The Lessans Family Literary Series is proud to present our first ever Local Authors Fair
Meet local authors from the DMV area and hear first-hand as they describe and introduce their books. Learn more about the stories behind the stories, their inspirations, and upcoming projects. Bagels and coffee served. Come find your next must-read author! Appropriate for all ages and free to the public.
About the Fair:
The Bender JCC’s Local Authors Fair will take place on Sunday, March 24, 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM at the Bender JCC. From 10:00 – 11:00 AM featured authors will be given two minutes to pitch their books to a captive audience. From 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM, all featured authors will be provided with a table to sell their book(s) and speak to attendees.* Attendance for this event is free and open to the public.
Featured Authors:
- Stephen Baars, WIN: Self-Help
- Debra Band, All the World Praises You! an Illuminated Aleph-Bet Book: Youth
- Caroline Bock, Carry Her Home: Fiction, Short Stories
- Jordan Cooper, Perspectives on the Public Interest: Media/Politics/Biography
- Whitney Ellenby, Autism Uncensored: Pulling Back the Curtain: Parenting/Autism/Special Needs
- Jean Freedman, Peggy Seeger: A Life of Music, Love, and Politics: Biography
- Martin Ganzglass, Treason and Triumph: Historical Fiction
- Esther Goldenberg, A Story Every Week: Torah Wisdom for Today’s World: Torah Stories/Lessons, Non-Fiction
- Lauren Greenberg, The Battle of Junk Mountain: Fiction (YA)
- Deborah Kalb, John Adams and the Magic Bobblehead: Fiction (Youth)
- Aleksandr Kronik, How Young Are You? Understanding Psychological Age, Time, Causometry, to Create Meaningful, Harmonious, Productive Lives: Psychology, Self-Help
- Ilene Leventhal, Don’t Call Me Grandma/A Guide For The 21st-Century Grandmother: Non-Fiction
- Israela Meyerstein, Miracle Nation: Seventy Stories about the Spirit of Israel: Teens, College Age, and Adults, Non-Fiction, Short Stories
- Melanie Olds, As I Look Up at the Sky Alphabet Book: Youth
- Roni Rosenthal, Not by the Book-The Pencil Pro: Fiction / History/ Education
- Jonathan Roth, Beep and Bob’s Astro Adventures: Youth
- Deborah Schaumberg, The Tombs: Fiction/Historical Fantasy (YA)
- Michael Siegel, The President as Leader: Academic/Leadership/Political History
For more info, contact Lisa Del Sesto or call 301-348-3756