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Learn how to craft compelling stories and bring captivating characters to life through hands-on lessons from acclaimed authors and industry experts. In this masterclass focused on characters, author Leonie Swann will take participants through her process of creating endearing and complex book characters. Over the course of this 90-minute session, learn how to bring your own cast of characters to life, whether they’re an eccentric group of seniors – as in Swann’s The Sunset Years of Agnes Sharp – or a cast of characters of your own making. All writing levels are welcome.

This event is supported by the Goethe-Institut.

The Sunset Years of Agnes Sharp

A quirky group of seniors attempts to solve one murder while covering up another—with the help of an enterprising tortoise—in this twisty, darkly funny mystery from the author of Three Bags Full. It has been an eventful morning for Agnes Sharp and the other inhabitants of Sunset Hall, a house share for the old and unruly in the sleepy English countryside. Although they have had some issues (misplaced reading glasses, conflicting culinary tastes, decreasing mobility, and gluttonous grandsons), nothing prepares them for an unexpected visit from a police officer with some shocking news.

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Leonie Swann

Leonie Swann grew up near Munich and earned degrees in philosophy, communications and psychology from Munich University and the Munich School of Philosophy. Her debut novel, Three Bags Full, was published in 2005 and became an instant hit, leading the German bestseller charts for months.

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