Noontime Notions – How We Keep Each Other Close

Katherine Scott Crawford, a local historical novelist, will delve into the post-revolutionary era in the South, and the fascinating world of miniature portraits—topics she researched while writing her latest historical novel, The Miniaturist’s Assistant. During her talk, How We Keep Each Other Close, she will explore the early 19^th century’s version of the personal and/or family portrait—something akin to our 21^st century “selfie,” a school picture, or even a professional headshot. She’ll discuss the United States’s own “Regency Era” (minus the regent, of course) and explain how early Americans chose to remember the people they loved best. Highland Books will be on hand with copies of her novel for sale and signing following the program.

Katherine Scott Crawford is the award-winning author of The Miniaturist’s Assistant and Keowee Valley. A former backpacking guide, adjunct professor, and recovering academic, her newspaper column appeared across the country and abroad, including in the Asheville Citizen-Times, The Greenville News, USA Today, the Detroit Free Press, and Herald Scotland. Winner of a North Carolina Arts Award in fiction, she holds an MFA in Writing from the Vermont College of Fine Arts. She directs writing retreats at a remote mountain lodge near Brevard, where she has lived with her family for over 20 years.

The program will begin at noon in the Rogow Room at the Transylvania County Library. Noontime Notions programs feature authors, performers, and presenters providing engaging notions for consideration, enjoyment, and discovery.   The program is made possible by the Friends of the Library and will last approximately one hour.