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SUMMARY:Romance-Con Presents | Beverly Jenkins and Nikki Payne
DESCRIPTION:Join living legend and 2017 RWA Nora Roberts Lifetime Achievement Award winner\, Beverly Jenkins\, in conversation with Nikki Payne\, for a discussion of her writing\, impact and legacy. \n\n\n\n\n\n\nRomance-Con Presents is an author series devoted to the Romance genre and the authors who make it everything we love. Each program will feature a discussion with the author\, followed by audience Q&A. \nBooks will be available for sale at the event. Signing and photo opportunity to follow the talk. \nABOUT THE AUTHORS \nBEVERLY JENKINS \nBeverly Jenkins is the recipient of the 2017 Romance Writers of America Nora Roberts Lifetime Achievement Award\, as well as the 2016 Romantic Times Reviewers’ Choice Award for historical romance. She has been nominated for the NAACP Image Award in Literature\, was featured both in the documentary “Love Between the Covers” and on CBS Sunday Morning. \nSince the publication of Night Song in 1994\, she has been leading the charge for inclusive romance\, and has been a constant darling of reviewers\, fans\, and her peers alike\, garnering accolades for her work from the likes of The Wall Street Journal\, People Magazine\, and NPR. Her critically acclaimed Blessings series has been optioned for film by John Legend’s and Mike Jackson’s production company Get Lifted\, and Hollywood and Broadway powerhouse Deborah Martin Chase. \nNIKKI PAYNE \nBy day\, Nikki Payne is a Civic anthropologist building accessible government services for vulnerable populations\, by night she dreams of ways to subvert Canon literature. Hailed as “incandescent” by the Washington Post\, Nikki Payne’s debut novel Pride and Protest was a Phenomenal Book Club pick and was selected by the Library of Congress to represent the District of Columbia for the National Book Festival. Featured in the New York Times\, NPR\, Elle\, Oprah Daily and BuzzFeed\, Nikki Payne is writing black women into their happily ever after.
URL:https://explore419.com/event/romance-con-presents-beverly-jenkins-and-nikki-payne/
LOCATION:Toledo Lucas County Public Main Library\, 325 N. Michigan St.\, Toledo\, OH\, 43604\, United States
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