{"id":64320,"date":"2019-01-30T10:46:28","date_gmt":"2019-01-30T16:46:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/?p=64320"},"modified":"2019-01-29T14:49:11","modified_gmt":"2019-01-29T20:49:11","slug":"friday-feb-1-square-books-presents-bestselling-ya-author-leigh-bardugo-at-the-edison-for-a-very-special-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/friday-feb-1-square-books-presents-bestselling-ya-author-leigh-bardugo-at-the-edison-for-a-very-special-event\/","title":{"rendered":"Friday, Feb. 1: Square Books Presents Bestselling YA Author Leigh Bardugo at The Edison for a Very Special Event"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Correction: The headline for this event in the print &amp; PDF edition of TLV mistakenly listed the date of this event. The CORRECT date is Friday, February 1 at 5 pm at The Edison on University Avenue. <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"483\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/shadow-and-bone-and-six-of-crows-covers-1.jpg?resize=640%2C483\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-67094\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Leigh Bardugo<\/strong> is hitting the road in support of her next adventure in the <strong>Grishaverse<\/strong>, <strong><em>King of Scars,<\/em><\/strong> and <strong>Square Books, Jr.<\/strong>\u00a0is lucky enough to be one of the hosts!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Exciting news: Square Books and Macmillan have paired up to host a Grishaverse fan meet-up an hour before Leigh arrives! The fan meet-up will include trivia\/games, a themed <em>King of Scars<\/em> photo backdrop (so come in costume!), exclusive fan-meet-up-only moments, and more!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Once Leigh arrives, she\u2019ll host a 30\u00a0minute Q&amp;A followed by a book signing where you\u2019re able to get <em>King of Scars<\/em> personalized and two additional Leigh Bardugo titles signed. You\u2019ll also be able to grab a quick photo with her, so have your cameras ready to go!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pre-order a copy of <em>King of Scars<\/em> now for your ticket or call us at 662-236-2207. Some tickets will be available at the door. You must purchase a copy of the book with us for your ticket.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The Fan Meet-Up<\/strong>&nbsp;starts at The Edison at 5 pm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The Q&amp;A and signing<\/strong>&nbsp;starts at The Edison at 6 pm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Leigh Bardugo<\/strong>\u00a0is a #1 New York Times\u2013bestselling author of fantasy novels and the creator of the Grishaverse. With over two million copies sold, her Grishaverse spans the <strong>Shadow and Bone Trilogy<\/strong>, the<strong> Six of Crows Duology<\/strong>, <strong><em>The Language of Thorns<\/em><\/strong>, and now, <em>King of Scars<\/em>\u2014with more to come. Her short stories can be found in multiple anthologies, including Some of the Best from Tor.com and The Best American Science Fiction &amp; Fantasy. Her other works include <strong><em>Wonder Woman: Warbringer<\/em><\/strong> and coming later this year, <strong><em>Ninth House<\/em><\/strong>. Leigh was born in Jerusalem, grew up in Los Angeles, graduated from Yale University, and has worked in advertising, journalism, and even makeup and special effects. These days, she lives and writes in Hollywood, where she can occasionally be heard singing with her band.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"25\" height=\"16\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/TheLocalVoiceLigature-25web.jpg?resize=25%2C16\" alt=\"The Local Voice Ligature\" class=\"wp-image-14544\"\/><figcaption>The Local Voice Ligature<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Correction: The headline for this event in the print &amp; PDF edition of TLV mistakenly listed the date<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":238,"featured_media":67092,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2239],"tags":[13830,13831,13829,13832,13833,602,13834],"class_list":["post-64320","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-literary-events","tag-grishaverse","tag-king-of-scars","tag-leigh-bardugo","tag-shadow-and-bone-trilogy","tag-six-of-crows-duology","tag-square-books","tag-the-language-of-thorns"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/leigh-bardugo-king-scars-featured.jpg?fit=702%2C459&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64320","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/238"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=64320"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64320\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/67092"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=64320"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=64320"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=64320"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}