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SUMMARY:Simon & Schuster Authorfest Spring 2024
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DESCRIPTION:AuthorFest Spring 2024 will feature bestselling authors TJ Ale
 xander\, Kaliane Bradley\, and Jackie Lau in conversation. Christina Hobbs
  and Lauren Billings\, the duo behind the romance powerhouse Christina Lau
 ren\, will lead these authors in discussion..\nhttps://centralarkansaslibr
 arysystemcals.libnet.info/event/10588404
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p>From fake relationships to star-crossed ti
 me travelers to queer throuples\, these are not your mother&rsquo\;s roman
 ce novels.</p>\n<p><strong>About the Authors:</strong></p>\n<p>TJ Alexande
 r\, the critically acclaimed author of Second Chances in New Port Stephen\
 , Chef&rsquo\;s Kiss\, and Chef&rsquo\;s Choice\, writes about queer love.
  Originally from Florida\, they received their MA in writing and publishin
 g from Emerson College in Boston. They live in New York City with their wi
 fe and various houseplants. Their upcoming novel is Triple Sec\, arriving 
 June 4\, 2024.</p>\n<p>Kaliane Bradley is a British-Cambodian writer and e
 ditor based in London. Her short fiction has appeared in Somesuch Stories\
 , The Willowherb Review\, Electric Literature\, Catapult\, and Extra Teeth
 \, among others. She was the winner of the 2022 Harper&rsquo\;s Bazaar Sho
 rt Story Prize and the 2022 V.S. Pritchett Short Story Prize. Her upcoming
  novel is The Ministry of Time\, arriving May 7\, 2024.</p>\n<p>Jackie Lau
  studied engineering and worked as a geophysicist before turning to her fi
 rst love of writing. She is now the author of over twenty romantic comedie
 s including Donut Fall in Love and The Stand-Up Groomsman. When she&rsquo\
 ;s not writing\, she enjoys gelato\, gourmet donuts\, cooking\, hiking\, a
 nd reading. She lives in Toronto with her husband. Find out more at Jackie
 LauBooks.com. Her upcoming novel is Love\, Lies\, and Cherry Pie\, arrivin
 g May 7\, 2024.</p>\n<p>Christina Lauren is the combined pen name of longt
 ime writing partners and best friends Christina Hobbs and Lauren Billings\
 , the New York Times\, USA TODAY\, and #1 internationally bestselling auth
 ors of the Beautiful and Wild Seasons series\, Autoboyography\, Love and O
 ther Words\, Roomies\, Josh and Hazel&rsquo\;s Guide to Not Dating\, The U
 nhoneymooners\, The Soulmate Equation\, Something Wilder\, and The True Lo
 ve Experiment. You can find them online at ChristinaLaurenBooks.com or @Ch
 ristinaLauren on Instagram. Their upcoming novel is The Paradise Problem\,
  arriving May 14\, 2024.</p>\n<p><strong>About Simon &amp\; Schuster Autho
 rFest:</strong></p>\n<p>AuthorFest is a seasonal\, public-facing virtual a
 uthor event\, presented in partnership with regional book festivals\, lect
 ure series and bookstores. AuthorFest provides unique live author programm
 ing to communities and readers not traditionally part of an-in person auth
 or tour.</p>\nhttps://centralarkansaslibrarysystemcals.libnet.info/event/1
 0588404
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