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X-WR-CALNAME:Author Timothy Jay Smith: Fire on the Island
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LOCATION:111 Adams Avenue\nLewes DE 19958
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SUMMARY:Author Timothy Jay Smith: Fire on the Island
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DESCRIPTION:Be part of a live\, interactive conversation with award-winning
 \nnovelist and screenwriter\, Timothy Jay Smith\, about his latest\nnovel\
 , Fire on the Island\, set on the Greek island of Lesvos.\nPublishers Wee
 kly calls it a “perfect blend of intrigue\, romance\,\nand travelogue.
 ” The novel is a playful romantic thriller with a gay\nGreek-American FB
 I agent\, who is undercover on the island to\ninvestigate a series of myst
 erious fires. Set against the very real\nrefugee crisis on the beautiful\,
  sun-drenched Greek islands\, Smith\npaints a loving portrait of a communi
 ty in crisis. As the island\nresidents grapple with declining tourism\, po
 verty\, refugees\, family\nfeuds\, and a perilously damaged church\, an ar
 sonist invades their\nmidst. A long time devotee of the Greek islands\, Sm
 ith paints the\nsetting with gorgeous color and empathy\, and all the char
 m of Zorba\nthe Greek  while shedding bright light on the very real chall
 enges of\nlife in contemporary Greece. Tim was a frequent visitor to Rehob
 oth\nBeach from 1980 until he moved here full-time in 1997. In 2005\, he a
 nd\nhis partner relocated to France. Smith will discuss aspects of his\nw
 riting process and share secrets about how he managed to succeed in a\nsec
 ond career that is elusive to so many aspiring authors. He welcomes\nquest
 ions on the craft of writing itself: finding a story\, developing\ncharact
 ers\, adapting real people and places to the page\, and the\nchallenges an
 d unexpected benefits of having gay protagonists in his\nmysteries and thr
 illers\, both genres relatively underpopulated by\nLGBTQ people. Tim will 
 be interviewed by Fay Jacobs\, a native New\nYorker\, who has had a 35-yea
 r career in journalism\, public relations &\ntheater. Online program from 
 the Lewes Public Library\, Browseabout\nBooks and CAMP Rehoboth NOTE: this
  meeting is being conducted\nthrough Zoom. You MUST REGISTER to receive i
 nstructions for joining\nthe meeting. Venue: Lewes Public Library.
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:Be part of a live\, interactive conversation w
 ith award-winning novelist and screenwriter\, Timothy Jay Smith\, about hi
 s latest novel\, Fire on the Island\, set on the Greek island of Lesvos. 
 Publishers Weekly calls it a “perfect blend of intrigue\, romance\, and 
 travelogue.” The novel is a playful romantic thriller with a gay Greek-A
 merican FBI agent\, who is undercover on the island to investigate a serie
 s of mysterious fires. Set against the very real refugee crisis on the bea
 utiful\, sun-drenched Greek islands\, Smith paints a loving portrait of a 
 community in crisis. As the island residents grapple with declining touris
 m\, poverty\, refugees\, family feuds\, and a perilously damaged church\, 
 an arsonist invades their midst. A long time devotee of the Greek islands\
 , Smith paints the setting with gorgeous color and empathy\, and all the c
 harm of Zorba the Greek  while shedding bright light on the very real cha
 llenges of life in contemporary Greece. Tim was a frequent visitor to Reho
 both Beach from 1980 until he moved here full-time in 1997. In 2005\, he a
 nd his partner relocated to France. Smith will discuss aspects of his wri
 ting process and share secrets about how he managed to succeed in a second
  career that is elusive to so many aspiring authors. He welcomes questions
  on the craft of writing itself: finding a story\, developing characters\,
  adapting real people and places to the page\, and the challenges and unex
 pected benefits of having gay protagonists in his mysteries and thrillers\
 , both genres relatively underpopulated by LGBTQ people. Tim will be inter
 viewed by Fay Jacobs\, a native New Yorker\, who has had a 35-year career 
 in journalism\, public relations & theater. Online program from the Lewes 
 Public Library\, Browseabout Books and CAMP Rehoboth NOTE: this meeting is
  being conducted through Zoom. You MUST REGISTER to receive instructions 
 for joining the meeting. Venue: Lewes Public Library.
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