Author Visit: Lisa Wingate

Shelterwood (2024)

Tuesday, April 22 • 11:00am-12:15pm • Zoom •

Course 13156 • $30

In conversation with Anna Katsavos, Lisa Wingate, author of the best-seller Before We Were Yours (2017), will be discussing her newest book, Shelterwood (2024). Through dual narratives set in 1909 and in 1990, this historical novel intertwines stories of child and land exploitation, escape, survival, and the pioneers who fought for justice in Oklahoma amid power-hungry land barons. The story was inspired by the bizarre reports of “elf children living in a hollow tree,” and the investigation that led to the discovery of the children’s true identities.

LISA WINGATE is the author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Before We Were Yours, which has sold more than three million copies and been translated into over forty languages worldwide. Wingate is an Oklahoma Book Award finalist, a Goodreads Choice Award winner, and a Southern Book Prize winner. She was named a 2023 Distinguished Alumni of Oklahoma State University. She lives in Texas and Colorado.

ANNA KATSAVOS, PhD, is an experienced book group facilitator. A SUNY Professor Emerita of English Literature and Women’s Studies, she has received numerous awards for teaching, and her scholarship has been published in a variety of literary journals. She has interviewed many best-selling authors and has presented interactive programs focusing on a wide range of women’s issues. Additionally, she conducts writing, editing and publishing workshops.

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