Summer Book Bash: Cant-Miss Comics with Huda Fahmy, Pedro Martín, and Kirk Reedstrom

Join us for a conversation with cartoonists Huda Fahmy, Pedro Martín, and Kirk Reedstrom. All attendees will be eligible for a chance to win a sampling of prizes, including books from each author.

• Huda Fahmy grew up in Dearborn, Michigan, and has loved comics since she was a kid. She attended the University of Michigan where she majored in English. She taught English to middle and high schoolers for eight years before she started writing about her experiences as a visibly Muslim woman in America and was encouraged by her older sister to turn these stories into comics. Huda, her husband Gehad, and their son reside in Houston, Texas.

• Pedro Martín is the Newbery Honor Award and Pura Belpre Author and Illustrator award-winning creator of Mexikid, based off his online comic series of the same name. Pedro continues to chronicle his life growing up Mexican American in a series called Mexikid Stories (@Mexikidstories). A former Hallmark artist for 27 years and the creator of Asteroid Andy, Pedro lives with his wife in Kansas City, Missouri.

• Kirk Reedstrom has spent most of his adult life surrounded by books. He currently works at a public library and used to be a bookseller at Blue Willow Bookshop, an independent bookstore in Houston, TX. Kirk mixes his past experience with traditional and digital mediums to develop fun-filled characters with a lot of heart and a little bit of mayhem. Kirk enjoys creating books that make people laugh.

Moderator Kristi Chadwick is a Consultant with the Massachusetts Library System, where she provides training, continuing education, and advisory services across the state. She also serves as adjunct faculty for the School of Library & Information Science at Simmons University. 

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