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New book loading... 📖✨ Overjoyed to be awarded a residency fellowship from Virginia Center for the Creative Arts to work on my second novel! I'm incredibly grateful for this opportunity and support—especially given the deeply personal origin of my new project. #VCCAFellows #WritingLife #writingresidency

This weekend, Aug. 22-24! Taste of Greektown kicks off with food, fun, music and more! All details below! Hope to see you there! Opa!!! chicagostarmedia.com/candid_candace…

The city's largest celebration of Hellenic cuisine and culture returns this weekend. Read more: tinyurl.com/23s5kbxb

We're excited to host our first American Prophets Writing workshop next Thursday, September 4th with the amazing R. O. Kwon 권오경! Make sure you register now, spots are limited and going fast! hubs.ly/Q03G4mWT0

Happy Publication to Nathan Harris and AMITY, a hugely moving, epic tale of a brother and sister who have been emancipated from slavery but are still searching for true freedom.

"We are at risk of losing one of our most precious freedoms: the freedom to write." In a new op-ed in The Los Angeles Times, PEN America's Summer Lopez warns the assault on free speech in the United States has "entered an alarming new phase." Read more: latimes.com/opinion/story/…

🐉 Enchanted Creatures 🐉 is out today in paperback with W&N! A special edition for Indigo in 🇨🇦 with a special foreword is also out with Pegasus Books!

🎶 Take a look, it’s in a book 🎶 After nearly 20 years… Reading Rainbow is returning to motivate, help, and encourage kids to become avid readers with new episodes, new friends, new projects, and of course… new books! Make sure to follow the rainbow 📚🌈✨ #FollowTheRainbow

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Had a blast at ABC 7 Chicago today for an interview about the Odyssey and Hellenic Museum's two-day Homerathon this week! Segment linked below 🔱⛵️🧜‍♀️🏺

A big THANK YOU to Elizabeth and Krishni for representing us on ABC 7 Chicago! Join us for Homerathon at the National Hellenic Museum - a festive, free event where everyone is welcome. Thursday, October 23 | 12:30 PM–8:00 PM Friday, October 24 | 10:00 AM–4:00 PM

StoryStudio's Novel in a Year program not only helped me finish my first book, it introduced me to my supportive writing group. (With thanks to author-instructor Abby Geni for encouraging my ambitious project even when it felt impossible.) Details here: buff.ly/LJufAYB

We’re ⁦Hellenic Museum⁩ for Homer-a-thon! Reading from the Odyssey. I take the stage in 15 min. It’s free and runs until 4:30 pm

Cheers to writer friend Kathleen Rooney and her sister Beth on the release of their first children's book Leaf Town Forever! 🍂 #kidlit #newbook

As someone who survived a major medical trauma, I cannot recommend Small Rain enough. This book is a philosophical, nuanced, beautifully lyrical meditation on illness and survival and hope for what comes after. Thank you Garth Greenwell & heartfelt congrats!

We're proud to be a founder and Advisory Committee member of the Literary Arts Fund, a philanthropic effort to increase support for and the visibility of the nonprofit literary arts field. Over the next five years, the Literary Arts Fund will distribute at least $50 million to

In my first article for Newcity Chicago magazine, I spoke with Julia Fine (writing as Margaux Eliot) about her "MTV reality show book" 🎬🌴💄