The Eatonville Branch will host a Meet the Author event with Dhonielle Clayton on Friday, January 30 at 10:30 a.m. The program, recommended for ages 13–18, will focus on storytelling and the author’s work, including The Belles series and the collaborative projects Blackout and Whiteout.
Clayton is a New York Times bestselling author of The Conjureverse series, The Belles series, Shattered Midnight and co‑author of Blackout, Whiteout, The Rumor Game and the Tiny Pretty Things duology, which was adapted as a Netflix original series. She grew up in the Washington, D.C. suburbs, taught secondary school, and worked as an elementary and middle school librarian before becoming chief operating officer of the nonprofit We Need Diverse Books and president and founder of the story companies Cake Creative and Electric Postcard Entertainment, where she has concepted and sold over 55 books. Her experiences as a teacher and librarian influence her writing, and she cites her father’s love of fantasy and her students in East Harlem as inspirations for her work.
Press release issued by Orange County Library System:
https://ocls.org/ocls-blog/qa-with-author-dhonielle-clayton/
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