The chapters are named for months, each one the next month following the kidnapping. Several of the chapters in the book, which centers around the kidnapping of two young girls, and takes place on the Kamchatka peninsula, Siberia, were published as stories in literary journals. Knopf - and about her journey as a debut author, Selinger said.

Phillips will discuss her experience, about working with a major publisher - the book is published by Alfred A. These are not typical author talks, where an author appears to talk about her book, nor book discussions: they are talks about the author’s journey. Screenwriter Robert Whitehall spoke to the group in July. “There are about 30 events a month.” They invite an author to speak to the basic support group on a Tuesday morning every few months. “We keep it loose and unstructured,” Selinger said. Nobody in the group has titles, and there are no fees to participate, nor dues to join. It has a mailing list of more than 700 people, and about 50 active writers in workshops, according to Carl Selinger, one of the group’s founders. The Write Group is a writers’ support group in its 20th year, with sections that focus on memoir, fiction writing, poetry, and more. She’s in several groups one that meets online and is an “accountability group” for check-ins, and a workshop where people share manuscripts. “I find them essential and inspiring, educational, and fundamental to sustaining the writing craft.” “I love writing groups,” said Phillips, who graduated from Montclair High School in 2006. She’ll speak again that night at the library’s “Off the Shelf.”

10, she’ll speak to The Write Group at Montclair Public Library in the morning. Her debut novel was one of the New York Times’ “most anticipated” this spring. By GWEN social reinforcement from other writers, Julia Phillips is sure she would never have written “Disappearing Earth.”

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