Live @ Lion's Tooth Books: Rebecca Anne Nguyen

Live @ Lion's Tooth Books: Rebecca Anne Nguyen

Join award-winning Milwaukee author Rebecca Anne Nguyen for the hometown launch of her debut novel, The 23rd Hero, winner of the 2024 Readers' Choice Award for Best Adult Novel (Bronze). Rebecca will read from her novel, a dystopian time travel adventure love story, followed by an author Q&A and book signing. Free champagne and cake! FREE EVENT - RSVPs recommended.

About the author

Rebecca Anne Nguyen (she/her/hers) is a Milwaukee-based writer, playwright, and co-author of the award-winning memoir, Her writing has appeared in the New York Times, Insider, Slackjaw, Defenestration, Wintermute Lit, and Military Times, among others. The 23rd Hero is her first novel.

About the book

On the verge of being forced to live in an underground bunker due to climate crisis, an ordinary woman with an extraordinary memory is recruited for a time travel program to stop environmental disasters before they happen. But when she falls in love with the program's mysterious founder, she must learn to believe in herself and her abilities before she's sent to sixteenth century France with no way to save the world or return to the man she loves.

About the bookstore

Lion's Toothis a bookstore café and art space in the beautiful Bay View neighborhood in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. We specialize in zines, prints, small press books and comics for kids and adults. Our mission-driven shop works to support local artists and authors and bring quality underground and radical publications to our community. We've been activesince 2019 but our storefront opened officially to the public on March 19 2021.
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