Olney Local Author Panel - In-person: at the Olney Library
Olney Library is very pleased to welcome local authors ANNE ECHOLS, CHERYL D. FAGBEMI and J. HERMAN KLEIGER for an author's panel. Each author has recently published a new work of fiction, all available on Olney Library's Local Author Shelf. During the program, each will provide an overview/background of their book and give a short reading. Anne Echols: Roland's Labyrinth is a story set in 1400s Provence about a young, passionate doctor who falls in love with a mentally ill young woman—and soon finds himself immersed in a web of danger, deceit, and mystery. For fans of Geraldine Brooks' Year of Wonders . Cherry D. Fagbemi: Bad Seed: The Midnight Cries of an Island Girl offers a gripping, emotionally charged story of trauma, resilience, and the enduring power of truth. Perfect for readers who crave intense romance, psychological depth, and unforgettable drama. J. Herman Kleiger: Pareidolia. Illusions, Deceptions, and Murder , the third book in the Nicola Kitts Psychological Thriller Series, follows a disgraced ex-FBI agent, haunted by combat trauma, guilt, grief, and alcoholism, who is drawn into a deadly mystery by a desperate phone call. As reality fractures and bodies fall, she must uncover the truth before losing her mind—or her life. Q&A and light refreshments to follow. Copies of the authors' books will be available for purchase/signing. NO REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED BUT SEATING IS LIMITED. Hope to see you! BIOS ANNE ECHOLS is the coauthor (with Marty Williams) of two nonfiction books, Between Pit and Pedestal: Women in the Middle Ages and An Annotated Index of Medieval Women . Her research for those projects inspired her to go beyond historical facts and imagine the fictional stories of ordinary women from the Middle Ages. A Tale of Two Maidens: A Novel is her first historical fiction. Anne's current project is a novel in two parts set in southern France and Spain during the reign of Ferdinand and Isabella and the Spanish Inquisition. The first part