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For Book Clubs & lovers of literature: 10 books and Q&A with critically acclaimed best-sel
- Item Number
- 113
- Estimated Value
- 500 USD
- Sold
- 200 USD to dr2fcce03
- Number of Bids
- 1 - Bid History
Item Description
The winning bidder will receive 10 signed copies of one of Lauren B. Davis' books (winner's choice) and the winner and his/her group will have a live Q&A telephone conversation with the author at a mutually agreeable time. The winner will have the choice from the following five novels or a collection of short stories: Against A Darkening Sky, The Empty Room, Our Daily Bread, The Radiant City, The Stubborn Season, or An Unrehearsed Desire.
About Lauren B. Davis:
Lauren B. Davis’s most recent works are AGAINST A DARKENING SKY, a novel set in 7th c. Northumbria, and the bestselling novel, THE EMPTY ROOM, a searing, raw and powerful a portrayal of the chaos and pain of alcoholism. Named one of the “Best Books of the Year” by The National Post, and the Winnipeg Free Press, “Editors’ Pick” by Amazon and a “Critics’ Pick” by The Coast. Her previous novel, OUR DAILY BREAD, was longlisted for the Scotiabank Giller Prize and named as one of the “Best Books of the Year” by The Globe & Mail and The Boston Globe.
She is also the author of the bestselling and critically acclaimed novels, THE RADIANT CITY, a finalist for the Rogers Writers Trust Fiction Prize; and THE STUBBORN SEASON, a named as one of the Top 15 Bestselling First Novels by Amazon.ca and Books in Canada. She has also published two short story collections, AN UNREHEARSED DESIRE and RAT MEDICINE & OTHER UNLIKELY CURATIVES. Her short fiction has been shortlisted for the CBC Literary Awards, the ReLit Award and she is the recipient of two Mid-Career Writer Sustaining grants from the Canadian Council for the Arts. Lauren reviews books for Truthdig.com, THE GLOBE & MAIL and THE LITERARY REVIEW OF CANADA. A well-respected creative writing teacher who has taught in Geneva, Paris and Ireland, as well as in the USA and Canada, she is also a past Mentor with the Humber College Creative Writing by Correspondence Program, and past Writer-in-Residence at Trinity Church, Princeton. She now leads monthly SHARPENING THE QUILL writing workshops.
Lauren was born in Montreal, lived in France for ten years from 1994-2004 and now lives with her husband, Ron, in Princeton, New Jersey. For more information, please visit her website at: www.laurenbdavis.com
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