Novelists to Speak at September Pen on Fire Salon

Novelists to Speak at September Pen on Fire Salon

The next Pen on Fire writers? salon will be held Sept. 18, featuring novelists Susan Straight and Tatjana Soli, said organizer and salon founder Barbara DeMarco-Barrett. The authors will discuss their work as well as the craft of writing, DeMarco Barrett said.

Straight?s new novel, ?Between Heaven and Here,? is the third in the Rio Seco trilogy, according to the event website. Her earlier books have won awards and earned critical praise, and she has published stories and essays in national newspapers and magazines. Straight was born in Riverside, where she now lives with her family and is a distinguished professor of creative writing at UC-Riverside.

Tatjana Soli, whose latest novel is ?The Forgetting Tree,? was born in Salzburg, Austria and attended Stanford University and the Warren Wilson MFA Program, the website states. Her first novel, ?The Lotus Eaters,? was a New York Times bestseller and Notable Book of 2010. Soli, who lives in Orange County with her husband, also is a short story writer whose work has been listed twice in the 100 Distinguished Stories in Best American Short Stories.

The salon will be held in the SCAPE Gallery at 2859 East Coast Highway. Tickets are $25 and include refreshments.

There will be a Q&A session, and Laguna Beach Books will have authors? books for sale so you can have them signed.

The salon is expected to sell out. Click here for more information or to buy a ticket online.

Source: http://www.coronadelmartoday.com/30806/home/novelists-to-speak-at-september-pen-on-fire-salon/

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