Day Five

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In Person Fiction Non-Fict Science

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Monday

May , 2020

5:00pm

Eastern

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Eva Holland · Photo by GBP Creative Gaia Vince · Photo by Nick Pattinson Nnedi Okorafor

As we practice physical distancing, let us stay close to each other in our thoughts, prayers and acts of kindness. The only thing more contagious than COVID-19 is a smile.

Today’s guest authors would have been:

Eva Holland and Timothy Caulfield

Nnedi Okorafor

Gaia Vince

Please consider supporting the amazing authors that were set to be with us this Spring. Spring author bios now include a link to their work via Perfect Books on Elgin Street.

The Authors

Eva Holland

Eva Holland is a freelance writer based in Whitehorse, Yukon. She is currently a correspondent at the magazine Outside, and has had her work published in Wired, Bloomberg Businessweek, Pacific Standard, National Geographic News, The Walrus, Hazlitt,and many more. Shop locally if you can: Books by Eva Holland are available from Perfect Books.

Gaia Vince

Gaia Vince is a science writer and broadcaster. In 2015, she was the first woman to win the Royal Society Insight Investment Science Book prize solo for her debut, Adventures in the Anthropocene. She has held senior editorial posts at Nature and New Scientist, and writes for Science, the Guardian, and others. She lives in London. Shop locally if you can: Books by Gaia Vince are available from Perfect Books.

Nnedi Okorafor

Nnedi Okorafor was born in the United States to two Igbo (Nigerian) immigrant parents. She holds a PhD in English and was a professor of creative writing at Chicago State University. She has been the winner of many awards for her short stories and young adult books, and won a World Fantasy Award for Who Fears Death. Nnedi's books are inspired by her Nigerian heritage and her many trips to Africa. She lives in Chicago with her daughter Anyaugo and family. She can be contacted via her website, www.nnedi.com. Shop locally if you can: Books by Nnedi Okorafor are available from Perfect Books.