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SUMMARY:Liberating Latin American Genre Fiction
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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 au
 thor of several novels including Mexican Gothic\, and many more!.\nhttps:/
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X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p>Moreno-Garcia&rsquo\;s most recent novel\,
  The Seventh Veil of Salome\, 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 about the legendary woman whose story has inspired artists s
 ince ancient times&ndash\;Salome. Vera quickly becomes the talk of the tow
 n and an object of envy for Nancy Hartley\, an actress whose career has st
 alled and who will do anything to win the fame she believes she richly des
 erves.</p>\n<p>The Seventh Veil of Salome follows two actresses\, both det
 ermined to make it to the top in Golden Age Hollywood&mdash\;a city overfl
 owing with gossip\, scandal\, and intrigue&mdash\;makes for a sizzling com
 bination. But this is the tale of three women\, for it is also the story o
 f 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. Before the curta
 in comes down\, there will be tears and tragedy aplenty in this sexy Techn
 icolor saga.&nbsp\;</p>\n<p>Join us as Moreno-Garcia chats with us about L
 atin American Genre fiction\, her writing process and journey\, as well as
  her newest book The Seventh Veil of Salome. Register now!&nbsp\;</p>\n<p>
 About the Author:&nbsp\; Silvia Moreno-Garcia is the author of a number of
  critically acclaimed novels\, including Gods of Jade and Shadow (Sunburst
  Award for Excellence in Canadian Literature of the Fantastic\, Ignyte Awa
 rd)\, Mexican Gothic (Locus Award\, British Fantasy Award\, Pacific Northw
 est Book Award\, Aurora Award\, Goodreads Award)\, Velvet Was the Night (f
 inalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize and the Macavity Award)\, The
  Daughter of Doctor Moreau\, and The Seventh Veil of Salome. She writes in
  a variety of genres including fantasy\, horror\, noir and historical.</p>
 \n<p>Mexican by birth\, Canadian by inclination. Cachanilla and Canuck\, o
 riginally from Baja California\, she now resides in Vancouver. She has an 
 MA in Science and Technology Studies from the University of British Columb
 ia.</p>\n<p><em>This program is sponsored by the <a href="https://www.frie
 ndsofduncanlibrary.org/">Friends of Duncan Library</a> and the <a href="ht
 tps://beatleyfriends.org/">Friends of Beatley Central Library</a>.</em></p
 >\n<p>Upcoming and previously broadcast author talks can be viewed <a href
 ="https://libraryc.org/alexlibraryva">here</a>.</p>\nhttps://alexandria.li
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