Laura Resau: THE RIVER MUSE with Jane Delury

A French chateau. A forest with secrets. A magical spring. Welcome to La Chanson, where lost souls are found again...

Laura Resau launches her new novel, The River Muse, at the Ivy Bookshop!

Join the author, in conversation with Jane Delury, to discuss this summery, whimsical, and atmospheric novel, where a young woman recovers from a menacing ex-partner with the help of music, nature, and friendship. Oh, and a mischievous ghost boy.

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Laura Resau is the author of The River Muse, The Alchemy of Flowers, and eleven acclaimed books for young people. Her books have won five Colorado Book Awards and spots on “best-of” booklists from Oprah, the American Library Association, and more. Born and raised in Baltimore, she has a background in cultural anthropology and languages, and now teaches graduate creative writing at Western Colorado University. You might find her writing in her cozy vintage trailer in Fort Collins, Colorado, where she lives with her rock-hound husband, musician son, wild husky, and a hundred house plants. Visit her at www.lauraresau.com.

Jane Delury is the author of the novels Hedge and The Balcony. Her short stories have appeared in Granta, The Sewanee Review, The Southern Review, The Georgia Review, The Yale Review, and other publications. Her awards include the Sue Kaufman Prize for First Fiction from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, a PEN/O. Henry Prize, and a Pushcart Prize. She directs the BA in English at the University of Baltimore and teaches in the Creative Writing & Publishing Arts program.

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