Local author Diane Sheehan Shovak will discuss her first novel, Deceit, published in October 2018. The mystery involves a murder on a lake in Vermont. She will touch briefly on the inspiration for the novel, her writing process and experience with publication. After reading the first chapter aloud, she will open the floor to questions. Seating is limited, so registration is requested online or at the Reference Desk at 860-652-7720.

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_{About the Author
Diane Sheehan Shovak was born and raised in Boston, Massachusetts. She moved to Connecticut in 1970 to pursue graduate work and a career in Speech-Language Pathology. Diane has always loved writing for her own enjoyment and to chronicle family events, especially their summers spent on Lake Saint Catherine in Wells, Vermont. Since retiring, she joined a writing group, the Writers’ Circle, and published several personal essays, a short story, and a poem in two books published by the Circle: Spilled Ink in 2013 and Here Joseph, You Take the Baby: A Christmas Anthology in 2016 (e-book) and 2018 with additional selections (print version). Diane lives with her husband of forty-two years in Wethersfield, Connecticut. They have two grown children and two handsome, remarkable grandsons.}

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