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Author Talk: Clara McKenna

in partnership with Swamp Fox Bookstore
2024-12-03 18:00:00 2024-12-03 19:00:00 America/Chicago Author Talk: Clara McKenna Join us! Marion Public Library - Boardroom

Tuesday, December 03
6:00pm - 7:00pm

Add to Calendar 2024-12-03 18:00:00 2024-12-03 19:00:00 America/Chicago Author Talk: Clara McKenna Join us! Marion Public Library - Boardroom

Join us!

Join us for a conversation with author Clara McKenna on Tuesday, December 3 at 6 PM at MPL. Clara is the author of the Stella and Lyndy Mystery series set in Edwardian England. Book 6, Murder at Glenloch Hill, in the series releases in November. Click the 'RSVP' button to receive reminders about the event.

About the author:
Clara McKenna is the author of the acclaimed Stella and Lyndy Mystery Series as well as other historical mysteries written under a different name. She is a member of Historical Novel Society and Sisters in Crime, as well as a founding member of Sleuths in Time, a cooperative group of historical mystery writers who encourage and promote each other's work. McKenna has spent most of her working life in academia and is an avid traveler, a vintage teacup collector, a poet, and a self-professed anglophile. She lives with her family in a Victorian farmhouse near Ames, Iowa, and can be found online at ClaraMckenna.com.

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Marion Public Library
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Mon, Nov 18 9:00AM to 8:00PM
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