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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Marion, OH – Debut fantasy and Ohio Author Brian McClellan will be visiting the Marion Public Library on Tuesday, July 16 at 7:00 p.m. Mr. McClellan will be discussing his book <i>Promise of Blood </i>and the Muskets and Magic subgenre followed by a book signing. The program is free and open to the public with refreshments and a door prize. Here is a little more about the author from his website <a href="http://www.brianmcclellan.com/"><span style='color:blue'>http://www.brianmcclellan.com</span></a> :<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Brian lives in Cleveland, Ohio with his wife, two dogs, a cat, and between 6,000 and 60,000 honey bees (depending on the time of year).<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>He began writing on Wheel of Time role playing websites at fifteen. Encouraged toward writing by his parents, he started working on short stories and novellas in his late teens. He went on to major in English with an emphasis on creative writing at Brigham Young University. It was here he met Brandon Sanderson, who encouraged Brian’s feeble attempts at plotting and characters more than he should have.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Brian continued to study writing not just as an art but as a business and was determined this would be his life-long career. He attended Orson Scott Card’s Literary Boot camp in 2006. In 2008, he received honorable mention in the Writers of the Future Contest.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>In November 2011, The Powder Mage Trilogy sold at auction to Orbit Books. Book one, Promise of Blood, is out now from Orbit Books. Book two, The Crimson Campaign, is due out in February of 2014.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal>For more information please call the Marion Public Library (740)387-0992.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Gary S. Butler<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Patron Services Manager<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Marion Public Library<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>445 East Church St.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Marion OH 43302<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>(740) 383-9727<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="mailto:gbutler@marion.lib.oh.us">gbutler@marion.lib.oh.us</a> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>