Danielle Trussoni, Author of the Ancestor: a Novel

Past event
Jun 12, 2020, 5 to 6 PM

Reserve your place for another Brattleboro Literary Festival, Literary Cocktail Hour, Friday, June 12, at 5 PM, with author Tim Weed in conversation with novelist Danielle Trussoni. They will discuss Danielle's newest book, The Ancestor.

"This smart, suspenseful thriller is at once an age-old tale and a fresh, scarily relevant trapdoor into our current genealogical obsession. Danielle Trussoni has written a biological and narrative labyrinth that you will happily get lost in, even as you question everything you think you know about yourself. " (Benjamin Percy, author of Suicide Woods, Thrill Me, The Dark Net, and Red Moon)

"Will sweep readers up in awe and wonder, asking us to examine our own complicated ancestry...Pair it with Jennifer Egan's backlist gem, The Keep." (Library Journal)

"The intermingling of science, legend, and genealogy make for a truly captivating tale of literary horror." (Booklist)

"Deliciously creepy...Trussoni plausibly and expertly combines an intense, darkly gothic narrative with elements of mystery, the paranormal, and legendary tales. This odyssey of monsters and family will enrapture readers." (Publishers Weekly)

Register in advance for this webinar:
https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/6515891278322/WN_0WxtQG0_RE6gjG6e3c60HQ

The session will be broadcast live on our Facebook page as well as broadcast later on YouTube.

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Danielle Trussoni (Author of The Ancestor )
Danielle is the New York Times, USA Today, and Sunday Times Top Ten bestselling author of the supernatural thrillers Angelology and Angelopolis. She currently writers the Horror column for the New York Times Book Review and she has recently served as a jurist for the Pulitzer Prize in Fiction. Trussoni holds an MFA in Fiction from the prestigious Iowa Writers' Workshop, where she won the Michener-Copernicus Society of America award. Her books have been translated into over thirty languages. She lives in the Hudson River Valley with her family and her pug Fly.

Tim Weed (Novelist, Short Story writer, and Faculty, Creative Writing, Grub Street )
Tim is the author of short fiction collection, A Field Guide to Murder & Fly Fishing and a YA novel, Will Poole's Island. Tim serves on the core faculty of the Newport MFA in Creative Writing and as an instructor at GrubStreet, the country's largest independent creative writing center. He is a member of the Vermont Humanities Council Speakers' Bureau. He lives with his family in Putney, VT.

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