Join the Santa Monica Public Library today, Nov. 15 for “An Afternoon with Laini Taylor,” the best-selling young adult fantasy author at 4 p.m., in the Main Library’s Martin Luther King, Jr. Auditorium, 601 Santa Monica Boulevard in Santa Monica.
A National Book Award finalist for her 2009 novel Lips Touch, Taylor has long been a favorite of fantasy fiction readers.
For more information, call 310.458.8600 or visit smpl.org.
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