Author of "Magic Thief" novels to visit, teach at Cornell

MOUNT VERNON – Sarah Prineas, author of The Magic Thief and The Magic Thief: Lost, will read from and discuss her work at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 4, at Cornell College.

The reading will be held in Hedges Conference Room in The Commons. It is free and open to the public.

Prineas is an Iowa City-based writer whose Magic Thief young adult novels have been nominated for numerous awards. Recently, The Magic Thief was named an E.B. White honor book. A third book in the critically-acclaimed trilogy is in the works.

Prineas is visiting Cornell as a Distinguished Visiting Fiction Writer teaching a seminar titled “The Protagonist Must Protag: The Intersection of Plot and Character in Children’s Literature.”

For more information on Prineas, visit her Web site or the Official Magic Thief Web page.