Books & Books presents
Author RJ HOFFMANN
in conversation with Patricia McNair
Thursday, May 27th at 7:00 p.m.
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Books and Books @ the Studios welcomes RJ Hoffman, author of the new novel Other People’s Children. Hoffmann will appear via zoom with author Patricia McNair.
In Other People’s Children, three mothers make excruciating choices to protect their families and their dreams—choices that put them at decided odds against one another. You will root for each one of them and wonder just how far you’d go in the same situation. This riveting debut is a thoughtful exploration of love and family, and a heart-pounding page-turner you’ll find impossible to put down.
Publisher’s Weekly called Other People’s Children a “high-stakes exploration of how far people will go to protect their family…A nail-biting examination of socioeconomic disparity and loyalty…[The] believable characters don’t disappoint, and [Hoffmann’s] engrossing look at fraught issues piques. This sharp tale of heartache, loss, and redemption resonates.”
About the author
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RJ Hoffmann was born and raised in St. Louis and received an MFA in fiction from Columbia College Chicago. Hoffmann’s writing has appeared in Barely South Review, The Sun, Harpur Palate, The Roanoke Review, Booth, and Lunch Ticket. He is the winner of The Madison Review’s 2018 Chris O’Malley Prize for Fiction and a finalist for The Missouri Review’s 2019 Jeffrey E. Smith Editors Prize. He lives in Elmhurst, Illinois with his wife and two children.
About the moderator
Patricia Ann McNair’s recently released short story collection, Responsible Adults, was selected as a Legacy Series book by Cornerstone Press, and was named a Distinguished Favorite by the Independent Press Awards. Her essay collection, And These are The Good Times was named a finalist for the Montaigne Medal for most thought-provoking book of 2017. The Temple of Air, McNair’s debut story collection, received the Chicago Writers Association Book of the Year Award, Southern Illinois University’s Devil’s Kitchen Reading Award, and the Society of Midland Authors (US) Finalist Award. She teaches in the English and Creative Writing Department of Columbia College Chicago.