A Valentine's author event
Celebrated author Farah Heron discusses writing adult and teen novels filled with romance, humour, and rich cultural details. Heron's relatable, diverse characters balance family and identity as they pursue everlasting true love. In Heron's latest contemporary adult romance, Just Playing House, a rising Hollywood movie star reunites with his high school prom date, now a personal stylist, and forced proximity rekindles their old chemistry as they navigate fame, health fears, and second chances.
Farah Heron is an author and writing instructor of romance fiction. Her adult and teen novels have been named among the best books of the year by CBC Books, USA Today, and NPR, and have been praised in Entertainment Weekly, Buzzfeed, and Teen Vogue. A former writer-in-residence at Toronto Public Library, she writes critically acclaimed books full of huge South Asian families, delectable food, and, most importantly, brown people falling stupidly in love.
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