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SUMMARY:Virtual Author Talk
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X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p>Do you love action-packed adventure? Are y
 ou ready for the thrill? You&rsquo\;re invited to a riveting conversation 
 with New York Times bestselling author Gregg Hurwitz as he chats with us a
 bout his <em>Orphan X</em> series and his life as a writer of suspenseful 
 storytelling.</p>\n<p><em>Orphan X</em>\, the series opener\, introduces t
 he world to the Nowhere Man. He is a legendary figure spoken about only in
  whispers. It&rsquo\;s said that when he&rsquo\;s reached by the truly des
 perate and deserving\, the Nowhere Man can and will do anything to protect
  and save them.</p>\n<p>But he&rsquo\;s not merely a legend.</p>\n<p>Evan 
 Smoak is a man with skills\, resources\, and a personal mission to help th
 ose with nowhere else to turn. He&rsquo\;s also a man with a dangerous pas
 t. Taken from a group home at twelve\, Evan was raised and trained as part
  of the Orphan Program\, an off-the-books operation designed to create den
 iable intelligence assets&mdash\;i.e. assassins. Evan was Orphan X. He bro
 ke with the Program\, using everything he learned to disappear and reinven
 t himself as the Nowhere Man.</p>\n<p>Now ten books in\, fans cannot get e
 nough of the Orphan X world and Hurwitz can&rsquo\;t wait to tell us all a
 bout it. Register now for a conversation you just cannot miss!</p>\n<p>Abo
 ut the Author: Gregg Hurwitz is the New York Times #1 internationally best
 selling author of 24 thrillers including the <em>Orphan X</em> series. His
  novels have won numerous literary awards and have been published in 33 la
 nguages. Gregg currently serves as the Co-President of International Thril
 ler Writers (ITW). Additionally\, he&rsquo\;s written screenplays and tele
 vision scripts for many of the major studios and networks\, comics for AWA
  (including the critically acclaimed anthology <em>NewThink</em>)\, DC\, a
 nd Marvel\, and poetry. Currently\, Gregg is actively working against pola
 rization in politics and culture. To that end\, he's penned op-eds for <em
 >The Wall Street Journal</em>\, <em>The Guardian</em>\, <em>The Bulwark</e
 m>\, <em>Salon</em>\, and others\, and has produced several hundred commer
 cials and creative content which have gotten several hundred million views
  on digital TV platforms. He also helped write the opening ceremony of the
  2022 World Cup.</p>\n<hr />\n<p><em>Brought to you in partnership with th
 e Library Speakers Consortium. <a href="https://libraryc.org/westlakelibra
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 register and explore recordings of past events.<br /></em></p>\nhttps://we
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