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Virtual An Evening with Silvia Moreno-Garcia
2022-01-26 19:00:00 2022-01-26 20:15:00 America/Chicago Virtual An Evening with Silvia Moreno-Garcia Bestselling author Silvia Moreno-Garcia discusses her newest book, Velvet Was the Night, and her genre-defying mashups of cultural noir and Lovecraftian horror. Online -

Wednesday, January 26
7:00pm - 8:15pm

Add to Calendar 2022-01-26 19:00:00 2022-01-26 20:15:00 America/Chicago Virtual An Evening with Silvia Moreno-Garcia Bestselling author Silvia Moreno-Garcia discusses her newest book, Velvet Was the Night, and her genre-defying mashups of cultural noir and Lovecraftian horror. Online -

Bestselling author Silvia Moreno-Garcia discusses her newest book, Velvet Was the Night, and her genre-defying mashups of cultural noir and Lovecraftian horror.

Silvia Moreno-Garcia is the New York Times bestselling author of the critically acclaimed novels Certain Dark Things, Gods of Jade and Shadow and Mexican Gothic, which Vanity Fair called “[An] irresistibly dark feminist reimagining of the Gothic fantasy novel.” Mexican by birth, Canadian by inclination, Silvia has edited several anthologies, received many awards for her novels, and is a columnist for the Washington Post. 

AGE GROUP: | Adults |

EVENT TYPE: | Virtual | Special Event | Book & Author |

TAGS: | Illinois Libraries Present |

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