You&rsquo\;re invited to join us for a con versation with acclaimed author Kate Quinn about her latest fantastical wo rk\, The Astral Library\, which poses the question: Have you ever wished y ou could live inside a book? Welcome to the Astral Library\, where books a re not just objects\, but doors to new worlds\, new lives\, and new future s.
\n\nAlexandria &ldquo\;Alix&rdquo\; Watson has learned one lesson from her barren childhood in the foster-care system: unlike people \, books will never let you down. Working three dead-end jobs to make ends meet and knowing college is a pipe dream\, Alix takes nightly refuge in t he high-vaulted reading room at the Boston Public Library\, escaping into her favorite fantasy novels and dreaming of far-off lands. Until the day s he stumbles through a hidden door and meets the Librarian: the ageless\, a cerbic guardian of a hidden library where the desperate and the lost escap e to new lives...inside their favorite books.
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The Librarian
takes a dazzled Alix under her wing\, but before she can escape into the p
ages of her new life\, a shadowy enemy emerges to threaten everyone the As
tral Library has ever helped protect. Aided by a dashing costume-shop owne
r\, Alix and the Librarian flee through the Regency drawing rooms of Jane
Austen to the back alleys of Sherlock Holmes and the champagne-soaked part
ies of The Great Gatsby as danger draws inexorably closer. But who does th
eir enemy really wish to destroy&mdash\;Alix\, the Librarian\, or the Libr
ary itself?
About the Author:
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Kate
Quinn is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of historical
fiction. A native of Southern California\, she attended Boston University
\, where she earned bachelor&rsquo\;s and master&rsquo\;s degrees in class
ical voice. A lifelong history buff\, she has written four novels in the E
mpress of Rome Saga and two books set in the Italian Renaissance before tu
rning to the 20th century with The Alice Network\, The Huntress\, The Rose
Code\, The Diamond Eye\, and The Briar Club. The Astral Library is her fi
rst foray into magic realism. She and her husband now live in Maryland wit
h their rescue dogs.
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