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SUMMARY:Bringing Culture to Life Through Fiction
DESCRIPTION:How do you draw on real life and turn that into a fictional 
 narrative? In this program\, authors Jennifer K. Morita\, Audrey Lee\, and 
 D.M. Rowell will share their experience on incorporating personal 
 experience and culture into fiction and celebrating diverse voices with 
 authenticity and enthusiasm. \n\nAbout the authors:\n\nJennifer K. Morita 
 is a former newspaper reporter who juggled freelance jobs with being a 
 stay-at-home mom for several years before becoming a writer for the 
 communications department at a local university. Her debut novel GHOSTS OF 
 WAIKĪKĪ weaves family\, food and culture into a story about greed\, the 
 cost of development\, and getting priced out of paradise. She is a past 
 president of her local Sisters in Crime chapter and continues to serve on 
 the board. She is a member of Crime Writers of Color\, Mystery Writers of 
 America\, and International Thriller Writers and lives in Sacramento with 
 her family.\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n\n\n\n\nAudrey Lee received her master’s 
 degree in education from UC Berkeley (Go Bears!) and spent over two decades 
 in public education. When she isn’t writing books she consults with 
 school districts about creating environments for students that are more 
 equitable\, culturally responsive\, and socially just. She lives in the San 
 Francisco Bay Area with her husband\, son\, and Maltipoo\, Luna. Edgar 
 Award-nominated The Mechanics of Memory is her first novel.\n\n\n\n \n\n 
 \n\n \n\nD.M. Rowell (Koyh Mi O Boy Dah) comes from a long line of Kiowa 
 Storytellers within a culture that treasures oral traditions. She’s an 
 enrolled member of the Kiowa Tribe of Oklahoma and has spent decades 
 preserving sacred stories shared by tribe elders. She is an award-winning 
 and nominated producer and scriptwriter on several documentaries\, 
 including Vanishing Link: My Spiritual Return to the Kiowa Way\, seen on 
 PBS and winner of TrailDance 2007 Best Oklahoma Documentary. After her 
 three-decade hi-tech career\, Rowell started a new chapter writing a 
 mystery series that features a Silicon Valley professional Kiowa woman and 
 her Plains Indian tribe. The first in the series is Mary Higgins Clark 
 Award nominated\, Never Name the Dead\, followed by Silent Are the 
 Dead.\n\n
LOCATION:Creekside Room
ORGANIZER;CN="Jenn Hooker":MAILTO:jhooker@cityofmillvalley.gov
CATEGORIES:Education, In Person, Literary
CONTACT;CN="Jenn Hooker":MAILTO:jhooker@cityofmillvalley.gov
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URL:https://millvalleylibrary.libcal.com/event/14404311
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