Author Talk: Jill Blocker & Keith Roysdon

Join us for an author talk and book signing with Keith Roysdon and Jill Blocker!Both authors have ties to Muncie and will be debuting their new novels: Seven Angels by Roysdon and Happily After Ever, Blocker's new YA novel. Copies of their books will be available for purchase and signing ($24 for Happily After Ever, $22 for Seven Angels) - cash or PayPal accepted. No purchase required to attend the program. About the Authors: Blocker graduated from Ball State University and worked at The Star Press as an intern. Now a resident of Switzerland, Blocker and her twin sister Jade are principals of Constellate Creatives, a multi-faceted international company that publishes books through its imprint Constellate Publishing. Her first novel, What Was Beautiful and Good, explored love and freedom in the early days of the Dada art movement during World War I. Roysdon, now a resident of Tennessee, was a reporter and editor for 40 years for The Star Press (and its predecessor) in his native Muncie. He is a 30-time first-place award winner or co-winner in Indiana and national journalism competitions. He is also the co-author with Douglas Walker of four award-winning true crime books about the Muncie area, and his short fiction, news, and pop culture writing have been widely published. Roysdon's first novel, That October, was set in a fictionalized version of Muncie. About the Books:Happily After Ever by Jill Blocker follows a young American who finds love, heartache, and renewed hope while navigating life as a global citizen. From rural Indiana to the Seattle metropolis, to the enchanting European cities of Paris and Zurich, comes a story that spans cultures and crosses oceans. Tender, sharp, and emotionally honest, Happily After Ever explores the messy, beautiful reality of love beyond the fairy tale ending. Seven Angels by Keith Roysdon is about a young woman who returns to her small Tennessee town to help run the family funeral home. After she’s named county coroner, she must not only solve a murder but also battle white supremacists, a pill-pushing doctor, a corrupt sheriff, and a ruthless Russian trafficker hunting a young girl from Ukraine. She assembles a small band of allies, many of them women: an overlooked sheriff's deputy, a fearless state investigator, and an old mountain woman with a mysterious past, to avenge a murder and rescue the Ukrainian girl.