Maggie Tokuda-Hall is the author of the Parent's Choice Gold Medal-winning picture book, Also an Octopus, illustrated by Benji Davies. She lives in Oakland, California, with her husband, son, and…
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This month is not only the first anniversary of the Octavia Lab at the Central Library, a do-it-yourself studio space, but also Octavia E. Butler’s birthday on June 22. During this time we are…
Celia Laskey's work has appeared in Guernica, The Minnesota Review, and other places. She has an MFA from the University of New Mexico and was a finalist in Glimmer Train's Short Story Award for New…
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John Scalzi is a New York Times bestselling and award-winning speculative fiction author whose work has been translated into more than 20 languages. He has also worked as a creative consultant for the…
Marie Benedict is a lawyer with more than ten years’ experience as a litigator at two of the country’s premier law firms and for Fortune 500 companies. She is a LibraryReads Hall of Fame Recipient and…
After receiving a BFA in Creative Writing from Emerson College, Margarita Montimore worked for over a decade in publishing and social media before deciding to focus on the writing dream full-time. Now…
Cynthia Hand is the New York Times bestselling author of several books for teens, including the Unearthly trilogy, The Afterlife of Holly Chase, The Last Time We Say Goodbye, and My Lady Jane & My…
Peter Swanson is the author of six novels, including The Kind Worth Killing, winner of the New England Society Book Award, and finalist for the CWA Ian Fleming Steel Dagger and Her Every Fear, an NPR…
2020년, VE 슈왑은 18세기 초 프랑스를 배경으로 원치 않는 결혼을 피하기 위해 악마와 같은 거래를 하는 젊은 여성 애디 라루를 독자들에게 소개했습니다. 『애디 라루의 보이지 않는 삶』에서 슈왑은 애디가 자신의 교활함과 강인한 의지로 여러 세기에 걸쳐 자신의 삶을 어떻게 만들어가는지 추적합니다.
달리아의 삶은 하녀가 "열쇠지기 새로 고용하세요. 긴급! 새벽 전에!"라고 적힌 타자기로 친 쪽지를 발견한 날 아침 완전히 바뀌었다. 변덕스러운 저택의 모든 사람들은 그 쪽지의 의미와 누가 썼는지 알고 있었다. 그 쪽지의 작성자는 바로 변덕스러운 저택의 여주인, 아나테마 부인이었다. 그녀는 거대한 거미와 인간의 모습을 한 존재였다...
1924년 런던에서, 수줍음 많은 젊은 학자 라오 셰는 수학자 버트런드 러셀의 집으로 불려간다. 그곳에 도착하자 러셀은 친구이자 동료인 디 렌 지에 판사가 중국 선동가들과 함께 잘못 체포되었다고 설명한다. 러셀은 디 판사의 신분이 밝혀지면 큰 파장이 일어날까 봐 두려워한다.
