I’m so delighted to moderate this talk!

A diverse panel of authors with ties to Chicago and the Midwest discuss writing fiction about characters who are pulled between sometimes vastly different places--on the map, between generations, and between supernatural forces. The conversation will cover what goes into writing characters of depth in contemporary fiction, including research, drawing from personal experience, and what the "expatriate" experience means in the present day.

The authors' latest books include the critically acclaimed A Haunting in Hialeah Gardens by Raul Palma, the prize-winning The Best That You Can Do by Amina Gautier, and a USA Today bestseller, The War Begins in Paris by Theodore Wheeler.