LINCOLNVILLE — Lincolnville Center author Elizabeth Hand will talk about her recent bestselling novel, A Haunting on the Hill, an authorized sequel to Shirley Jackson’s classic The Haunting of Hill House, Wednesday, Oct. 30, at 7 p.m., at Lincolnville Community Library.

Hand was asked by Jackson’s family to write the novel and she’ll talk about the challenges of working with an iconic novel and writer of Jackson’s status.

Elizabeth Hand is the author of Hokuloa Road, named a Notable Book of 2022 of The New York Times, and more than nineteen cross-genre novels and five collections of short fiction Her work has received the Shirley Jackson Award (three times), the World Fantasy Award (four times), and the Nebula Award (twice), as well as the James M. Tiptree Jr. and Mythopoeic Society Awards, and she’s written for publications including the Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times, Salon, and Boston Review.

"This event is a perfect warm up to Halloween," said the Library, in a news release. A Haunting on the Hill is a “terrifying new story of isolation and longing perfect for our present time.”

Additional parking is available across the street from the library and at the head of Norton Pond Road.

Lincolnville Community Library

208 Main Street

Lincolnville Center

207-706-3896

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