Erica Wright in Conversation with David Burr Gerrard, Ricardo A. Maldonado

From one of the most original writers in crime fiction comes a diabolical mystery wrapped in Hollywood tinsel.

Join us for the Manhattan launch of Famous in Cedarville, Erica Wright’s fourth crime novel. She will be in conversation with novelist David Burr Gerrard and Ricardo Alberto Maldonado, managing director at the 92Y’s Unterberg Poetry Center.

Erica Wright is the author of three previous novels including The Blue Kingfisher. Her poetry collections are Instructions for Killing the Jackal and All the Bayou Stories End with Drowned. She is the poetry editor at Guernica Magazine as well as a former editorial board member for Alice James Books.

David Burr Gerrard is the author of The Epiphany Machine and Short Century . He teaches creative writing at The New School, the 92nd Street Y, The Yale Writers’ Workshop, and Catapult.

Ricardo Alberto Maldonado was born and raised in Puerto Rico. He is the translator of Dinapiera Di Donato’s Colaterales/Collateral and the author of the soon-to-be-published The Life Assignment. He has received fellowships from CantoMundo, Queer|Arts|Mentorship and the New York Foundation for the Arts and is managing director at the 92Y’s Unterberg Poetry Center.

Q&A and book signing to follow. Refreshments will be served.

Seating is first come first serve. Books will be available for purchase at the event.

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When: Wed., Dec. 4, 2019 at 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm
Where: Shakespeare & Co.
939 Lexington Ave. (corner of 69th St.)
212-772-3400
Price: Free
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From one of the most original writers in crime fiction comes a diabolical mystery wrapped in Hollywood tinsel.

Join us for the Manhattan launch of Famous in Cedarville, Erica Wright’s fourth crime novel. She will be in conversation with novelist David Burr Gerrard and Ricardo Alberto Maldonado, managing director at the 92Y’s Unterberg Poetry Center.

Erica Wright is the author of three previous novels including The Blue Kingfisher. Her poetry collections are Instructions for Killing the Jackal and All the Bayou Stories End with Drowned. She is the poetry editor at Guernica Magazine as well as a former editorial board member for Alice James Books.

David Burr Gerrard is the author of The Epiphany Machine and Short Century . He teaches creative writing at The New School, the 92nd Street Y, The Yale Writers’ Workshop, and Catapult.

Ricardo Alberto Maldonado was born and raised in Puerto Rico. He is the translator of Dinapiera Di Donato’s Colaterales/Collateral and the author of the soon-to-be-published The Life Assignment. He has received fellowships from CantoMundo, Queer|Arts|Mentorship and the New York Foundation for the Arts and is managing director at the 92Y’s Unterberg Poetry Center.

Q&A and book signing to follow. Refreshments will be served.

Seating is first come first serve. Books will be available for purchase at the event.

Support indie bookstores, buy your signing copies from Shakespeare & Co.

Buy tickets/get more info now