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Meet Author Megan J. Wheless at Effingham Library

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Saturday, October 01, 2022by bdust

Meet the Author, Megan J. Wheless, at the Effingham Public Library 

A small-town librarian, Elaine, discovers a mystical skeleton key in the antiques store that once belonged to her beloved great-aunts.  Her great-aunts have recently died in a car accident.  This sets the scene for the novel, Guardians of the Keys, written by Effingham’s own Megan J. Wheless, née Hoelscher.  

When Elaine discovers the skeleton key, she reads a foreign phrase engraved on it, and in that moment, the key’s imprint burns into her hand.  Did this really just happen or is it the stress of losing her aunts as well as the debt in which she is drowning that is causing her to hallucinate?  She decides to sell the key to a local professor and historian but when he disappears, Elaine learns of her aunts’ connection to an ancient Apothecary’s Guild. 

Megan J. Wheless will speak about her book on Saturday, October 1 at 11:30 AM in the Fearday Reading Room, which is located on the Library’s main level.  There will be copies of the book available for purchase and signing. 

Megan is a writer known for her rich descriptions and keen observations of emotional nuances and connections.  Raised in Central Illinois, she infuses her writing with a blend of Midwestern sensibility, magical realism, and the landscapes of the prairie and woodlands of her youth.  She spent nearly 20 years as a high school English teacher in Southwestern Illinois before taking a sabbatical in 2016 to move to the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina, where she met her husband.  They currently live in Northern Illinois.  

This is a free event.

For more information, go to effinghamlibrary.org or call Alvin Ealy, Assistant Director, at 217-342-2464 or email to alvin@effinghamlibrary.org.

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