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SUMMARY:Author Chat with Jean Louise (Virtual)
LOCATION:Westlake Porter Public Library\nWestlake Porter Public Library
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DESCRIPTION:Join us as we speak with author and Cleveland native Jean Loui
 se about her debut novel\, "Waking Fire.".\nhttps://westlakelibrary.libnet
 .info/event/7289276
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p><a href="https://discover.westlakelibrary.
 org/client/en_US/default/search/results?qu=TITLE%3DWaking+Fire&amp\;qu=AUT
 HOR%3DLouise&amp\;h=1" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><img src="https://se
 cure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?type=xw12&amp\;client=440-871-2600&amp\;upc=
 &amp\;oclc=&amp\;isbn=9781335428578&amp\;issn=/MC.GIF" alt="Cover of Wakin
 g Fire linked to the catalog" style="float: right\; margin: 0px 0px 20px 2
 0px\;" width="131" height="200" /></a>This incendiary YA fantasy debut fol
 lows a girl who will stop at nothing to save her village after it's discov
 ered by a dangerous warlord and his army of undead monsters.</p>\n<p>Naira
  Khoum has only known life in Lagusa\, a quiet village at the desert's end
 . But to the rest of the world\, Lagusa is a myth\, its location shrouded 
 in secrecy. While war rages to the north led by power-hungry Sothpike and 
 his army of undead monsters called Dambi\, Naira's people live in peace.</
 p>\n<p>Until the impossible happens&mdash\;Lagusa is attacked by a Mistres
 s sent to do Sothpike's bidding with a hoard of Dambi under her control. T
 he Mistress is looking for something\, and she's willing to let her Dambi 
 destroy Lagusa to get it. Desperate to protect her home\, Naira convinces 
 her twin brother Nez and handsome refugee Kal to join the newly formed res
 istance with her. Together\, they'll have to figure out what the Mistress 
 wants&mdash\;before there's nothing left of Lagusa to save.&nbsp\;&nbsp\;<
 /p>\n<hr />\n<p><img src="https://westlakelibrary.org/frontend-images/edit
 or/westlakelibrary/jean_louise_2.png" alt="" style="float: left\; margin: 
 0px 20px 20px 0px\;" width="230" height="277" /></p>\n<p>Jean Louise grew 
 up with her mother and two sisters in an old Victorian house on the east s
 ide of Cleveland\, Ohio. Although she always loved making up stories\, the
  idea of becoming a YA fantasy author wasn&rsquo\;t anything she&rsquo\;d 
 ever considered until she was in her twenties. Her first short story was a
  romance novel parody that ended up being a hit among her friends. After t
 hat success\, she started writing seriously\, which led to her earning an 
 MFA in Writing for Children at The New School. She currently lives in New 
 York with her cat Martha. When she&rsquo\;s not working at her day job or 
 writing her next novel\, Jean can be found with her nose buried in a graph
 ic novel or taking down bad guys in her favorite video games.</p>\n<hr />\
 n<p>This program is hosted virtually through Zoom. A reminder with login i
 nformation will be sent to the email registered before the event occurs.</
 p>\nhttps://westlakelibrary.libnet.info/event/7289276
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