Jim and Karen Shepard will share novels

Jim and Karen Shepard will read from their novels at the Chapel Restoration in Cold Spring at 4 p.m. on Sunday, May 21, with a reception to follow.

Jim and Karen Shepard

Karen Shepard is the author of four novels, including The Celestials, which was short-listed for the Massachusetts Book Award and the William Saroyan International Prize for Writing. Jim Shepard has written seven novels, including The Book of Aron, which won the PEN/New England Award for Fiction, and five story collections, including Like You’d Understand, Anyway, a finalist for the National Book Award.

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