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Meet Elizabeth Letts, Author of "Finding Dorothy"

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2022-06-24 14:00:00 2022-06-24 15:00:00 America/Chicago Meet Elizabeth Letts, Author of "Finding Dorothy" Chance to meet the #1 New York Times bestselling author of both historical fiction and non-fiction & author of our Community Read's book selection "Finding Dorothy" in-person! Cake & coffee provided Main Library - Meadows Community Rooms ABC

Friday, June 24
2:00pm - 3:00pm

Add to Calendar 2022-06-24 14:00:00 2022-06-24 15:00:00 America/Chicago Meet Elizabeth Letts, Author of "Finding Dorothy" Chance to meet the #1 New York Times bestselling author of both historical fiction and non-fiction & author of our Community Read's book selection "Finding Dorothy" in-person! Cake & coffee provided Main Library - Meadows Community Rooms ABC

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Meadows Community Rooms ABC

Chance to meet the #1 New York Times bestselling author of both historical fiction and non-fiction & author of our Community Read's book selection "Finding Dorothy" in-person! Cake & coffee provided

ELIZABETH LETTS is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of both historical fiction and non-fiction. #1 New York Times Bestseller The Eighty-Dollar Champion was a 2011 Indie Next Pick, a Goodreads Reader’s Choice Finalist and winner of the 2012 Daniel P Lenehan Award for Media Excellence from the United States Equestrian Foundation and is currently in development as a feature film at MGM Studios. Her second work of non-fiction, The Perfect Horse was a New York Times bestseller and the winner of the 2017 Pen USA Literary Award for Research Nonfiction and is available in a young reader edition. Her most recent book, The Ride of Her Life, is triumphant true story of a woman who rode her horse across America in the 1950s, fulfilling her dying wish to see the Pacific Ocean. Her novel, Finding Dorothy, is a richly imagined novel which tells the story behind The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, the book that inspired the iconic film, through the eyes of author L. Frank Baum’s intrepid wife, Maud.

AGE GROUP: | All Ages | Adults |

EVENT TYPE: | Our Community Reads | Hybrid | Book Clubs & Discussion Groups |

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