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Local Author Will Sign Books on Saturday

Meet Jon McGoran at Big Blue Marble.

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Local author and former longtime Weavers Way employee Jon McGoran will be signing copies of his GMO thriller Drift at Big Blue Marble, Saturday, December 14, from 2 to 4 p.m. McGoran was editor of The Shuttle for 20 years before leaving in March to become editor-in-chief at Grid magazine.

Drift came out in July to rave reviews from Publishers WeeklyBooklist and Kirkus.The Philadelphia Inquirer called it a “A blast…great fun to read… an entertaining page-turner that thriller readers (myself among them) will savor.” The Providence Journal says, “Riveting and blisteringly original, ‘Drift’ marks the debut of a writer of uncommon voice and vision.” Civil Eatscalled it “Thrilling, Chilling.”

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Look for Deadout, the sequel to Drift, which deals with GMOs and Colony Collapse Disorder, coming out August 2014. Learn more at www.jonmcgoran.com.


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