IN PERSON, REGISTERED
Local children’s fantasy author, Jessica Vitalis, is coming back to WPL for her special "The Story Behind the Story" presentation. She will share tips, tricks, and wisdom about the writing process. For kids ages 8 to 12 years old.
This presentation includes the inspiration behind The Rabbit's Gift, a short reading, stories of tenacity and perseverance related to the author’s unusual childhood and her 14 year journey to publication, and a peek at the revision process (including the most important item in her writer’s toolbox!).
About the Author:
JESSICA VITALIS is a Columbia MBA-wielding writer. She brings her experience growing up in a non-traditional childhood to her stories, exploring themes such as death and grief, domestic violence, and socio-economic disparities. With a mission to write entertaining and thought-provoking literature, she often includes magic and fantastical settings. As an active volunteer in the kidlit community, she’s also passionate about using her privilege to lift up other voices. She founded Magic in the Middle, a series of free monthly recorded book talks, to help educators introduce young readers to new stories. Her work has been translated into three languages, and she was recently named a 2021 Canada Council of the Arts Grant Recipient and featured on CBCs Here and Now. An American expat, she now lives in Canada with her husband and two precocious daughters. She loves traveling, sailing and scuba diving, but when she’s at home, she can usually be found reading a book or changing the batteries in her heated socks. The Wolf’s Curse and a standalone companion novel, The Rabbit’s Gift, are out now with Greenwillow/HarperCollins. Two more books, Coyote Queen, and an unnamed standalone, will follow in 2023 and 2024.
Programmer: Jackie
AGE GROUP: | Tween |
EVENT TYPE: | Book Clubs, Writing and Authors |
TAGS: | Other Children's Programming | Author Event |
The Main Library is located in UpTown Waterloo, steps away from King St. It is home to the James J. Brown Auditorium, Board Room and Ellis Little Local History Room.