New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Kristina McMorris will hold a book signing and speak at Lanier Library for its upcoming Live@Lanier program at noon on Tuesday. 

Her recently published book, “Sold on a Monday,” is a historical fiction book that is set during the Great Depression. When protagonist Ellis Reed — a young reporter relegated to banal assignments at the Philadelphia Examiner — shoots a picture of two children advertised for sale on a farmhouse porch in Laurel Township, Pennsylvania, in 1931, the act catapults his career — and the action in the story. 

The novel is inspired by an actual newspaper photograph depicting American children for sale. 

McMorris is the best-selling author of five novels, as well as two critically acclaimed novellas. Initially inspired by her grandparents’ World War II courtship letters, her work has garnered more than 20 national literary awards, and was nominated for the international IMPAC Dublin Literary Award. 

McMorris will sign books and speak on “The Great Depression and Shocking Scoops from the Newsroom” in relation to the historical background and plot of her novel.

This event at the Lanier Library is free and open to the public.

– Submitted by Amber Keeran