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SUMMARY:Manhattan Beach Library Speaker Series with Julia Quinn
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DESCRIPTION:The Manhattan Beach Library Speaker Series is pleased to invit
 e you to their spring event\, featuring bestselling romance novelist and a
 uthor of the Bridgerton series\, Julia Quinn. .\nhttps://lacountylibrary.l
 ibnet.info/event/16161200
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p>Join the Manhattan Beach Library Speaker S
 eries and the City of Manhattan Beach as they welcome best-selling romance
  novelist and author of the Bridgerton series\, Julia Quinn\, to the Mira 
 Costa High School auditorium on Saturday\, May 23 at 2 pm.</p>\n<p>Sitting
  in conversation with LA County Librarian and Director\, Dr. Skye Patrick\
 , Julia will dive into all things swoony and steamy. What is it about roma
 nce that makes our hearts skip a beat? And as someone who has been writing
  in the genre for a while\, what does she think the current romance renais
 sance says about us and our moment in time?</p>\n<p>A book signing and rec
 eption will follow\, with book sales provided by&nbsp\;{pages}: a bookstor
 e.&nbsp\;</p>\n<p>This program is taking place in the Auditorium at <stron
 g>Mira Costa High School\, 1401 Artesia Blvd\, Manhattan Beach\, CA 90266<
 /strong>.&nbsp\;</p>\n<p>Books will be available for purchase as preorders
  and at the event from&nbsp\;<a href="https://pagesabookstore.com/">{pages
 } a bookstore</a>. If you'd like to preorder and pick up your books at the
  event on May 23\, please make a note in the "Customer Comments" section w
 hen completing your purchase.&nbsp\;</p>\n<p>The Manhattan Beach Library S
 peaker Series is made possible by the generous support of the&nbsp\;City o
 f Manhattan Beach.&nbsp\;</p>\n<p>#1&nbsp\;New York Times&nbsp\;bestsellin
 g author <a href="https://catalog.lacountylibrary.org/client/en_US/default
 /search/results?qu=julia+quinn&amp\;qf=AUTHOR%09Author%09Quinn%2C+Julia%09
 Quinn%2C+Julia+%7C%7C+Quinn%2C+Julia%2C+1970-%09Quinn%2C+Julia%2C+1970-&am
 p\;rt=false%7C%7C%7CAUTHOR%7C%7C%7CAuthor">Julia Quinn</a> loves to dispel
  the myth that smart women don&rsquo\;t read (or write) romance\, and if y
 ou watch reruns of the game show <em>The Weakest Link</em> you might just 
 catch her winning the $79\,000 jackpot. She displayed a decided lack of kn
 owledge about baseball\, country music\, and plush toys\, but she is proud
  to say that she aced all things British and literary\, answered all of he
 r history and geography questions correctly\, and knew that there was a Da
  Vinci long before there was a code. Her novels have been translated into 
 42 languages\, and&nbsp\;in March 2021\, all eight Bridgerton novels were 
 on the&nbsp\;New York Times&nbsp\;list at the same time\, a record (at tha
 t time) for an adult fiction author.</p>\n<p>On December 25\, 2020\, Netfl
 ix premiered Bridgerton based on her popular series of novels about the Br
 idgerton family. Julia&rsquo\;s newest novel is&nbsp\;<a href="https://cat
 alog.lacountylibrary.org/client/en_US/default/search/results?qu=queen+char
 lotte&amp\;qf=AUTHOR%09Author%09Quinn%2C+Julia%09Quinn%2C+Julia&amp\;rt=fa
 lse%7C%7C%7CTITLE%7C%7C%7CTitle">Queen Charlotte</a>\, co-written with tel
 evision pioneer Shonda Rhimes. The book is a powerful and romantic novel o
 f Bridgerton&rsquo\;s Queen Charlotte and King George III&rsquo\;s great l
 ove story and how it sparked a societal shift.&nbsp\;Queen Charlotte&nbsp\
 ;was inspired by the original series&nbsp\;Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton S
 tory\, created by Shondaland for Netflix.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p><em>If you have
  any questions about <strong>ADA accessibility</strong> at Mira Costa High
  School\, please reach out to Cary Jordahl\, <a href="mailto:CJordahl@mbus
 d.org" target="_blank" rel="noopener">CJordahl@mbusd.org</a>.<br />Any oth
 er questions can be directed to LA County Library at <a href="mailto:cmcti
 ghe@library.lacounty.gov">cmctighe@library.lacounty.gov</a>.&nbsp\;</em></
 p>\nhttps://lacountylibrary.libnet.info/event/16161200
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