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Creating Superhero-Worthy Main Characters

Local Author Series: Workshop for Authors

Calling all authors and aspiring authors! Join award-winning author Kerry Cerra for a fun and interactive creative writing workshop on creating strong, well-rounded and fully developed characters. After all, what's a story without a strong lead? Please read the long description below for class instruction. Best for ages 16 and older. Space is limited. For more information, please contact the branch at 305-822-6520 or truglioj@mdpls.org.

Note: Please read the following books before the workshop so you can follow along more easily. 

The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

Make a Little Wave by Kerry Cerra

Materials for class: Please bring paper and pencil.

Author's Bio:

Kerry O’Malley Cerra is an award-winning author of middle grade books. Her first novel, Just a Drop of Water, landed on five state reading lists, won the Crystal Kite Award, a Florida Book Award, and was named to VOYA’s Top Shelf Fiction list for 2014. Her second novel, Hear Me, is out now. Stay tuned for her forthcoming books, Make a Little Wave, (Oct. 1, 2024 from Carolrhoda Books, Lerner Publishing) and a nonfiction picture book, The Gallaudet Eleven: The Story of NASA’s Deaf Bioastronauts (March 2026 from Little Brown BFYR). Kerry’s work has received praise from The New York Times, Kirkus, School Library Journal, Booklist, VOYA, and the Horn Book Guide calling her stories moving, perceptive, well-developed, and woven with an expert hand. Kerry, a former high school media specialist and social studies teacher, lives in South Florida.

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