Lit Lab: Crafting Immersive Historical Fiction

Join The Doylestown Bookshop’s Summer Workshop Series as we host various authors who will present a variety of topics for upcoming, newly published, or seasoned writers.

This workshop requires tickets. There are multiple options, listed below. The ticket options that include books offer excellent value, as the authors will personally sign the books, and additional books purchased at The Doylestown Bookshop during the evening of the workshop.

Ticket Options:

General Admission - $20

General Admission + The Starlets by Lee Kelly and Jennifer Thorne - $30

General Admission + Ace Marvel Spy by Jenni L. Walsh - $30

General Admission + The Starlets AND Ace Marvel Spy - $50

Space is limited; tickets are non-refundable. If you're unable to attend the workshop, we will hold your books for you.

Crafting Immersive Historical Fiction

Historical fiction authors Jenni L. Walsh and Lee Kelly will share their research tips and tricks, essentials for building fresh stories from history, and tangible ways to immerse readers in this 90-minute event, which will be part lecture, part workshop, and lots of fun.

About Our Guests:

Lee Kelly is the author of City of Savages, a Publishers Weekly "Best of Spring 2015" pick and a VOYA Magazine "Perfect Ten" selection; A Criminal Magic, which was optioned and developed for a television series by Warner Bros.; The Antiquity Affair, co-written with Jennifer Thorne; and With Regrets. Her short fiction and essays have appeared in Gingerbread House, Orca, and Tor.com, among other publications, and she holds her MFA degree from the Vermont College of Fine Arts.

An entertainment lawyer by trade, Lee has practiced law in Los Angeles and New York. She currently lives with her husband and two children in New Jersey, where you'll find them engaged in one adventure or another. Connect with her online at leekellyauthor.com; Facebook: @lee.y.kelly; Instagram: @leeykelly; X: @leeykelly.

Jenni L. Walsh worked for a decade enticing readers as an award-winning advertising copywriter before becoming an author. Her passion lies in transporting readers to another world, be it in historical or contemporary settings. She is a proud graduate of Villanova University, and lives in the Philadelphia suburbs with her husband, daughter, son, and various pets.

Jenni is the USA TODAY bestselling author of historical novels Becoming Bonnie, Side by Side, A Betting Woman, The Call of the Wrens, Unsinkable, and Ace, Marvel, Spy. She also writes books for children, including the nonfiction She Dared series and historical novels Hettie and the London Blitz, I Am Defiance, By the Light of Fireflies, Over and Out, and Operation: Happy. To learn more about Jenni and her books, please visit jennilwalsh.com or @jennilwalsh on social media.

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