We'll be talking all about getting into pu blishing\, the pitfalls\, challenges\, and roadblocks as well as the excit ement\, fulfillment\, and reader enthusiasm that makes it all worthwhile. Bring your questions as this will be in a Q&\;A format.
\nLauren J.A. Bear is a reader and writer\, an educator\, a troubl emaker\, and a fierce mama bear.
\nLauren was born in Boston and rai sed in Long Beach\, CA. After studying English at UCLA and Education at LM U\, she taught middle-school Humanities for over a decade &mdash\; and sur vived! She is a teaching fellow for the Holocaust Center for Humanity\, an d lives in Seattle with her husband and three young children. She likes cr ossword puzzles and being on or near the water without getting wet.
\n< p>Her debut novel\, released in August 2023\, is \;Medusa's Sisters\, a vivid and moving reimagining of the myth of Medusa and the sisters who l oved her.\nRita Chang-Eppig received her MFA in fi ction from NYU. Her stories have appeared in The Best American Short Stori es 2021\, McSweeney&rsquo\;s Quarterly Concern\, Conjunctions\, Clarkeswor ld\, Virginia Quarterly Review\, One Story\, and elsewhere. She has receiv ed fellowships from the Rona Jaffe Foundation\, the Vermont Studio Center\ , the Writers Grotto\, the Bread Loaf Writers&rsquo\; Conference\, and the Martha Heasley Cox Center for Steinbeck Studies at San Jose State Univers ity. \;
\nRita's debut novel\, released June 2023\, is \;Dee p as the Sky\, Red as the Sea\, a riveting\, roaring adventure novel about a legendary Chinese pirate queen\, her fight to save her fleet from the f orces allied against them\, and the dangerous price of power and was \ ;a Barnes &\; Noble Discover\, Indie Next\, Indies Introduce\, and Good Morning America Buzz pick.
\nNishita Parekh was bo rn and raised in Mumbai and now lives in Texas with her husband and toddle r. She is a software programmer but a writer at heart\, and loves writing about her experiences as a woman and an immigrant. She is an active member of International Thriller Writers\, Crime Writers of Color\, and Sisters in Crime\, and is a #RevPit contest winner. \;
\nNishita's just released debut novel\, \;The Night of the Storm\, \;is a fresh tak e on the classic locked-room thriller that follows a multigenerational Ind ian American family who find themselves marooned in the house with a murde rer during Hurricane Harvey.
\nThis program is hosted by Ashland Pub lic Library and is a collaboration between several MA libraries.
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