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Rebecca Kauffman<\/strong>, writer-in-residence at Eastern Mennonite University, presents a Writers Read event Thursday, March 25, at 6:30 p.m. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

She will preview her next work, Chorus<\/em>, a novel told in linked short stories. Kauffman notes that although it won\u2019t be released until early 2022, it \u201cis more aligned with [her] current state of mind\u201d than her earlier novels. The event also includes conversation between the author and EMU Writing Studies faculty member Chad Gusler<\/strong>, and Q & A.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Register for the webinar here.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Members of the public can view the free livestream on Facebook Live from our EMU Facebook page.<\/a> (You do not need a Facebook account or page to access Facebook Live, nor does clicking on the link obligate you in any way to Facebook.) <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Her novel The House on Fripp Island<\/em> (Profile Books, 2020) earned The Times<\/em> Best Crime Fiction of June 2020 and was an Amazon Editors Best Book of June 2020. It was also voted Best New Books of June 2020 by People<\/em> <\/strong>magazine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She is also the author of The Gunners<\/em>, winner of the Premio Tribuk dei Librai award in Italy, and Another Place You\u2019ve Never Been<\/em>, a finalist for the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kauffman is originally from rural Ohio. She earned an MFA in creative writing from NYU. Learn more at her website: http:\/\/www.rebeccakauffman.net\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Selected praise for <\/strong>The House on Fripp Island <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The House on Fripp Island<\/em> is about how \u201cthings aren\u2019t always as they seem\u201d. It is rare to care about every character in a crime novel. Rebecca Kauffman, in wryly highlighting the inherent sadness of things, ultimately resembles not Alice Sebold but the great Alice Munro.  <\/a>-The Times <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rebecca Kauffman turns each cog of this compelling murder-mystery with a delightfully sensual slowness. Her taut prose and punchy observations add to her steady, assured delivery\u2026The novel throbs not from the urgency of a thriller, but instead from the escalating tensions of dark familial secrets that battle to stay contained.  -The Irish Examiner<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2026a compelling slice of domestic noir. -Crime Fiction Lover<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Rebecca Kauffman has long been one of my favorite writers, and The House on Fripp Island <\/em> is her best novel yet. The story of two very different families brought together for an unlikely vacation that takes a dangerous turn, Kauffman’s latest is a rare and gripping combination of gloriously observed prose and three hundred pages of pure suspense. I loved it.” \u2014Julie Buntin, author of Marlena<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

“I was stunned by the twists and turns of Rebecca Kauffman’s masterful novel, The House on Fripp Island<\/em>. Bring plenty of sunscreen when you take this book to the beach…you’ll be reading all day long.”\u2014Amanda Eyre Ward, author of The Same Sky<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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