About this Event
This event will feature an author talk, audience Q&A, and book signing. It is free to attend, but we kindly ask that you RSVP. For more information about the authors and their books, see below:
Linda Murphy Marshall is a multi-linguist and writer with a Ph.D. in Hispanic Languages and Literature. She also has a Master’s and a BA in Spanish, and an MFA in Creative Writing. She is a docent at the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C. Her first memoir was published in 2022 (Ivy Lodge: A Memoir of Translation and Discovery) and her second memoir was published in 2024 (Immersion: A Linguist’s Memoir). More than 24 of her essays and stories have been published in literary journals.
Donna Koros Stramella is a Maryland-based writer who holds an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Tampa. She is a previous award-winning journalist and video screenwriter/producer and her short pieces have been published in newspapers, literary magazines, and two anthologies. She is the author of two award-winning novels. Coffee Killed My Mother tells the story of a revealing mother-daughter road trip. The whodunit mystery Among the Bones is set in a wildly different Pacific Northwest community where residents cautiously connect with their new neighbors while guarding individual secrets.
Event venue & nearby stays
Queen Takes Book, 6955 Oakland Mills Road, Columbia, United States
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