Upcoming Events
Creating Graphic Novels: Author Visit with Grace Ellis
Creating Graphic Novels: Author Visit with Grace Ellis (Presented by the Westerville Public Library)
Learn about creating graphic novels for kids and teens from bestselling author of the Lumberjanes series, Grace Ellis. Q&A and book signing to follow. Books will be available for purchase.
About the Author
Grace Ellis is a New York Times-bestselling, GLAAD Media Award–winning script writer. Her graphic novels include the much-lauded "Lumberjanes," which has sold 2 million copies worldwide; the long-running "Moonstruck"; and several pieces for DC Comics. Her latest book, "Flung Out of Space: Inspired by the Indecent Adventures of Patricia Highsmith," was a New York Times Notable Book of 2022 and won the 2023 Eisner Award for Best Reality-Based Work. In 2022, Grace was awarded the Ohio Individual Excellence Award in playwriting for "Holding It Together," a site-specific play for high schools.
A born and bred Midwesterner, Grace lives in Columbus, Ohio where she can often be found eating ice cream or petting furry friends.
Meet The Author: Nicola Yoon
Enjoy an onstage interview with Nicola Yoon about One of Our Kind, a thriller of race and privilege set in an all-Black gated community. This is the author's first novel for adults, following three bestselling novels for teens: Everything, Everything, The Sun Is Also a Star, and Instructions for Dancing. Moderated by librarian Matt Glaviano.
Birdie Books will be selling Nicola Yoon’s books at the event. You can also pre-order your books now!
Creating Graphic Novels: Author Visit with Grace Ellis
Westerville Public Library Presents:
Learn about creating graphic novels for kids and teens from bestselling author of the Lumberjanes series, Grace Ellis. Q&A and book signing to follow.
Birdie Books will be selling Grace Ellis’s books at the event. You can also pre-order your books now!
About the Author
Grace Ellis is a New York Times-bestselling, GLAAD Media Award–winning script writer. Her graphic novels include the much-lauded "Lumberjanes," which has sold 2 million copies worldwide; the long-running "Moonstruck"; and several pieces for DC Comics. Her latest book, "Flung Out of Space: Inspired by the Indecent Adventures of Patricia Highsmith," was a New York Times Notable Book of 2022 and won the 2023 Eisner Award for Best Reality-Based Work. In 2022, Grace was awarded the Ohio Individual Excellence Award in playwriting for "Holding It Together," a site-specific play for high schools.
A born and bred Midwesterner, Grace lives in Columbus, Ohio where she can often be found eating ice cream or petting an animal.
Meet the Author: David Grann
Enjoy an onstage interview with author David Grann and WOSU's Ann Fisher about his writing process, the art of storytelling, and his newest book, The Wager : A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder.
David Grann is also the author of Killers of the Flower Moon and The Lost City of Z.
Location: Westerville Central High School
Address: 7118 Mt Royal Ave, Westerville, OH 43082
Time: 7pm
Cost: $25 ($12.50 student/senior)
Schedule
6:30pm - Doors open and seating begins; book sale
7pm - Author talk, followed by audience Q&A (submit your question here!)
8pm - Book sale hosted by Birdie Books; book signing (Limit: 3 books. No paraphernalia. Action photos only.)