Coming Clean by Beth Uznis Johnson, with  Gabi Coatsworth and Carla Damron

Beth Uznis Johnson

A virtual launch for the debut novel, Coming Clean, about a self-employed cleaning lady coming to terms with grief. 3 writers in discussion.

Coming Clean, a novel by Beth Uznis Johnson. In conversation with Carla Damron and Gabi Coatsworth.Register to win a free copy of Coming Clean signed by the author!Join us for an online launch event featuring Beth Uznis Johnson, author of the debut novel, Coming Clean. It's the story of a self-employed cleaning lady in upstate New York who agrees to pose for her friend's provocative photography project...in the houses she cleans. Get ready to dive into a world of secrets, redemption, and self-discovery as Beth shares her inspiration behind the book. You won't want to miss this engaging conversation with Carla Damron and Gabi Coatsworth, two esteemed authors who will discuss the novel's themes and characters.<a href="https://bethujohnson.com/home" title="https://bethujohnson.com/home" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Beth Uznis Johnson </a>has published fiction and creative nonfiction in Massachusetts Review, Broad Street, Cincinnati Review, Story Quarterly, Mississippi Review, Southwest Review, Gargoyle, the Rumpus, Best American Essays 2018, and elsewhere. She was the recipient of the 2017 McGinnis-Ritchie Award from Southwest Review and a finalist in the 2019 Mississippi Review fiction contest. She has an MFA in fiction from Queens University of Charlotte and lives in Chicago. Her first novel, Coming Clean, was released by Regal House Publishing on January 9, 2024. <a href="https://linktr.ee/gabicoatsworth" title="https://linktr.ee/gabicoatsworth" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Gabi Coatsworth</a> is an award-winning British-born author and blogger, who has spent half her life living in the United States. Her memoir, Love’s Journey Home, was published by Atmosphere Press in May 2022 and her debut novel, A Beginner’s Guide to Starting Over, came out in April 2023. She’s been published in trade publications, and literary journals, both in print and online, and anthologies, and is active in the Connecticut writing community, where she runs several groups for writers. If she’s not writing or traveling, she’ll be in her flower garden, wondering whether to weed, or relaxing with a book. You can find her by googling her name.<a href="https://carladamron.com/" title="https://carladamron.com/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Carla Damron</a> is a social worker, advocate and author whose novel, The Stone Necklace (about grief and addiction), won the 2017 Women’s Fiction Writers Association Star Award for Best Novel and was selected the One Community Read for Columbia SC. In her novel, The Orchid Tattoo, Damron uses crime fiction to delve into the complex topic of human trafficking, a horrific crime affecting thousands of victims around the world—and in her native South Carolina. Damron is also the author of the Caleb Knowles mystery novels and recently published Justice Be Done, the fourth in the series.

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