ICMA Book Salon

Writing the Middle Ages & the Renaissance for the Public: A Conversation with the Authors

Tuesday May 23, 2pm PT // 5pm ET

Zoom

Join us in conversation with authors Vanessa Wilkie and Elizabeth (Beth) Morrison, who will discuss the joys and challenges of working with the medieval and Renaissance periods in writing trade books rather than academic works or even those intended for the museum-going public. They will share their journeys to developing an authorial voice for the mass market and take questions from anyone who may be interested in this field outside of traditional career paths for pre-modern scholars.

Free but registration required.

Vanessa Wilkie is William A. Moffett Senior Curator of Medieval Manuscripts & British History and Head of Library Curatorial at The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens and author of the popular non-fiction book, A Woman of Influence: The Spectacular Rise of Alice Spencer in Tudor England.

https://www.amazon.com/Woman-Influence-Spectacular-Spencer-England/dp/1982154284

Elizabeth (Beth) Morrison is Senior Curator of Manuscripts at the Getty Museum and author of the medieval adventure novel The Lawless Land.

https://www.amazon.com/Lawless-Land-Sword-Honour/dp/1801108633