Meet bestselling author B.A. Shapiro at the Southwest Florida Reading Festival. Shapiro unique style mixes art and history with mystery and action. She dropped by the WINK News studio to talk about her newest book, “The Collector’s Apprentice.”
You can meet Shapiro and many other authors March 2nd at the library campus in downtown Fort Myers. It starts at 10 a.m. and goes until 4 p.m. Admission is completely free. Wink News is a proud sponsor of the event.
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