Cynthia Kraack reads from "Harvesting Ashwood: Minnesota 2037;" she will be joined by Faith Sullivan, author of "Gardenias" and "The Cape Ann"

Award-winning author Cynthia Kraack is celebrating the June release of her new novel: Harvesting Ashwood: Minnesota 2037. The
second book in the Ashwood series, this novel explores social issues
from today’s culture in a different future. From the basic right of
people to daily food to the complex relationship the United States has
with its children, the Ashwood series pushes readers to question the
trade-offs made by politicians under the pressure of military expansion
or international diplomacy.



Cynthia Kraack’s first speculative fiction work, Minnesota Cold,
won the 2009 Northeastern Minnesota Book Award for Fiction. She is a
graduate of Marquette University’s College of Journalism and holds a
Master’s in Labor Economics and Educational Psychology from the
University of Minnesota as well as a Masters in Creative Writing from
the University of Southern Maine. She has spent years in corporate
management, consulting and freelance writing.



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Faith Sullivan is the author of three novels set in the fictional town of Harvester, Minnesota—The Cape Ann, The Empress of One, and What a Woman Must Do.
A frequent speaker to book groups, Sullivan has lived in Los Angeles
and New York, and currently lives with her husband in Minneapolis,
Minnesota.