YA Authors MacColl and Turetsky Visit the Downtown Fairfield University Bookstore on Dec. 6

Fairfield University Bookstore will welcome two young adult authors on Saturday, Dec. 6: Michaela MacColl from 1 – 3 p.m. and Bianca Turetsky from 3 – 5 p.m.

McColl’s award-winning novels of romance and intrigue include a series featuring famous women from history as teens—the Bronte sisters, Emily Dickinson, Queen Victoria, and more. Her new series, Hidden Histories, explores lesser-known events in American history. The first, “Rory’s Promise” (released in September), is based on a true story of Irish-American orphans sent from New York to Arizona in 1904. The dramatic and action-packed novel tells the story of 12-year old orphan Rory Fitzpatrick, who is devastated to discover her younger sister Violet will be send to the Arizona Territory to be adopted.

Bianca Turetsky is the author of the Time Traveling Fashionista Series. The latest, “Cleopatra, Queen of the Nile” follows Louise Lambert, who tries on a lavender Grecian gown at the mysterious Traveling Fashionista Vintage Sale and finds herself whisked back through time. Her first stop is to the legendary Hollywood film set of “Cleopatra,” where a pearl necklace that dates back to 51 BC becomes a conduit to ancient Alexandria, poisonous snakes, dangerous enemies, and treachery.

About the authors, courtesy of Fairfield University Bookstore:

Michaela MacColl attended Vassar College and Yale University earning degrees in multi-disciplinary history. Her favorite stories are the ones she finds about the childhood experiences of famous people. She has written about a teenaged Queen Victoria (Prisoners in the Palace, Chronicle 2010), and Beryl Markham’s childhood (Promise the Night, Chronicle 2011). She is writing a literary mystery series for teens featuring so far a young Emily Dickinson in Nobody’s Secret (2013) and the Bronte sisters in Always Emily (2014).   She lives in Westport CT with her husband, two teenage daughters. 

Bianca Turetsky graduated from Tufts University and began working for artist/filmmaker Julian Schnabel. She managed his studio for the past 11 years and was his assistant on the Academy Award-nominated film “The Diving Bell and the Butterfly.” She lives in a cozy studio apartment in Brooklyn, New York, that houses her very extensive and much-loved vintage collection. The third book in the series, “The Time-Traveling Fashionista and Cleopatra, Queen of the Nile” was released Dec. 3, 2013 with the paperback edition released Dec. 2, 2014.

Fairfield University Bookstore is located at 1499 Post Rd. in Fairfield, Conn. For more information, phone (203) 255-7756.