Avon Library: Kristan & Marilyn: An evening of contemporary writers! Marilyn Simon Rothstein interviews Kristan Higgins on Tuesday, August 20, 2019, 7:00 pm at the Avon Free Public Library, 281 Country Club Rd., Avon, CT 06001. Join us to celebrate the release of Kristan Higgins new book, Life and Other Inconveniences (Berkley (August 6, 2019). Books by both authors will be for sale at this event.
Kristan Higgins is the New York Times bestselling author of 19 novels, which have been translated into more than two dozen languages and sold millions of copies worldwide. Her books have received dozens of awards and accolades and regularly appear on the lists for best novels of the year. Kristan is also a cohost of the Crappy Friends podcast, which discusses the often complex dynamics of female friendships, with her friend and fellow writer, Joss Dey. Kristan lives in Connecticut with her husband.
Marilyn Simon Rothstein is the author of Lift and Separate, winner of the Star Award presented by the Women's Fiction Writers Association for Outstanding Debut. Husbands And Other Sharp Objects is her second novel. Marilyn grew up in New York City, earned a degree in journalism from New York University, began her writing career at Seventeen magazine, married a man she met in an elevator, and owned an advertising agency for more than twenty-five years. Marilyn received an MA in liberal studies from Wesleyan University and an MA in Judaic studies from the University of Connecticut. She enjoys speaking at book festivals and community events
