Denny S. Bryce and Vanessa Riley — In The Face of the Sun + Sister Mother Warrior - at Union Market

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This event is free with first come, first served seating.

In this haunting novel, In The Face of the Sun, the author of Wild Women and the Blues weaves together two stories as they unfold decades apart, as a woman on the run from an abusive husband joins her intrepid aunt as they head across the country from Chicago to Los Angeles, and confront a painful and shadowy past that has reverberated across generations.

In Sister Mother Warrior, acclaimed author of Island Queen Vanessa Riley brings readers a vivid, sweeping novel of the Haitian Revolution based on the true-life stories of two extraordinary women: the first Empress of Haiti, Marie-Claire Bonheur, and Gran Toya, a West African-born warrior who helped lead the rebellion that drove out the French and freed the enslaved people of Haiti. 

Denny S. Bryce writes historical fiction and is the bestselling author of WILD WOMEN AND THE BLUES. She is an adjunct professor in the MFA program at Drexel University, a book critic for NPR, and a freelance writer. Articles she’s written have appeared in USA Today, FROLIC MEDIA, and Harper’s Bazaar. She is also a public relations and marketing professional who spent more than 20 years running a public relations firm specializing in event management. A member of the Historical Novel Society, Women’s Fiction Writers Association, and Tall Poppy Writers.