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Chris Sweeney presents “The Feather Detective”
October 2 @ 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm
Join us as local author and award-winning journalist Chris Sweeney presents his new book “The Feather Detective: Mystery, Mayhem, and the Magnificent Life of Roxie Laybourne”—the fascinating and remarkable true story of the world’s first forensic ornithologist, Roxie Laybourne, who broke down barriers for women, solved murders, and investigated deadly airplane crashes with nothing more than a microscope and a few fragments of feathers. Sweeney charts the astonishing life and work of this overlooked pioneer who shattered stereotypes and pushed boundaries.
Chris Sweeney is an award-winning journalist whose reporting has appeared in Audubon, The Guardian, Popular Science, Men’s Journal, and WIRED, among many others. He has worked as a senior editor at Boston Magazine and a staff writer at Village Voice Media’s New Times in South Florida. Sweeney was a United Nations Foundation Global Issues Press Fellow, and has taught at Tufts University, Regis College, and Western Connecticut State University.
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