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SUMMARY:Local Author Series with Ana Veciana-Suarez
LOCATION:Coral Reef Branch\nCoral Reef Branch
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DESCRIPTION:Join us in person or online for a special book club event with
  local author and syndicated columnist Ana Veciana-Suarez as she presents 
 her book\, "Dulcinea\," a historical novel that reimagines the woman who i
 nspired Miguel de Cervantes. The book is available for checkout at the bra
 nch and as an eBook. Registration is required. Zoom link will be emailed w
 ithin 24 hours of the event start time. Ages 19 yrs.+ For information cont
 act 305-233-8324 or quiroslasom@mdpls.org.\nhttps://mdpls.libnet.info/even
 t/9287949
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p><strong>About the author</strong></p>\n<p>
 Ana Veciana-Suarez is the author of several books\, including the historic
 al novel\, Dulcinea (May 2023)\, the young adult novel\, Flight to Freedom
 \, and a collection of essays\, Birthday Parties in Heaven: Thoughts on Li
 fe\, Love\, Grief\, and Other Matters of the Heart. A previous novel\, The
  Chin Kiss King\, was nominated for the prestigious IMPAC Award\, an inter
 national competition in Dublin. In 2019 she won a Cintas Fellowship for Cr
 eative Writing for her novel-in-progress.&nbsp\;</p>\n<p>Two of her nonfic
 tion books about the Hispanic media were published by The Media Institute\
 , a think tank in Washington D.C. Her commentary has been included in seve
 ral anthologies\, and it also has appeared in Reader's Digest\, O Magazine
 \, Woman&rsquo\;s Day\, The Washington Post Magazine\, Parenting\, and Lat
 ina.</p>\n<p>A syndicated columnist for the Tribune Content Agency\, she h
 as worked at The Miami Herald\, The Miami News\, and The Palm Beach Post a
 s education reporter\, features writer\, projects writer\, and editor.</p>
 \n<p>As a journalist\, Ana has received several awards for her commentary 
 and feature writing. In addition to the Cintas\, she has received a $5\,00
 0 Individual Artist Fellowship Award from the state of Florida for fiction
  writing.</p>\n<p>Ana immigrated to Miami at the age of six and lives ther
 e with her husband\, David Freundlich. She likes to say that her adult chi
 ldren have taught her immeasurable humility.</p>\nhttps://mdpls.libnet.inf
 o/event/9287949
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