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A recent transplant to Seattle, Jenny D. Williams has lived in the U.S., Uganda and Germany. She received a grant from the Elizabeth George Foundation to do research in the Dominican Republic Congo for this, her first novel, The Atlas of Forgotten Places, just published in July by St. Martin's Press.

Williams holds an Master of Fine Arts from Brooklyn College and a BA from UC Berkeley. Her award-winning fiction, nonfiction, poetry and illustrations have appeared in The Sun, Vela, and Ethical Traveler, as well as in several anthologies.

Set against the backdrop of the ivory wars and the rebellion in central Africa, The Atlas of Forgotten Places is an adventure sharing the author's intimate knowledge of life in Africa, combined with a character from Germany, a story of a civil war -- part political thriller, part love story.  

This free book-talk will be the 45th installment of Words, Writers & West Seattle, the 'First Friday' series of the Southwest Seattle Historical Society. It will take place at 5 p.m. Friday, August 4, 2017, at Barnes & Noble/ Westwood Village.

A former Teachers & Writers Collaborative fellow and recipient of an Elizabeth George Foundation grant for emerging writers, Jenny currently lives in West Seattle with her husband and dog. 

"Words, Writers & West Seattle's" next First Friday book-talk is scheduled for September 8th and will feature Lyanda Haupt, a former presenter, and her new book, Mozart's Starling (Little, Brown and Co. (April, 2017).

Author Jenny D. Williams Presents 

First Novel "The Atlas of Forgotten Places" 

5 PM, August 4th, 2017

at Barnes & Noble/Westwood Village

For videos on these and other authors' presentations, visit: www.loghousemuseum.info/events/words-writers-and-west-seattle.  Additional information on future presentations can be obtained by contacting Dora-Faye Hendricks, Chair, Words, Writers & West Seattle by phone at 206-290-8315 or by e-mail at Dora-Faye@comcast.net.