Texas Writes at the Burkburnett Library in Burkburrnett, TX
February 1, 2020 10:00 AM - 1:00 PM CST
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Texas Writes is a statewide program that brings accomplished authors to rural libraries for a half day of presentations and panel discussions.
Each event is free and open to the public.
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Featured Presenter(s)
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Kathleen Kent is a New York Times bestselling author and a two-time Edgar Award Nominee for her contemporary crime novels, The Dime and The Burn. The third Det. Betty book, titled The Pledge, was released Nov. 2021. Ms. Kent is also the author of three award-winning historical novels, The Heretic’s Daughter, The Traitor’s Wife, and The Outcasts. She has written short stories and essays for D Magazine, Texas Monthly and LitHub, and has been published in the crime anthology Dallas Noir. In March 2020 she was inducted into the Texas Institute of Letters for her contribution to Texas literature.
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Jeramey Kraatz is the author of The Cloak Society and Space Runners series from HarperChildrens, the latter of which was recently added to the Texas Library Association's 2019 Lone Star reading list. He is also a Script Supervisor at Funimation Entertainment where he has adapted hundreds of anime episodes and films for English-speaking audiences, includes scripts for blockbuster franchises like Dragon Ball Super and My Hero Academia (currently on Cartoon Network). He's a graduate of the MFA Writing Program at Columbia University, and lives in Texas with, predictably, two cats.
