Shelby Van Pelt
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Join award-winning author Shelby Van Pelt as she discusses how non-human perspectives can make us better humans. You don’t often read a book with an octopus as a main character, but that’s exactly what you get with Van Pelt’s debut novel, Remarkably Bright Creatures. It’s not easy to turn a non-verbal animal into a curmudgeonly mystery-solver, but it is possible!
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When SHELBY VAN PELT isn’t feeding her flash-fiction addiction, she’s juggling cats while wrangling children. Her debut novel, Remarkably Bright Creatures, has become an instant New York Times bestseller, a Read with Jenna Today Show Book Club Pick and a best book of summer by the Chicago Tribune.
Born and raised in the Pacific Northwest, she’s currently missing the mountains in the suburbs of Chicago.
Learn more about Shelby Van Pelt at shelbyvanpelt.com.
