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SUMMARY:Virtual Author Talk
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DESCRIPTION:You’re invited to free your mind with the highly acclai
 med Silvia Moreno-Garcia\, "New York Times" bestselling and award-winning 
 author! Streamed live..\nhttps://westlakelibrary.libnet.info/event/1043643
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X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p style="text-align: justify\;">Moreno-Garci
 a's novels include <em>Mexican Gothic</em>\, <em>The Daughter of Doctor Mo
 reau</em>\, <em>Gods of Jade and Shadow</em>\, and many more.</p>\n<p styl
 e="text-align: justify\;">Her most recent novel\, <em>The Seventh Veil of 
 Salome</em>\, is set in 1950s Hollywood. Vera Larios\, an unknown Mexican 
 ing&eacute\;nue\, has just won a star-making role in a big budget movie ab
 out the legendary woman whose story has inspired artists since ancient tim
 es&ndash\;Salome. Vera quickly becomes the talk of the town and an object 
 of envy for Nancy Hartley\, an actress whose career has stalled and who wi
 ll do anything to win the fame she believes she richly deserves.</p>\n<p s
 tyle="text-align: justify\;"><img src="https://static.libnet.info/frontend
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 " style="float: right\; margin: 0px 0px 20px 20px\;" /></p>\n<p style="tex
 t-align: justify\;"><em>The Seventh Veil of Salome</em> follows two actres
 ses\, both determined to make it to the top in Golden Age Hollywood&mdash\
 ;a city overflowing with gossip\, scandal\, and intrigue&mdash\;makes for 
 a sizzling combination. But this is the tale of three women\, for it is al
 so the story of the princess Salome herself\, consumed with desire for the
  fiery prophet who foretells the doom of her stepfather\, Herod. Salome is
  a woman torn between the decree of duty and the yearning of her heart. Be
 fore the curtain comes down\, there will be tears and tragedy aplenty in t
 his sexy Technicolor saga.&nbsp\;</p>\n<p style="text-align: justify\;">Jo
 in us as Moreno-Garcia chats with us about Latin American Genre fiction\, 
 her writing process and journey\, as well as her newest book <em>The Seven
 th Veil of Salome</em>. Register now!&nbsp\;</p>\n<p class="heading4">Abou
 t the Author</p>\n<p style="text-align: justify\;">Silvia Moreno-Garcia is
  the author of a number of critically acclaimed novels\, including <em>God
 s of Jade and Shadow</em> (Sunburst Award for Excellence in Canadian Liter
 ature of the Fantastic\, Ignyte Award)\, <em>Mexican Gothic</em> (Locus Aw
 ard\, British Fantasy Award\, Pacific Northwest Book Award\, Aurora Award\
 , Goodreads Award)\, <em>Velvet Was the Night</em> (finalist for the Los A
 ngeles Times Book Prize and the Macavity Award)\, <em>The Daughter of Doct
 or Moreau</em>\, and <em>The Seventh Veil of Salome</em>. She writes in a 
 variety of genres including fantasy\, horror\, <em>noir</em> and historica
 l.</p>\n<p style="text-align: justify\;">Mexican by birth\, Canadian by in
 clination. Cachanilla and Canuck\, originally from Baja California\, she n
 ow resides in Vancouver. She has an MA in Science and Technology Studies f
 rom the University of British Columbia.</p>\n<hr />\n<p style="text-align:
  justify\;">Brought to you in partnership with the <strong>Library Speaker
 s Consortium</strong>. <a href="https://libraryc.org/westlakelibrary"><str
 ong>Visit our site</strong></a> to see all events\, register and explore r
 ecordings of past events.</p>\nhttps://westlakelibrary.libnet.info/event/1
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