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SUMMARY:Beneath a Scarlet Sky: a Palos Verdes Public Library Adventure featuring NYT bestselling author Mark Sullivan
DESCRIPTION:About the Live\, In-Person\, Adventure\n\nCalling all book lovers\, and library enthusiasts! \nJoin New York Times bestselling author Mark Sullivan for an inspiring community reading event. Listen to this accomplished author’s book talk where he will share insights from his creative process as well as the inside scoop on his novel\, Beneath a Scarlet Sky\, an epic tale of one young man’s incredible courage and resilience during one of history’s darkest hours. \nThis special event is proudly presented by the Palos Verdes Library District and promises to be a valuable experience for anyone with a story to tell. \nRegistration\nThis event is FREE and open to the public\, but seating is limited. For questions about the event\, please contact the Palos Verdes Public Library. \nPre-order your book(s) below to be delivered to you at the event for signing. Books will also be available for purchase and signing at the event. \nAbout the Authors and Book\n \nMark Sullivan is a New York Times bestselling author with 18 novels\, including the #1 New York Times bestselling Private series\, which he writes with James Patterson. Mark has received numerous awards for his writing\, and his works have been named a New York Times Notable Book and a Los Angeles Times Best Book of the Year. \nHe grew up in Medfield\, Massachusetts\, and graduated from Hamilton College with a BA in English before working as a volunteer in the Peace Corps in Niger\, West Africa. Upon his return to the United States\, he earned a graduate degree from the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University and began a career in investigative journalism. \nUSA Today bestseller Beneath a Scarlet Sky follows Pino Lella who wants nothing to do with the war or the Nazis. He’s a normal Italian teenager―obsessed with music\, food\, and girls―but his days of innocence are numbered. When his family home in Milan is destroyed by Allied bombs\, Pino joins an underground railroad helping Jews escape over the Alps\, and falls for Anna\, a beautiful widow six years his senior. \nIn an attempt to protect him\, Pino’s parents force him to enlist as a German soldier―a move they think will keep him out of combat. But after Pino is injured\, he is recruited at the tender age of eighteen to become the personal driver for Adolf Hitler’s left hand in Italy\, General Hans Leyers\, one of the Third Reich’s most mysterious and powerful commanders. \nNow\, with the opportunity to spy for the Allies inside the German High Command\, Pino endures the horrors of the war and the Nazi occupation by fighting in secret\, his courage bolstered by his love for Anna and for the life he dreams they will one day share. \nAbout the Palos Verdes Library\n\n\nThe mission of the Palos Verdes Public Library is:\n“We connect. We inspire. We transform. Together.” \n \n\n\nSave
URL:https://adventuresbythebook.com/calendar-event/mark-sullivan-3-13-26/
LOCATION:Palos Verdes Public Library\, 701 Silver Spur Road\, Rolling Hills Estates\, CA
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SUMMARY:Palos Verdes Library Writes Together Adventure featuring New York Times bestselling author Christina Baker Kline and acclaimed author Anne Burt
DESCRIPTION:About the Live\, In-Person\, Adventure\n\nAre you ready to finally write that book? \nWhether you’re just beginning your writing journey\, feeling stuck in your current project\, or seeking expert guidance to take your work to the next level\, this event is for you. \nJoin #1 New York Times bestselling author Christina Baker Kline and her co-author Anne Burt for an inspiring and informative evening dedicated to writers of all levels. Through engaging instruction and candid conversation\, these accomplished authors will share insights from their own creative process—including behind-the-scenes stories from their new novel\, Please Don’t Lie—as well as practical tips to help you move forward with your own writing goals. \nThis special event is proudly presented by the Palos Verdes Library District and promises to be a valuable experience for anyone with a story to tell. \nDon’t miss this opportunity to learn\, connect\, and get inspired. \nRegistration\nThis event is FREE and open to the public\, but seating is limited. For questions about the event\, please contact the Palos Verdes Public Library. \nPre-order your book(s) below to be delivered to you at the event for signing. Books will also be available for purchase and signing at the event. \nAbout the Authors and Book\n \nChristina Baker Kline is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of eight novels\, including The Exiles\, Orphan Train\, and A Piece of the World\, and the author and/or editor of five nonfiction books. She is published in more than 40 countries; her books are taught in universities\, colleges\, and high schools. \nAnne Burt’s debut novel\, The Dig\, was a March 2023 American Booksellers’ Association Indie Next pick and the Strand Bookstore’s mystery selection of the month. Her essays and fiction have appeared in numerous publications and venues\, including Salon\, NPR\, and The Christian Science Monitor. \nIn their new joint historical novel\, Please Don’t Lie\, a stylish\, twisty thriller\, a young woman heads to the Adirondacks with her new husband for a fresh start―but the past won’t let her go. \nAbout the Palos Verdes Library\n\n\nThe mission of the Palos Verdes Public Library is:\n“We connect. We inspire. We transform. Together.” \n \n\n\nSave
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LOCATION:Palos Verdes Public Library\, 701 Silver Spur Road\, Rolling Hills Estates\, CA
CATEGORIES:Event,Library Adventures,Writers
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SUMMARY:The Stolen Life of Colette Marceau: a Palos Verdes Library Adventure featuring NYT and #1 international bestselling author and Friends & Fiction Co-Founder Kristin Harmel
DESCRIPTION:About the Live\, In-Person\, Adventure\n\nKristin Harmel is beloved around the world as the #1 international and New York Times bestselling author of historical novels such as The Forest of Vanishing Stars\, The Book of Lost Names\, and The Winemaker’s Wife\, and also as the renowned co-founder of the enormously popular Friends & Fiction podcast\, and for her very public and courageous battle with breast cancer. \nNow you will have the opportunity to meet this very special author at the Palos Verdes Public Library on Friday\, June 27\, to celebrate Kristin’s new novel\, The Stolen Life of Colette Marceau. \nRegistration\nThis event is FREE and open to the public\, but seating is limited. For questions about the event\, please contact the Palos Verdes Public Library. \nPre-order your book(s) below to be delivered to you at the event for signing. Books will also be available for purchase and signing at the event. \nAbout the Author and Book\n \nKristin Harmel is the New York Times bestselling\, USA Today bestselling\, and #1 international bestselling author of The Forest of Vanishing Stars\, The Book of Lost Names\, The Winemaker’s Wife\, and a dozen other novels that have been translated into more than 30 languages and are sold all over the world. Many of her novels have been optioned for film and television. \nKristin has been writing professionally since the age of 16\, when she began her career as a sportswriter\, covering Major League Baseball and NHL hockey for a local magazine in Tampa Bay\, Florida. In addition to a long magazine writing career\, primarily writing and reporting for PEOPLE magazine (as well as articles published in numerous other magazines\, including American Baby\, Men’s Health\, Woman’s Day\, and more)\, Kristin was also a frequent contributor to the national television morning show The Daily Buzz. Her first novel was published in February 2006. \nKristin was born just outside Boston\, Massachusetts and spent her childhood there\, as well as in Worthington\, Ohio\, and St. Petersburg\, Florida. After graduating with a degree in journalism (with a minor in Spanish) from the University of Florida\, she spent time living in Paris and Los Angeles and now lives in Orlando\, with her husband and son. A breast cancer survivor\, she is also the co-founder and co-host of the popular weekly web show and podcast Friends & Fiction. \nHer new historical novel\, The Stolen Life of Colette Marceau\, is an electrifying new novel about two jewel thieves\, a priceless bracelet that disappears in 1940s Paris\, and a quest for answers in a decades-old murder. \nAbout the Palos Verdes Library\n\n\nThe mission of the Palos Verdes Public Library is:\n“We connect. We inspire. We transform. Together.” \n \n\n\nSave
URL:https://adventuresbythebook.com/calendar-event/kristin-harmel-6-27-25/
LOCATION:Palos Verdes Public Library\, 701 Silver Spur Road\, Rolling Hills Estates\, CA
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