Meet Chicago Authors Brigid Pasulka and Rebecca Makkai

The Arlington Heights Memorial Library will welcome Chicago-area authors Brigid Pasulka and Rebecca Makkai for an evening "Meet Chicago Authors" event at 7 p.m. Tuesday, April 26. In this panel discussion, the authors will explore universal themes in their popular novels, "A Long, Long Time Ago and Essentially True" and "The Hundred-Year House," discuss their writing process and answer questions.

Presenters: Brigid Pasulka and Rebecca Makkai

Date and Time: Tuesday, April 26, 7-8:30 p.m.

Location: Hendrickson Room, Arlington Heights Memorial Library, 500 N. Dunton Ave.

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About the Authors

Brigid Pasulka was born and raised in rural Illinois and has lived in Poland, Russia, Germany and Italy. Her debut novel, "A Long, Long Time Ago and Essentially True" won the 2010 Hemingway Foundation/PEN Award and was a Barnes & Noble Discover Great New Writers selection. Her second novel, "The Sun and Other Stars," was an Indie Next pick for February 2014. Brigid lives in Chicago with her husband and son and runs the writing center at a public high school.

Rebecca Makkai is the Chicago-based author of the novels "The Hundred-Year House," winner of the Chicago Writers Association's Novel of the Year award, and "The Borrower," a Booklist Top Ten Debut which has been translated into eight languages. Her short story collection, "Music for Wartime," will appear in June of 2015. Her short fiction was chosen for The Best American Short Stories for four consecutive years (2011, 2010, 2009 and 2008), and appears regularly in journals like Harper's, Tin House, and New England Review. The recipient of a 2014 NEA fellowship, Makkai will be visiting faculty this fall at the Iowa Writers' Workshop.