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SUMMARY:Liberating Latin American Genre Fiction: In Conversation
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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
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X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p>You&rsquo\;re invited to free your mind wi
 th the highly acclaimed Silvia Moreno-Garcia\, New York Times bestselling 
 and award-winning author of several novels including <em>Mexican Gothic</e
 m>\, <em>The Daughter of Doctor Moreau</em>\, <em>Gods of Jade and Shadow<
 /em>\, and many more!</p>\n<p>Moreno-Garcia&rsquo\;s most recent novel\,&n
 bsp\;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 artis
 ts since ancient times&ndash\;Salome. Vera quickly becomes the talk of the
  town and an object of envy for Nancy Hartley\, an actress whose career ha
 s stalled and who will do anything to win the fame she believes she richly
  deserves.</p>\n<p><em>The Seventh Veil of Salome</em>&nbsp\;follows two a
 ctresses\, both determined to make it to the top in Golden Age Hollywood&m
 dash\;a city overflowing with gossip\, scandal\, and intrigue&mdash\;make 
 for a sizzling combination. But this is the tale of three women\, for it i
 s also the story of the princess Salome herself\, consumed with desire for
  the fiery prophet who foretells the doom of her stepfather\, Herod. Salom
 e is a woman torn between the decree of duty and the yearning of her heart
 . Before the curtain comes down\, there will be tears and tragedy aplenty 
 in this sexy Technicolor saga.&nbsp\;</p>\n<p>Join us as Moreno-Garcia cha
 ts with us about Latin American Genre fiction\, her writing process and jo
 urney\, as well as her newest book&nbsp\;<em>The Seventh Veil of Salome</e
 m>.&nbsp\;Register now!&nbsp\;</p>\n<p><strong>About the Author:</strong>&
 nbsp\;Silvia Moreno-Garcia is the author of a number of critically acclaim
 ed novels\, including&nbsp\;<em>Gods of Jade and Shadow</em>&nbsp\;(Sunbur
 st Award for Excellence in Canadian Literature of the Fantastic\, Ignyte A
 ward)\,&nbsp\;<em>Mexican Gothic</em>&nbsp\;(Locus Award\, British Fantasy
  Award\, Pacific Northwest Book Award\, Aurora Award\, Goodreads Award)\,&
 nbsp\;<em>Velvet Was the Night</em>&nbsp\;(finalist for the Los Angeles Ti
 mes Book Prize and the Macavity Award)\,&nbsp\;<em>The Daughter of Doctor 
 Moreau</em>\, and&nbsp\;<em>The Seventh Veil of Salome</em>. 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>\nhttps://edisonpubliclibrary.libnet.info/event/11679752
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