Author Baran-Unland to sign books at Crest Hill’s Book Market

WriteOn Joliet member and co-founder Denise Baran-Unland will chat and sign books from 3-5 p.m. Saturday, January 25, 2020 at The Book Market located at 2365 Plainfield Road in Crest Hill.

The event is free and open to the public.

Baran-Unland is the author of the phantasmic BryonySeries, which includes the “drop of blood” vampire trilogy for young and new adults; a Gothic prequel for adults; the Adventures of Cornell Dyer chapter book series for grade school children; and the Bertrand the Mouse series for young children.

She has six adult children, three adult stepchildren, sixteen grandchildren, six godchildren, and four cats.

Baran-Unland is the co-founder of WriteOn Joliet and previously taught features writing for a homeschool co-op. The students' work was published in the co-op magazine and The Herald-News in Joliet. She blogs daily and is currently the features editor at The Herald-News.

WriteOn Joliet is a welcoming, diverse group of writers of varied skills, interests and experience. The group includes professional journalists, fiction novelists, bloggers, screenwriters, musicians and poets.

The group provides a safe, comfortable and supportive atmosphere for Joliet-area writers to share their work, and constructive feedback so that everyone can benefit from its members’ shared knowledge.

WriteOn Joliet and The Book Market proudly partner to promote the Joliet-area writing community, encourage literacy and support local bookstores. The Book Market features discounted new and used books of all genres including local and independent authors.

To read Baran-Unland’s feature stories, visit www.theherald-news.com. For more information about her fiction and to follow her on social media, visit www.bryonyseries.com.

For more information about WriteOn Joliet and the Book Market visit www.writeonjoliet.com and www.bookmarketjoliet.com