Join us in conversation with author Julie Gerstenblatt, who will explain how she took the seed of an idea from history and developed it into her debut novel, Daughters of Nantucket (2023). She will also discuss her writing process and the creation of her characters, and touch on the novel’s structure while highlighting some of the research involved. An audience Q&A and book signing will follow her talk.

Julie Gerstenblatt holds a doctorate in Curriculum and Instruction from Teachers College, Columbia University and has taught everything from middle school to graduate school - and indoor cycling. Her essays have appeared in The Huffington Post and Grown & Flown, among others. When not writing, Julie is a college essay coach. A native New Yorker, Julie now lives in coastal Rhode Island with her family and one very smart poodle mix. She likes to say that she moved from New York to Rhode Island to get closer to Nantucket, where she has been vacationing since the 1970’s. DAUGHTERS OF NANTUCKET, which received a starred review from both Booklist and Shelf Awareness and was included on several "most anticipated" lists for 2023, is her debut novel.

Funded by the Friends of the Sharon Public Library.