BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//ChamberMaster//Event Calendar 2.0//EN METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:P3D REFRESH-INTERVAL:P3D CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20170729T180000Z DTEND:20170729T193000Z X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE SUMMARY:YA Author Reading: Sam J. Miller DESCRIPTION:Hudson Area Library is pleased to present an author reading with local author Sam J. Miller to celebrate the release of his debut YA novel\, The Art of Starving. Inspired by Miller's childhood growing up in Hudson\, NY\, The Art of Starving tells the tale of Matt\, a young boy coming to terms with his sexuality while battling an eating disorder. The book has been described by Book Riot as "Funny\, haunting\, beautiful\, relentless and powerful\,...a classic in the making." and by Coretta Scott-King Award and Newbery Honor winner Jacqueline Woodson "Beautifully rendered. This novel will break your heart and heal it again." Sam J. Miller is a writer and a community organizer. His debut novel The Art of Starving (YA/SF) will be published by HarperCollins in July 2017\, and will be followed by Blackfish City from Ecco Press in 2018. His stories have been nominated for the Nebula\, World Fantasy\, and Theodore Sturgeon Awards\, and have appeared in over a dozen "year's best" anthologies. He's a graduate of the Clarion Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers Workshop\, and a winner of the Shirley Jackson Award. He lives in New York City. This event is free and open to the public and is wheelchair accessible. There will be a Q& A after the reading with light refreshments available. Copies of the books will be available for purchase. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:Hudson Area Library is pleased to present an author reading with local author Sam J. Miller to celebrate the release of his debut YA novel\, The Art of Starving. Inspired by Miller&rsquo\;s childhood growing up in Hudson\, NY\, The Art of Starving tells the tale of Matt\, a young boy coming to terms with his sexuality while battling an eating disorder. The book has been described by Book Riot as &ldquo\;Funny\, haunting\, beautiful\, relentless and powerful\,...a classic in the making.&rdquo\; and by Coretta Scott-King Award and Newbery Honor winner Jacqueline Woodson &ldquo\;Beautifully rendered. This novel will break your heart and heal it again.&rdquo\; Sam J. Miller is a writer and a community organizer. His debut novel The Art of Starving (YA/SF) will be published by HarperCollins in July 2017\, and will be followed by Blackfish City from Ecco Press in 2018. His stories have been nominated for the Nebula\, World Fantasy\, and Theodore Sturgeon Awards\, and have appeared in over a dozen "\;year'\;s best"\; anthologies. He'\;s a graduate of the Clarion Science Fiction &\; Fantasy Writers Workshop\, and a winner of the Shirley Jackson Award. He lives in New York City. This event is free and open to the public and is wheelchair accessible. There will be a Q&\; A after the reading with light refreshments available. Copies of the books will be available for purchase. LOCATION:hudson area library 51 N 5th st. Hudson\, Ny UID:e.2656.811 SEQUENCE:3 DTSTAMP:20260518T074228Z URL:https://business.columbiachamber-ny.com/events/details/ya-author-reading-sam-j-miller-811 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR