Dawn Tripp and Partners Village Store Writers Series

Westport author, Dawn Tripp, and Partners Village Store present the first in their new Writer’s Series on Sunday Nov. 4, 2012 from 3:00-5:00. The event will be a dynamic, open and interactive discussion with the author about the writing process, the work of creating a story, and publishing. Books will be available for signing at the conclusion of the talk.

The series kicks off with a discussion with Nichole Bernier and her recently released book, The Unfinished Work of Elizabeth D, a Boston Globe bestseller and a finalist for the New England Independent Booksellers Award. This novel is the story of two women, their friendship, their marriages, private ambitions and fears. Through Elizabeth’s journals which were left after her untimely death to her friend Kate the entries consider the aspects of ourselves that we show, and those we conceal, and the repercussions of our choices. The more Kate reads, the more she learns the complicated truth of who Elizabeth really was, and rethinks her own choices as a wife, mother, and professional, and the legacy she herself would want to leave behind.

The Unfinished Work of Elizabeth D was named one of "summer's most exhilarating novels" by Vogue Magazine. New York Times bestselling author J. Courtney Sullivan calls it "a compelling mystery and a wise meditation on friendship, marriage, and motherhood.”

Nichole Bernier is a writer for magazines including “Elle, Self, Health,” Men’s Journal” and “Boston Magazine,” and a 14 year contributing editor with “Conde Nast Traveler.” She is one of the founders of the literary website BeyondTheMargins.com which features daily essays on the craft and business of writing. She received her master’s degree in journalism from Columbia where she received the 1993 award for literary journalism. Nichole lives outside of Boston with her husband and five children, and is at work on her second novel.

Westport author Dawn Tripp won the Massachusetts Book Award for Fiction. Her novels include Moon Tide, The Season of Open Water, and Game of Secrets, a Boston Globe bestseller. Her essays on writing have appeared in Psychology Today, the Rumpus, and on NPR.