Like Historical Fiction?

The Glenview Public Library is honored to host an author discussion highlighting the historical fiction genre. On Thursday, April 19th from 7-8:30 p.m., three historical fiction authors will explore their love of the genre. Come "Step into the Past" with us, meet these Chicago-based authors and hear the stories behind their own exceptional historical novels.

Glenview's own Elizabeth Blackwell publishes her newest book this April. On a Cold Dark Sea focuses on the dramatic events surrounding the sinking of the Titanic. The Titanic tragedy haunts a group of survivors who managed to escape in a lifeboat. When a sudden death 20 years later brings three of these survivors together, they are forced to confront decisions made on that tragic April night.

Susanna Calkins is the author of the Lucy Campion historical mystery series set in 17th century England. Lucy Campion, chambermaid turned printer's apprentice "doesn't seek out crime, and yet death and murder always seem to find her". The Masque of the Murderer, the third book in the series, won a Macavity Award from Mystery Readers International and was nominated for other esteemed mystery honors. Most recently, Calkins has begun work on a new mystery series set in a 1929 Chicago speakeasy.

Renée Rosen is the bestselling author of several Chicago-based novels: Windy City Blues, White Collar Girl, What the Lady Wants: a Novel of Marshall Field and the Gilded Age and Dollface: a Novel of the Roaring Twenties. Windy City Blues, Renée's most recent novel, explores one woman's journey of self-discovery in the world of the Chicago blues, set against the backdrop of the Civil Rights Movement. She is currently working on a new novel about Helen Gurley Brown to be published in 2019.


Join us on April 19th for some lively conversation!

Please register for this event by calling 847-729-7500 x7600 or visit the Reader Services desk.