Susan Palwick

Susan Palwick’s debut novel, Flying in place, won the Crawford Award for best fantasy debut, and was an early MG staff favorite. Her latest, Mending the Moon, thoughtfully explores community, family, creation and destruction, chaos and stability, and the wide-spread impact of an inexplicable assault and murder on both the friends and family of the murdered woman and the murderer.

Location: Street: 7051 Clairemont Mesa Blvd Additional: Ste 302 City: San Diego, Province: California Postal Code: 92111-1040 Country: United States (afegit de IndieBound)… (més)

1-2PM FRIDAY, MAY 17 Writing Workshop with Susan Palwick: Managing Point of View Writing point of view (POV) is equivalent to deciding camera angle in film. Are we seeing the action through the eyes of a specific character, or hovering overhead? How do different characters see, and interpret, events differently? How does POV help shape plot? Award-winning author Susan Palwick will guide writing workshop participants in discussion and exercises to explore this powerful aspect of fiction writing.

See Susan Palwick's literary lunch event for Mending the Moon at noon »

WORKSHOP DETAILS COST: 1 copy of Mending the Moon ($24.99 + tax). Registration and pre-payment at 480-730-0205. ABOUT THE AUTHOR Susan Palwick is the author of Flying in Place, her debut novel, which won the Crawford Award for best fantasy debut. Her second novel, The Necessary Beggar, won the American Library Association's Alex Award. She lives with her husband in Reno, Nevada.

Location: Street: 6428 S McClintock Dr. City: Tempe, Province: Arizona Postal Code: 85283 Country: United States (afegit de IndieBound)… (més)

NOON FRIDAY, MAY 17 Literary Lunch with Susan Palwick: Mending the Moon Enjoy lunch from Wildflower Bread Company while award-winning sci-fi/fantasy author Susan Palwick presents her new novel, Mending the Moon.

Melinda Soto is murdered while on vacation in Mexico. Back in Reno, New Mexico, she leaves behind a close circle of friends and a complicated relationship with her adopted son, Jeremy, who can barely stand the rituals of remembrance that ensue. They are soon told by police who killed Melinda: a Seattle teenager who drowned himself just days later. Then the murderer's mother extends an invitation to them all to come to his memorial in Seattle. It's ridiculous. And yet, somehow, each of them begins to see in it a chance to heal, aided by Jeremy's years-long obsession with the comic-book hero Comrade Cosmos, and the immense cult of online commentary it's spawned.

See Susan Palwick's "Point of View" writing workshop at 1pm »

EVENT DETAILS TICKET is free when you purchase Mending the Moon from Changing Hands Bookstore. Each ticket is good for one lunch and two seats. Letter groups (printed on top of ticket) will be called at 11am to fill seats and designated standing room. If available, seating and standing room opens to those without tickets at 11:45pm. Space cannot be guaranteed for late arrivals. Booksigning line forms by assigned letter group after the presentation. Those without tickets may get their books signed after ticket-holders, if time allows. Event details may be subject to unannounced changes. ABOUT THE AUTHOR Susan Palwick is the author of Flying in place, her debut novel, which won the Crawford Award for best fantasy debut. Her second novel, The Necessary Beggar, won the American Library Association's Alex Award. She lives with her husband in Reno, Nevada.

Location: Street: 6428 S McClintock Dr. City: Tempe, Province: Arizona Postal Code: 85283 Country: United States (afegit de IndieBound)… (més)