Local Author Panel with Tom Stein, Jennifer Briggs, and Nancy Kilgore

Join us to hear from local authors about each of their books! We are excited to welcome Tom Stein, author of Gratitude is Not Enough, Jennifer Briggs, author of Watching Sarah Rise, and Nancy Kilgore, author of Pennsylvania Love Song. Following the presentations, there will be time for Q&A with the audience and book signing. We hope to see you there!

About Tom Stein:

Doctor Tom Stein is a retired Emergency Physician, as well as a retired Colonel in the U.S. Army Medical Corps. He received his undergraduate degree from Purdue University and his Doctor of Medicine degree from Pennsylvania State University. He completed his Emergency Medicine Residency at Darnall Army Community Hospital, Fort Hood, Texas, and served thirty-eight years in the Army and Army Reserves. Emergency Medical Services and Disaster Medicine are his sub-specialties. He lives in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, with his wife Janet.

About Jennifer Briggs:

Jennifer Celeste Briggs has a BA in English Literature from Swarthmore college. She lives in Pittsburgh, PA with her husband and two daughters. Her daughter Sarah has a genetic anomaly and autism. When Sarah was four, Jenny decided to run a Son-Rise Program for her, calling it Sarah-Rise, and training at the Autism Treatment Center of America. The Son-Rise Program is a loving child-centered approach to helping those with autism and other challenges connect socially, verbally, and through increased eye contact. Organizing hundreds of hours of therapeutic play time for Sarah, Jenny trained and coordinated multiple volunteers who contributed their love and creativity to the venture. Jenny started a blog to share the experience of Sarah-Rise and has heard multiple times that her words were helpful to others dealing with life struggles. Jenny wants to help parents feel understood and to spread the word about The Son-Rise Program. She hopes that her words bring comfort, joy, and inspiration to readers whatever their challenges and journeys may be.

About Nancy Kilgore:

Nancy Hayes Kilgore’s new novel, Pennsylvania Love Song is based on the young lives of the author’s mother in the 1940s and her grandmother in the 1910s.

Two young women, a mother and daughter who never knew one another, both struggle with independence and courtship at pivotal times in the 20th century.

"A gorgeous example of family history as story, Pennsylvania Love Song is a perfect tribute to the subtle yet undeniable connections between mothers and daughters and the quiet influence of family legacy." -Sarah Angleton, author of Paradise on the Pike

Nancy Kilgore’s other novels include the bestselling BITTER MAGIC (Milford House Press, 2021,) inspired by the life of famous “witch” Isobel Gowdie in 1600s Scotland, WILD MOUNTAIN (Bown Posey Press, 2017,) and SEA LEVEL (RCWMS, 2011.) Awards include the Vermont Writers Prize and a ForeWord Reviews Book of the Year. A pastoral psychotherapist and former parish pastor, Nancy leads workshops on creative writing and spirituality. She is a native of Pennsylvania and lives in Vermont.

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