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SUMMARY:Career & Creative Writing Workshop with #1 New York Times Bestsell
 ing Author Anna Bright!
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? Join us! SSL oppor
 tunity\, snacks & learn how to become a published author from bestselling 
 Disney/Random House YA novelist Anna Bright! No Registration!.\nhttps://mc
 pl.libnet.info/event/17096368
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p><strong>Teens\, tweens &amp\; adults\, joi
 n us at Brigadier General Charles E. McGee Library on Wednesday\, August 2
 6 from 4 PM - 5 PM for a creative writing workshop from #1 New York Times 
 bestselling author Anna Bright! Anna's new YA novel from Disney/Random Hou
 se\,&nbsp\;<a href="https://mcpl.aspendiscovery.org/Record/653267">Wings o
 f Reverie\,</a> is the #1 New York Times BestSeller Young Adult Hardcover 
 and on the USA Today Best-Selling Booklist!</strong></p>\n<p>SSL opportuni
 ty &amp\; enjoy snacks&nbsp\;in our large 3rd Floor Meeting Room!</p>\n<p>
 Drop-ins welcome! No registration needed to attend!</p>\n<p>Interested in 
 a career in creative writing or novel writing? Got something you&rsquo\;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 publ
 ished author from acclaimed Random House/Disney &amp\; HarperCollins YA no
 velist Anna Bright!</p>\n<p>Ms. Bright will share her career path to becom
 ing a traditionally published author.</p>\n<p>Anna Bright is the author of
  HarperTeen YA novels&nbsp\;<a href="https://mcpl.aspendiscovery.org/Group
 edWork/267b8a38-0cf0-2622-4a74-c68c595d384a-eng/Home">The Beholder</a>\,&n
 bsp\;<a href="https://mcpl.aspendiscovery.org/GroupedWork/33d11c23-8314-d2
 e3-4778-40182fd96208-eng/Home">The Boundless</a>\,&nbsp\;<a href="https://
 mcpl.aspendiscovery.org/GroupedWork/5b0aa9e9-f434-5c35-48a9-e06e2387c4b9-e
 ng/Home">The Song That Moves the Sun</a>\, <a href="https://mcpl.aspendisc
 overy.org/GroupedWork/144d0b2a-2b88-f530-a4ac-1422af71b99b-eng/Home">The H
 edgewitch of Foxhall</a>&nbsp\;in 2024\, and Wings of Reverie\, published 
 by Random House/Disney on August 4\, 2026.&nbsp\;In a starred review\, Kir
 kus Reviews praised The Hedgewitch of Foxhall: "This comforting and cozy f
 antastical romance bursting with Welsh mythology [is] an atmospheric jewel
  box with sympathetic characters readers will root for from the first page
 ." When not writing\, Anna loves concerts\, roller coasters\, and adventur
 es at home and abroad. Anna lives with her family in a charming corner of 
 Washington\, DC\, but you can find her online at&nbsp\;<a href="https://ww
 w.annabrightbooks.com">www.annabrightbooks.com</a>.</p>\n<p>Earn SSL by he
 lping us with setup\, preparing and designing future library programs\, li
 brary program advertising &amp\; cleanup/takedown!</p>\n<p>Sponsored by Fr
 iends of the Library\, Montgomery County\, MD\, Inc.</p>\n<p>Questions abo
 ut this program? Contact Brigadier General Charles E. McGee Library 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.libnet.info/ev
 ents?a=Middle+School%2CHigh+School&amp\;n=30&amp\;r=days">teens</a>!<stron
 g></strong></p>\n<p>You don't need a library card to attend these events\,
  but you should get one to take full advantage of MCPL services.&nbsp\;Don
 't have a card right now? No worries! Find out how to&nbsp\;<a href="https
 ://www.montgomerycountymd.gov/Library/services/registration.html">Get a Li
 brary Card</a>.</p>\n<p>Library Program Attendance (both virtual and in th
 e 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 ac
 companied by an adult. Adults attending a program intended for children mu
 st 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 pr
 ogram to discuss how your group might be accommodated.</p>\n<h3>Accommodat
 ion Requests</h3>\n<!-- v2026.4.0 -->\n<p>To request an accommodation\, co
 ntact the <a href="https://www.montgomerycountymd.gov/node/17144">library 
 branch</a> where you want the accommodation. If they are unable to help\, 
 or if you need an accommodation for an online resource or event\, complete
  our <a href="https://mcgmd.wufoo.com/forms/wypec8q0j2yngy/">Accommodation
  Request Form</a> online or call Library Administration at <a href="tel:+1
 2407770002">240-777-0002</a>.</p>\nhttps://mcpl.libnet.info/event/17096368
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