#Introducing Teen Lit Chat!
Celebrate Pride Month and the kickoff of our brand-new Teen Lit Chat series with our upcoming interview with author Mackenzi Lee. Her book, The Gentleman’s Guide to Vice and Virtue, was declared by Teen Vogue "the queer teen historical you didn’t know was missing from your life."
Don’t miss out on this chat!
#JOIN:
Teen Lit Chat with Mackenzi Lee on Thursday, June 9 at 7:00 pm. This event will take place online via Zoom. Mackenzi will talk about her latest work, writing process, and more. Each Lit Chat includes an audience Q&A, so come ready to ask your burning questions of our featured guests!
Mackenzi Lee holds a BA in history and an MFA in creative writing from Simmons college. She is the author of the New York Times bestselling Montague Siblings series, which kicked off in 2017 with The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue, which was a New York Times bestseller, an ABA bestseller, has been optioned for film by Greg Berlanti for HBO, was a 2018 Stonewall Honor Book, and won the New England Book Award.
Mackenzi is also the author of Bygone Badass Broads, a collection of short biographies of women in history you probably don’t know about but definitely should, based on her viral twitter series of the same name; and The History of the World in 50 Dogs, which is the same thing but dogs. She is currently finishing a series with Marvel detailing the origin stories of fan-favorite antiheroes from the MCU and comics-iverse, including Loki, Nebula, and Gamora. In 2020, Mackenzi was included on the Forbes 30 under 30 media list. Her short fiction and nonfiction has appeared in the Boston Globe, Atlas Obscura, Teen Vogue, and Bust magazine, among others.
Interviewer Kay Huggins is a creative, the owner of Aphelion Editing and Consulting, and the host of The Raindrop Corner Podcast. As a longtime resident of Jacksonville, Florida, they have sought to support local artistry, foster thought-provoking content, and aid in human rights advocacy. For over a decade, their life has been dazzled with project management, technology industries, logistics, writing, and production. Through the intersectionality of Kay’s craft, they aim to champion the community by providing a platform to marginalized groups. Currently, Kay is writing their debut novel and enjoying leisure moments with their wife and fur babies.
#READ:
Check out all of Mackenzi’s books from the library!
For more great reads, here’s what Mackenzi is reading now:
- The Jacky Faber series by LA Meyer
- Something Fabulous and the upcoming A Lady for a Duke by Alexis Hall
- The upcoming Murder for the Modern Girl by Kendall Kulper
- The upcoming Valiant Ladies by Melissa Grey
#WATCH:
Mackenzi recommends a variety of great shows you can find on streaming services, including Our Flag Means Death, Peaky Blinders, The Great, and Minx. Our librarians recommend some additional movies and shows, available for streaming FREE on Kanopy and hoopla:
- Edge of the World
- Seashore (Biera Mar)
- The Adventures of Swiss Family Robinson
- Pirates: Dead Men Tell Their Tales
- The Miseducation of Cameron Post
- Across the Universe
#LISTEN:
Mackenzi recommends:
- The musical Natasha, Pierre, and the Great Comet of 1812
- The Mountain Goats: The Jordan Lake Sessions (and listen to more Mountain Goats albums through the library!)
- The musical Islander
- A Perfect Little Death by Eleri Ward
