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Local Author Series with Ana Veciana-Suarez
Special Second Saturday Book Club
2023-12-09 10:30:00
2023-12-09 12:00:00
America/New_York
Local Author Series with Ana Veciana-Suarez
Join us in person or online for a special book club event with local author and syndicated columnist Ana Veciana-Suarez as she presents her book, "Dulcinea," a historical novel that reimagines the woman who inspired Miguel de Cervantes. The book is available for checkout at the branch and as an eBook. Registration is required. Zoom link will be emailed within 24 hours of the event start time. Ages 19 yrs.+ For information contact 305-233-8324 or quiroslasom@mdpls.org
Coral Reef Branch -
Saturday, December 09
10:30am - 12:00pm
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2023-12-09 10:30:00
2023-12-09 12:00:00
America/New_York
Local Author Series with Ana Veciana-Suarez
Join us in person or online for a special book club event with local author and syndicated columnist Ana Veciana-Suarez as she presents her book, "Dulcinea," a historical novel that reimagines the woman who inspired Miguel de Cervantes. The book is available for checkout at the branch and as an eBook. Registration is required. Zoom link will be emailed within 24 hours of the event start time. Ages 19 yrs.+ For information contact 305-233-8324 or quiroslasom@mdpls.org
Coral Reef Branch -
Join us in person or online for a special book club event with local author and syndicated columnist Ana Veciana-Suarez as she presents her book, "Dulcinea," a historical novel that reimagines the woman who inspired Miguel de Cervantes. The book is available for checkout at the branch and as an eBook. Registration is required. Zoom link will be emailed within 24 hours of the event start time. Ages 19 yrs.+ For information contact 305-233-8324 or quiroslasom@mdpls.org
About the author
Ana Veciana-Suarez is the author of several books, including the historical novel, Dulcinea (May 2023), the young adult novel, Flight to Freedom, and a collection of essays, Birthday Parties in Heaven: Thoughts on Life, Love, Grief, and Other Matters of the Heart. A previous novel, The Chin Kiss King, was nominated for the prestigious IMPAC Award, an international competition in Dublin. In 2019 she won a Cintas Fellowship for Creative Writing for her novel-in-progress.
Two of her nonfiction books about the Hispanic media were published by The Media Institute, a think tank in Washington D.C. Her commentary has been included in several anthologies, and it also has appeared in Reader's Digest, O Magazine, Woman’s Day, The Washington Post Magazine, Parenting, and Latina.
A syndicated columnist for the Tribune Content Agency, she has worked at The Miami Herald, The Miami News, and The Palm Beach Post as education reporter, features writer, projects writer, and editor.
As a journalist, Ana has received several awards for her commentary and feature writing. In addition to the Cintas, she has received a $5,000 Individual Artist Fellowship Award from the state of Florida for fiction writing.
Ana immigrated to Miami at the age of six and lives there with her husband, David Freundlich. She likes to say that her adult children have taught her immeasurable humility.
AGE GROUP: | Adult (19+) |
EVENT TYPE: | Special Event | Online | In-Person | Book Clubs | Author Event |
TAGS: | Virtual Program | Online | Literature | In-Person |
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