Author Talk with Liz Hyder

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Pelham Parkway-Van Nest Library

Join Pelham Parkway-Van Nest Library in a discussion with award-winning author Liz Hyder!

This event takes place online. Join Pelham Parkway-Van Nest Library in a discussion with Liz Hyder, Waterstones Children's Book Prize and Branford Boase Award winning author. We will talk about her writing career and also will be talking about her most recent novel release, The Gifts.While it's not necessary for the program, <a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb22981062__Sthe%20gifts__P0%2C19__Orightresult__U__X7?lang=eng&suite=def" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">feel free to place the book</a> on hold with your library card!Description:October 1840. A young woman staggers alone through a forest in the English countryside as a huge pair of impossible wings rip themselves from her shoulders. In London, rumors of a "fallen angel" cause a frenzy across the city, and a surgeon desperate for fame and fortune finds himself in the grips of a dangerous obsession, one that will place the women he seeks in the most terrible danger.Author BiosLIZ HYDER is a writer, creative workshop leader and freelance arts PR consultant. She is the winner of The Bridge Award/Moniack Mhor's Emerging Writer Award. Bearmouth, her debut novel for young adults, was published by Pushkin Press and won the Branford Boase Award and the Waterstones Children's Book Award for Older Readers. The Gifts is her adult debut. Originally from North-East London, she has lived in South Shropshire for over a decade.Assistive Listening and ASLASL interpretation and real-time (CART) captioning available upon request. Please submit your request at least two weeks in advance by emailing accessibility@nypl.org.

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