The fireside lounge reading was pretty good. Sarah Shun-Lien Bynum, author of Ms. Hempel Chronicles had a chance to speak to the young readers at Canisius and explain the significance of her famed book. It was interesting to find out that many of the characters she used from her story actually resembled many of the past students and teachers that she had. Also, how she came up with the name Ms. Hempel was based upon another author by the name of Amy Hempel. Sarah Bynum said that she had no thoughts planned when she wrote the Ms. Hempel Chronicles and had no idea that it would become such a hit with the public. She even read chapter one of her story to the audience, which described the school talent show and the students who were performing. It was great experience and very informative onto the process of how she became such a successful author.
(David Roberts, Fireside Lounge Speaking)
I'm glad that you had the chance to interact with one of the authors we read in class. This is always a great experience.
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