moved very slow. For whatever reason some people get to the front of the line and have to tell their life story. Overall it was still a good event.