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SUMMARY:An Evening with Jane Hamilton and Elizabeth Berg
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LOCATION:8900 US Rte 14\nCrystal Lake IL 60012
ROOM: An Evening with Jane Hamilton and Elizabeth Berg
DESCRIPTION:Join us in conversation with popular best-selling authors Jane
  Hamilton and Elizabeth Berg at McHenry County College!Jane Hamilton’s n
 ovels have won literary prizes, have been made into films, and have been i
 nternational bestsellers, and two of them, The Book of Ruth and A Map of t
 he World, were selections of Oprah’s Book Club. Her nonfiction has appea
 red in the New York Times; The Washington Post; Allure; O, The Oprah Magaz
 ine; Elle; and various anthologies. She lives on an apple farm in Wisconsi
 n. Her latest novel, The Phoebe Variations, published in September, 2025, 
 is An Oprah Daily Best Book of Fall, An Indie Next Pick for October 2025 a
 nd A LibraryReads Pick for September, 2025.Elizabeth Berg is the author of
  many bestselling novels, including The Story of Arthur Truluv, Open House
  (an Oprah’s Book Club selection), Talk Before Sleep, and The Year of Pl
 easures, as well as the short story collection The Day I Ate Whatever I Wa
 nted. Durable Goods and Joy School were selected as ALA Best Books of the 
 Year. She adapted The Pull of the Moon into a play that enjoyed sold-out p
 erformances in Chicago and Indianapolis. Berg’s work has been published 
 in thirty-one countries, and three of her novels have been turned into tel
 evision movies. She is the founder of Writing Matters, a quality reading s
 eries dedicated to serving author, audience, and community. She teaches on
 e-day writing workshops and is a popular speaker at venues around the coun
 try. Some of her most popular Facebook postings have been collected in Mak
 e Someone Happy, Still Happy, and Happy to Be Here. She lives outside Chic
 ago.  Her latest novel, Life, A Love Story, will be published on March 17
 , 2026.This event is brought to you in partnership with McHenry County Lib
 raries Unite, including Algonquin Area Public Library, Cary Area Public Li
 brary, Crystal Lake Public Library, Harvard-Diggins Library, Huntley Area 
 Public Library, Johnsburg Library, Marengo-Union Library, McHenry Public L
 ibrary, Nippersink Public Library and Woodstock Public Library.
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