{"id":2356,"date":"2012-02-20T09:13:22","date_gmt":"2012-02-20T17:13:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.ups.edu\/collinsunbound\/?p=2356"},"modified":"2012-02-20T09:13:22","modified_gmt":"2012-02-20T17:13:22","slug":"pierce-county-reads-author-kristina-mcmorris-visits-thursday-feb-29th-7-p-m","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/collinsunbound\/pierce-county-reads-author-kristina-mcmorris-visits-thursday-feb-29th-7-p-m\/","title":{"rendered":"Pierce County Reads: Author Kristina McMorris Visits Wednesday, Feb. 29th, 7 p.m."},"content":{"rendered":"

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Collins Memorial Library in collaboration with Pierce County Reads<\/a> presents:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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\nAn Evening with Kristina McMorris<\/strong>
\nAward-winning women’s fiction author<\/em>
\nWednesday, Feb. 29, 2012
\n7-8:30 p.m.
\nCollins Library, Room 020<\/strong><\/p>\n

Kristina McMorris lives in the Pacific Northwest with her husband and two sons. Her foray into fiction began in the fall of 2006 as a result of interviewing her grandmother for the biographical section of a self-published cookbook intended as a holiday gift for the family. Inspired by her grandparents’ wartime courtship, Kristina penned her first novel, a WWII love story titled Letters from Home<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Endorsed by Woman’s Day<\/em> and praised by Publishers Weekly<\/em> as “a sweeping debut,” Letters from Home<\/em> was released in spring 2011, from Kensington Books and Avon\/HarperCollins UK, to wide critical acclaim. The novel was a Doubleday Book Club alternate selection and a Reader’s Digest Select Editions condensed feature. Destined to be a book club favorite, Kristina’s forthcoming novel, Bridge of Scarlet Leaves<\/em> (March 2012), is a WWII love story complicated by the U.S. internment of Japanese Americans, told from surprising perspectives rarely explored in literature.<\/p>\n

Prior to her career as an author, Kristina acted in numerous independent films and major motion pictures, and owned a professional wedding\/event planning company. She began hosting an Emmy Award-winning television show at age nine, and most recently served as the six-year host of the WB’s weekly program Weddings Portland Style<\/em>. Her previous writing background includes being a contributing writer for Portland Bride & Groom<\/em> magazine and ten years of directing public relations for an international conglomerate. The recipient of more than twenty national literary awards, McMorris is currently working on her next novel.<\/p>\n

website: www.KristinaMcMorris.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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