For Immediate Release
September 13, 2022
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Media Contact:
Leah Kosin, Assistant Public Information Officer
pio@leesburgva.gov
703-771-2781
Local Author to Discuss Novel at Thomas Balch Library
Leesburg, VA (September 13, 2022) – Diane Helentjaris will discuss her historical fiction novel, “The Indenture of Ivy O’Neill”, at Thomas Balch Library on Sunday, September 25 from 2 to 4 p.m.
Helentjaris will share innovative tips and tools from her experience as a writer. Learn how the lives of an Irish girl in the 1690s and a wild west broncho-riding woman in 1913 are brought to life. Copies of her novel will be available for purchase.
Pre-registration is required for this event. Please call 703-737-7195, email balchlib@leesburgva.gov, or register online.
Diane Helentjaris is the author of the new historical fiction book set in late 1600s Ireland and Colonial Maryland, The Indenture of Ivy O’Neill. The novel offers the fact-inspired story of a young girl, kidnapped, transported to America, and sold into servitude. It has been nominated for the National Library Association’s Alex Award. Helentjaris, a 2020 Iceland Writers’ Retreat Alumni Award finalist, often writes for local magazines. Her writing is featured in the international anthology Strife & Harmony and in Glimpses of Our World, a Bilingual Anthology of Greek American Poetry.
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