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Southport, CT - Bestselling author Lauren Willig discusses her newest book Band of Sisters. This sweeping novel – based on a true story – follows a group of young women from Smith College who risk their lives in France at the height of World War I and must cope with the war as well as old rivalries and new betrayals amongst themselves. Lauren will be interviewed by friend and fellow bestselling novelist Andrea Penrose, author of the acclaimed Regency-mystery Wrexford & Sloane series.
Lauren Willig is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of more than twenty works of historical fiction, including The Summer Country , the RITA Award winning Pink Carnation series, and three novels co-written with Beatriz Williams and Karen White. An alumna of Yale University, she has a graduate degree in history from Harvard and a J.D. from Harvard Law School. She lives in New York City with her husband, two young children, and vast quantities of
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SOUTHPORT, CT - Jennifer Risher is the author of We Need to Talk: A Memoir About Wealth , which tells her story and explores the impact of wealth on identity, relationships, and sense of place in the world. Jennifer was born in Seattle, Washington, grew up in Oregon, and graduated from Connecticut College. She joined Microsoft in 1991 where she worked as a recruiter and then as a product manager. She and her husband, David, have two daughters and live in San Francisco, where David is CEO of Worldreader, a nonprofit he co founded with a mission to create a world where everyone is a reader. In response to COVID, Jennifer and David launched the #HalfMyDAF challenge, which inspired over $8.6 million in charitable giving in 2020. Jennifer will be in conversation with Kelly LaFerriere, Chief Business Officer at A-Rod Corp and Pequot Library Board member.