Authors at JCPL presents Sadeqa Johnson

Sadeqa Johnson is the New York Times bestselling author of five novels, including "The House of Eve."

The first 100 JCPL Cardholders to register and attend will receive a free copy of Keeper of Lost Children.

Please, only one free book per library cardholder. Reciprocal Borrowers are not eligible for the free book. General admission tickets may be reserved by anyone; you do not need a library card to attend. Copies of the author's books will also be available for purchase from Wild Geese Bookshop.

This event will be held at The Church on Jefferson Event Venue, 201 E. Jefferson St., Franklin.

Sadeqa Johnson is the New York Times bestselling author of five novels. Her most recent novel, The House of Eve, was an instant New York Times bestseller, Reese’s Book Club selection, NAACP Image Award nominee, Goodreads Choice Award finalist and Target Book Club pick. Her previous novel, Yellow Wife, was the Library of Virginia’s Literary People’s Choice Award winner, Goodreads Choice Award finalist, Hurston/Wright Foundation Legacy finalist, BCALA Literary Award honoree and a Barnes & Noble Book Club selection. Originally from Philadelphia, Sadeqa currently lives near Richmond, Virginia. For more information, go to www.Sadeqa.net and on Instagram @‌SadeqaSays.

She will be joined in conversation by Angela Jackson-Brown, an award-winning writer, poet, playwright, and the Director of Creative Writing at Indiana University Bloomington.

*Please contact Kelly Staten (kstaten@jcplin.org or 317-738-9835) with accessibility or interpretive needs.