

# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Winter Reads Author Talk: Ian Young moderated by Katherine Kempf
- **Event Start and End Date**: Wed, 04 Feb, 2026 at 12:30 am
- **Event Description**: Ian Young is the author of Darkness Unknown, Ashen Light, and the novel The Automaton which won the 2023 Best Indie Book Award (BIBA) for science fiction and is a Book Readers Appreciation Group (indieBRAG) medallion honoree. He has lived in the Twin Cities, Minnesota, for most of his life. When not writing, you’ll find him hanging out at the local coffeeshop, playing board games with his kids, or working in his garage woodshop.

Moderator Katherine Kempf is the author of the novel Cornish Steel and current project is The Mimameid Trilogy, the first of which, The Mimameid Solution, was released in 2023 and placed as a quarterfinalist in the 2023 SPSFC Competition. She is a US expat with her Bachelors in Anthropology and Masters in Journalism, both of which seep their way into her stories more than a little bit. Originally from Virginia, she now calls Germany home

This program is online only, and will remain up for a month on Facebook and will also be available on YouTube shortly after it's live for a month.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/chanhassen-minnesota/winter-reads-author-talk-ian-young-moderated-by-katherine-kempf/200029243754103
- **Event Categories**: art, literary-art, kids, contests
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 3

## Ticket Details

- **Ticket URL**: http://facebook.com/200029243754103?utm_source=AllEvents.in&utm_medium=event-discovery-platform&utm_campaign=chanhassen%2C+minnesota-events

## Event venue details

- **city**: Chanhassen, Minnesota
- **location**: Online event
- **full address**: Online event, 7711 Kerber Blvd, Chanhassen, MN 55317, United States, Chanhassen, Minnesota

## Event Organizer details

- **affiliate_id**: 2
- **organizer**: Carver County Library (https://allevents.in/org/carver-county-library/26564354)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Wed, 04 Feb, 2026 at 12:30 am
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** Online event, 7711 Kerber Blvd, Chanhassen, MN 55317, United States, Chanhassen, Minnesota
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** Carver County Library
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** art, literary-art, kids, contests
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about Winter Reads Author Talk: Ian Young moderated by Katherine Kempf ?
  - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents.

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