From zombie invasions to nuclear wars, the end of the world has been envisioned again and again in any number of terrific and unsettling ways. How can authors keep the genre fresh and entertaining for an ever-wider audience? Join authors
Tara Campbell and
Laura Jean McKay as they discuss their processes in crafting fictional apocalypses that feel relevant and insightful to readers in a post-pandemic world. Tara Campbell writes crossover sci-fi, speculative fiction off the warp-drive path; her themes are not about technology and machines, but what happens when an ordinary person (or creature) faces extraordinary circumstances. Laura Jean McKay’s writing blurs the line between humans and animals in humorous and transcendent ways; her work shows a keen mastery of prose and a remarkable awareness of our relationship with the natural world. Join these two speculative fiction writers in a reading and discussion of craft, process, and genre! Purchase the author's books
via Auntie's Bookstore.*Note that a Book Fair Pass is required which is $25+fees and covers entry for all 12+ events at the Montvale Event Center along with entry into the Book Fair. You will be able to come and go all day with this ticket.
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