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\nWe are pleased to continue to partner with the Ashland Public Library for this 9 week series to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Decla ration of Independence!
\nLoretta and Susan\, Two Nerdy His tory Girls\, are focusing on the 250th anniversary of the signing of the D eclaration of Independence. They are so knowledgeable about the everyday l ives of people who lived through this era as well as how war could upend t hose lives. We'll have a great conversation and learn so much about how th is historic happening affected every aspect of people's lives. \;
\ nYou know them as the Two Nerdy History Girls - authors Loretta Chase a nd Susan Holloway Scott were the originators of the infamous blog. We have Loretta and Susan here to answer all of our burning questions about the 2 50th. How do they do their research\, how much of it comes out of their vi sits to Colonial Williamsburg\, and how do they incorporate their knowledg e into their writing? We can't wait for what we know is going to be a fasc inating conversation between these two friends and researchers.
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\n\n< p>About the speakers:\nLoretta Chase has worked in academe\, retail\, and the visual arts\, as well as on the streets&mdash\ ;as a meter maid&mdash\;and in video\, as a scriptwriter. She might have d eveloped an excitingly checkered career had her spouse not nagged her into writing fiction. Her bestselling historical romances\, set in the Regency and Romantic eras of the early nineteenth century\, have won a number of awards\, including the Romance Writers of America&rsquo\;s RITA®\; and Vivian®\;. For more about her past\, her books\, and what she does and doesn&rsquo\;t do on social media\, \;please visit her website. \;
\nSusan Holloway Scott \;is the author of over fifty historical novels and novellas. Her bestselling books have received numerous awards and honors\, and with more than four million copies of her books in print\ , she has been published in nineteen foreign countries around the world. S he has also written under the pseudonyms Isabella Bradford and Miranda Jar rett.
\nSusan is a graduate of Brown University\, and lives with her family in a book-filled house outside of Philadelphia\, PA.
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