Author Meet & Greet: Katherine Vaz

Join us in welcoming Katherine Vaz for her homecoming on Tuesday, November 19th at 6 pm. She was a Visiting Writer at Illinois College while researching her book. She received a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowships and is a former Briggs-Copeland Fellow in Fiction at Harvard. She is the first Portuguese American to have her work recorded for the Archives of the Library of Congress (Hispanic Division).
 

VAZ WILL PRESENT A LIVELY SLIDE SHOW ON HER RESEARCH, WHICH INCLUDES MANY ITEMS FROM JACKSONVILLE AND SPRINGFIELD. She'll answer questions and sign books after her presentation.
 

ADMISSION IS FREE; HOPE TO SEE YOU THERE!

Author of ABOVE THE SALT, a Civil War story set large in Jacksonville, Illinois, about the true immigration of Portuguese Protestants to our community.  Her novel was a People Magazine Book of the Week, a Top Three Good Morning America Pick, and a Most Anticipated Fall Book from Goodreads.
...Plus Award Winning Titles: Fado & Other Stories, Mariana, Our Lady of the Artichokes

Our Town Books will also be selling Katherine’s titles at this event.