The Write Stuff: Inside Publishing with Zibby and Sarah Sawyer - B&N Philly

We are proud to introduce The Write Stuff, a new series at Barnes & Noble Philadelphia created for aspiring authors looking to learn more about navigating the route from writing to publication. The Write Stuff provides advice for writers on a wide range of topics, including general writing tips, writing for various genres, finding an agent and getting your work published.

We are so excited to partner with , a local women-led boutique publishing house, for our next installment of The Write Stuff: Inside Indie Publishing. , author of , and Zibby Executive Editor Kathleen Harris take you behind the scenes of an independant publishing house, following Sawyer's journey to publication and providing tips, tricks, and guidence for authors looking to get their own books out into the world.

We will also be celebrating the release of Sarah Sawyer's book, , a gripping portrait of motherhood, obsession, broken family bonds, and buried secrets. The discussion will be followed by a signing with the author!

Prior registration through Eventbrite is highly encouraged, and we ask that you purchase your copy of the book at our B&N Philly location.

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is a seasoned journalist, writer, editor, and ghostwriter with two decades-plus experience working for such brands at TIME, Real Simple, The Knot, and more.

is an English teacher who lives and works at a boarding school in Western Massachusetts where she finds endless humor and inspiration in her colleagues and students. She is a graduate of Amherst College and the Bread Loaf School of English. is her first novel.

It’s 2011 and Deecie Jeffries’s missing person’s case in Austin, Texas, is still cold. New mom Bee, struggling with postpartum depression, is living in Portland, Maine, having left Austin–and those memories–far behind. Until Leo, her childhood crush and her estranged twin Gus’s best friend, suddenly resurfaces, drawing Bee back into their shared past.

Bee’s predictable life is upended, pushing her to return to her childhood home and piece together a neighborhood’s shattered history. Bee becomes consumed with a need to uncover the truth about Deecie’s disappearance and what happened to the families who lived across the field from one another—Gus, Leo, and their mothers: Mary, a homemaker, whose only escape is the local community theater, and Diana, a serious academic dedicated to her studies.

Told in multiple perspectives with two different timelines, The Undercurrent is a gripping portrait of motherhood, obsession, broken family bonds, and buried secrets.

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