Author Reading at Red Brick Cafe

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Wednesday, May 18th, 2016
7:00 PM to 9:00 PM

Tricia Dower Brentwood Bay resident Tricia Dower began writing in 2002 upon retirement from corporate life. Her first book, Silent Girl, published in 2008, features 8 short stories all with strong female leads inspired by Shakespearean characters, dealing with contemporary issues.

This highly acclaimed anthology was followed by Dower’s novel, Stony River, a powerful coming-of-age story that forms the first in a planned trilogy. The second novel in the set, Becoming Lin, has just been released and will be featured at the reading. Set in small town Minnesota during the Vietnam War, Becoming Lin is a deftly crafted novel that deals with identity, trauma, and finding your place in a turbulent world.

Richard Wagamese declared Dower is a literary force to be reckoned with and Becoming Lin as touching, genuine and visceral. Grant McKenzie is well known in the Victoria literary landscape as a journalist, editor of Monday Magazine, and author of six ‘edge of your seat’ crime novels.

Under the pen-name M.C. Grant he is the author of the Dixie Flynn mysteries.His newest novel, Speak the Dead, is described as ‘part murder mystery, part super-natural thriller” and is totally engrossing. The Fear in Her Eyes, just out in paperback hits perilously close to home, and will keep you guessing until the last page. What if everything you believed about the worst event in your life was a lie? McKenzie was born in Scotland and still speaks with a gentle lilt as he entertains audiences with his vivid descriptions from his award winning thrillers.

Published internationally, McKenzie’s reputation is well established amongst fans of crime novels and thrillers.