Tucson Festival of Books

All Our Tropes and Dreams


We have our favorite trope, but what makes something a trope? Contemporary romance authors Alisha Rai and Rebekah Weatherspoon join to talk about the glory of tropes and how to make sure they don't fall flat.


Panelists
Alisha Rai

Alisha Rai pens award-winning contemporary romances. Her novels have been featured on the IndieNext and the LibraryReads lists, and been named Best Books of the Year by Washington Post, NPR, New York Public Library, Amazon, Entertainment Weekly, Reader’s Digest, Kirkus, “O” the Oprah Magazine and Cosmopolitan Magazine....

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Rebekah Weatherspoon

Rebekah Weatherspoon is a multi-award winning romance author and creator of WOC (women of color) In Romance, a social media tool that promotes romance by women of color. Her books have won or been nominated for the Golden Times Literary Award, Romantic Times Reviewers Choice Award and the Lambda Literary Award....

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