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Author Visit: Jeff Zentner

Join us for an author visit with Jeff Zentner, author of bestselling young adult titles "The Serpent King" and "In the Wild Light," as well as "Goodbye Days" and "Rayne & Delilah’s Midnite Matinee. "

Reserve your seat to see YA Author Jeff Zentner speak at the Liberty Branch Library. 

TICKETS

Free!

Every person who registers to attend the visit will be entered to win a set of Jeff's books! (Must be present to win.)

Please note that the room does have a maximum capacity for this event. If you reserve a seat but are unable to attend, please cancel your reservation so others may have the pleasure of attending.

BOOKS

Books may be purchased on the evening of the event from Beanbag Books. Numbers for signing will be assigned as RSVPs were made on this page. 

SCHEDULE

When: Saturday, July 8 @ 2:00 p.m.

Where: Liberty Branch Library, 7468 Steitz Road, Powell, OH 43065

BIO

Jeff Zentner is the author of New York Times Notable Books The Serpent King and In the Wild Light, as well as Goodbye Days and Rayne & Delilah’s Midnite Matinee. Among other honors, he has won the ALA’s William C. Morris Award, the Amelia Elizabeth Walden Award twice, the Muriel Becker Award, the International Literacy Association Award, and been longlisted twice for the Carnegie Medal. He’s a two-time Southern Book Prize finalist; and was a finalist for the Indies Choice Award. He was selected as a Publishers Weekly Flying Start and an Indies Introduce pick. His books have been translated into fifteen languages. Before becoming a writer, he was a musician who recorded with Iggy Pop, Nick Cave, and Debbie Harry. He lives in Nashville. 

He became interested in writing for young adults after volunteering at the Tennessee Teen Rock Camp and Southern Girls Rock Camp. As a kid, his parents would take him to the library and drop him off, where he would read until closing time. He worked at various bookstores through high school and college.

He speaks fluent Portuguese, having lived in the Amazon region of Brazil for two years.

Likes:

The words and (and concepts) “murmur,” “petrichor,” and “feuillemort”
Guitars
The American South
High-quality cable television dramas
Autumn
Baby elephants
Cast-iron skillets
Honeysuckle bushes
Kayaking                                                                 

Dislikes:

Wasps
Man’s inhumanity to man, generally
Fascism, specifically

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