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Write-On: An Evening with Michael Leali
For grades 4-12 and adults. Meet Michael Leali, author of The Civil War of Amos Abernathy, Matteo, and The Truth About Triangles. Write-On contest winners will be announced.
Michael Leali is an author and educator born and raised in the Chicago suburbs and currently living in the San Francisco Bay Area. He holds an MFA in Writing for Children and Young Adults from Vermont College of Fine Arts. His debut novel, The Civil War of Amos Abernathy, won the Golden Kite Award for Middle Grade Fiction from SCBWI and was a finalist for a Lambda Literary Award and the Jane Addams Award. When Michael isn’t writing, he enjoys reading, playing board games, and a nice long walk.
Now in its 20th year, Write-On is sponsored by the Gift of Carl Foundation, which was established in the memory of Carl Vuillaume
- Date:
- Tuesday, November 18, 2025
- Time:
- 7:00pm - 8:00pm
- Time Zone:
- Central Time - US & Canada (change)
- Location:
- Keshav Sanghani Meeting Room- 2nd Floor
- Audience:
- Adults Mid-Kids, Grades 4-6 Middle School, Grades 6-8 Teens, Grades 7-12