Conversations with the Author: Michelle Brafman
Join us for a conversation with author Michelle Brafman about her writing process and her new book Draw Near to Me. The author will complete a short reading of her latest book, and there will be an autograph opportunity after the conversation.
We look forward to welcoming you for this special event!
For questions, please email Bianca Sauro, Director of Community Partnerships, at bsauro@kensingtonsl.com.
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Michelle BrafmanMichelle Brafman is an award-winning author, teacher, and writing coach whose work explores the complicated terrain of family, faith, loss, love, and healing. She is the author of Washing the Dead, Bertrand Court, and the Swan Dive series, including Swimming with Ghosts and its companion novel, Draw Near to Me.
Brafman’s fiction has received numerous honors, including a Special Mention in the Pushcart Prize Anthology, and her essays have appeared in Oprah Daily, O Quarterly, Slate, LitHub, The Forward, The Los Angeles Review of Books, Tablet, and other publications. Her debut novel, Washing the Dead, was named by Book Riot as one of its 100 must-read books about women and religion.
A graduate of Johns Hopkins University’s MA in Writing program, Brafman has taught fiction writing at Johns Hopkins and George Washington University. She founded the Glen Echo Workshops, where she leads writing workshops for emerging and established writers. She is passionate about helping writers discover and strengthen their own narrative voices.
Brafman grew up in Wisconsin and lives in Glen Echo, Maryland.