You're invited to a Salon Conversation with YA Authors
​Roshani Chokshi and Mitali Perkins

Friends of the San Francisco Public Library Board Member, Sapna Satagopan, and husband, Sunder Sarangan, invite you to Library Laureates: Virtual Salon featuring New York Times bestselling authors Roshani Chokshi and Mitali Perkins, exploring the role of YA literature in helping youth address complex issues of immigration, poverty and war. Chokshi and Perkins will talk about their popular coming-of-age novels, as well as their personal journeys as writers. Aspiring writers are encouraged to come hear advice and inspiration from these successful writers!  

Roshani Chokshi 
author of The Star-Touched Queen, The Gilded Wolves and the Pandava Series 
  
and  
  
Mitali Perkins 
author of Forward Me Back to You and You Bring the Distant Near  
 
In conversation with San Francisco Children’s Librarian, Cristina Mitra  
 
May 2, 4:00 PM (PST) ​

This is a fundraiser for our San Francisco Public Library! Your ticket price is a donation that powers free and equitable access to resources and opportunities throughout San Francisco. 
  
Tickets 
$20 - $100 
  
Friends and the Library are committed to free access to this event, regardless of ability to purchase a ticket or make a donation. Use the Free registration option.
 
Zoom link provided upon ticket purchase ​

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Mitali Perkins has written many books for young readers, including Between Us and Abuela (Winner of the Américas Award for Children’s and Young Adult Literature), You Bring the Distant Near (nominated for a National Book Award), and Rickshaw Girl (adapted into a film by Sleeperwave Productions).   
 
Roshani Chokshi is the author of the instant New York Times best-selling first book in the Pandava series, Aru Shah and the End of Time, and its sequels, Aru Shah and the Song of Death and Aru Shah and the Tree of Wishes. She also wrote the New York Times best-selling YA books The Star-Touched Queen, The Gilded Wolves, and The Silvered Serpents.  
 
Friends of the San Francisco Public Library believes in the power of libraries to promote equity by ensuring everyone has free access to the information, resources, and opportunities to thrive. Friends is a community of individuals, families, and institutions who love our San Francisco Public Library and work to make it exceptional. We are building a future in which libraries serve as robust centers of 21st Century literacy, economic opportunity, life-long learning, discovery, and community life.  
 
Our iconic annual Library Laureates event recognizes acclaimed writers and celebrates the importance of libraries as inclusive and democratic institutions that empower all people. Notable writers such as Joyce Carol Oates, Daniel Handler, T.J. Styles, Rebecca Solnit, R.O. Kwon, and Michael Chabon have taken part in the past, when we gathered in our beautiful Main Library to dine and indulge in literary works. Undeterred by the pandemic and inspired by our event’s meaning, we have transformed Library Laureates into a series of smaller, intimate virtual events taking place over six months in 2021.     
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