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.