Author Talk + Q&A: Victoria Christopher Murray (NAACP Image Award Recipient)
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The Library Foundation SD Presents: Victoria Christopher Murray, New York Times bestselling coauthor of "The First Ladies and The Personal Librarian," visits the San Diego Central Library @ Joan Λ Irwin Jacobs Common to present her new novel, "Harlem Rhapsody," at this ticketed event. An audience Q&A and book signing will follow the presentation.
About the Book:
In 1919, a high school teacher from Washington, D.C., arrives in Harlem, excited to realize her lifelong dream. Jessie Redmon Fauset has been named the literary editor of The Crisis. The first Black woman to hold this position at a preeminent Negro magazine, Jessie is poised to achieve literary greatness. But she has a secret that jeopardizes it all. W. E. B. Du Bois, the founder of The Crisis, is not only Jessie’s boss; he’s her lover. And neither his wife, nor their fourteen-year-age difference can keep the two apart…
About the Author:
Victoria Christopher Murray is an acclaimed author with more than one million books in print. She has written over twenty novels, including "Stand Your Ground," an NAACP Image Award Winner for Outstanding Fiction, and a Library Journal Best Book of the Year. She holds an MBA from the NYU Stern School of Business.
