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SUMMARY:Career & Author Talk with YA Novelist Anna Bright! - In-person - N
 o Registration! Drop-Ins Welcome!
LOCATION:Brigadier General Charles E. McGee Library\nBrigadier General Cha
 rles E. McGee Library
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DESCRIPTION:Interested in a career in creative writing or novel writing? J
 oin us! SSL opportunity\, snacks & learn how to become a published author 
 from acclaimed HarperCollins YA novelist Anna Bright!.\nhttps://mcpl.libne
 t.info/event/17096368
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p><strong>SSL opportunity &amp\; enjoy snack
 s&nbsp\;in our large 3rd Floor Meeting Room!</strong></p>\n<p><strong>Drop
 -ins welcome! No registration needed to attend!</strong></p>\n<p>Intereste
 d in a career in creative writing or novel writing? Got something you&rsqu
 o\;re working on but need a little help? Want to write a novel\, but aren&
 rsquo\;t sure where to begin?</p>\n<p>Join us &amp\; learn how to become a
  published author from acclaimed HarperCollins YA novelist Anna Bright!</p
 >\n<p>Ms. Bright will share her career path to becoming a traditionally pu
 blished author.</p>\n<p>Anna Bright is the author of HarperTeen YA novels&
 nbsp\;<a href="https://mcpl.aspendiscovery.org/GroupedWork/267b8a38-0cf0-2
 622-4a74-c68c595d384a-eng/Home">The Beholder</a>\,&nbsp\;<a href="https://
 mcpl.aspendiscovery.org/GroupedWork/33d11c23-8314-d2e3-4778-40182fd96208-e
 ng/Home">The Boundless</a>\,&nbsp\;<a href="https://mcpl.aspendiscovery.or
 g/GroupedWork/5b0aa9e9-f434-5c35-48a9-e06e2387c4b9-eng/Home">The Song That
  Moves the Sun</a>\, <a href="https://mcpl.aspendiscovery.org/GroupedWork/
 144d0b2a-2b88-f530-a4ac-1422af71b99b-eng/Home">The Hedgewitch of Foxhall</
 a>&nbsp\;in 2024\, and Wings of Reverie\, which will be published by Disne
 y on August 4\, 2026.&nbsp\;In a starred review\, Kirkus Reviews praised T
 he Hedgewitch of Foxhall: "This comforting and cozy fantastical romance bu
 rsting with Welsh mythology [is] an atmospheric jewel box with sympathetic
  characters readers will root for from the first page." When not writing o
 r working as an indie bookseller\, Anna loves concerts\, roller coasters\,
  and adventures at home and abroad. Anna lives with her family in a charmi
 ng corner of Washington\, DC\, but you can find her online at&nbsp\;<a hre
 f="https://www.annabrightbooks.com">www.annabrightbooks.com</a>.</p>\n<p>E
 arn SSL by helping us with setup\, preparing and designing future library 
 programs\, library program advertising &amp\; cleanup/takedown!</p>\n<p>Sp
 onsored by Friends of the Library\, Montgomery County\, MD\, Inc.</p>\n<p>
 Questions about this program? Contact Brigadier General Charles E. McGee L
 ibrary at 240-773-9420.</p>\n<p>Looking for more fun things&nbsp\;to do at
  MCPL? Take a look at these&nbsp\;events&nbsp\;for <a href="https://mcpl.l
 ibnet.info/events?a=Middle+School%2CHigh+School&amp\;n=30&amp\;r=days">tee
 ns</a>!<strong></strong></p>\n<p>You don't need a library card to attend t
 hese events\, but you should get one to take full advantage of MCPL servic
 es.&nbsp\;Don't have a card right now? No worries! Find out how to&nbsp\;<
 a href="https://www.montgomerycountymd.gov/Library/services/registration.h
 tml">Get a Library Card</a>.</p>\n<p>Library Program Attendance (both virt
 ual and in the branch) is limited to participants within the suggested age
  range of the program. Children attending an MCPL program under the age of
  8 must be accompanied by an adult. Adults attending a program intended fo
 r children must have an accompanying child.</p>\n<p>If you plan to attend 
 with a group of ten or more\, please contact the branch at least one week 
 before the program to discuss how your group might be accommodated.</p>\n<
 h3>Accommodation Requests</h3>\n<!-- v2026.4.0 -->\n<p>To request an accom
 modation\, contact the <a href="https://www.montgomerycountymd.gov/node/17
 144">library branch</a> where you want the accommodation. If they are unab
 le to help\, or if you need an accommodation for an online resource or eve
 nt\, complete our <a href="https://mcgmd.wufoo.com/forms/wypec8q0j2yngy/">
 Accommodation Request Form</a> online or call Library Administration at <a
  href="tel:+12407770002">240-777-0002</a>.</p>\nhttps://mcpl.libnet.info/e
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