Hybrid Program: Mariah Fredericks, author of The Girl in the Green Dress

Library : Langley-Adams Library

Location : Meeting Room Langley-Adams Library, 185 Main Street, Groveland, MA, 01834

Start : Monday 10th of November 2025 7:00 PM

End : Monday 10th of November 2025 8:00 PM

Description :

Please note: The zoom invite will be included with your registration confirmation email. Come and meet author Mariah Fredericks! She will be here in person to discuss her new book The Girl in the Green Dress, which is based on a real story! Journalist Morris Markey (wrote for The Atlantic and The New Yorker) was shot and killed in 1950. Actually, authorities couldn't determine whether is was [censored] or [censored]. Mariah jumps back to the 1920's when Markey was reporting on the death of Joseph Elwell, a Gatsby-eques figure who runs in the same circle as F. Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald.  Markey is determined to make it as a writer thus the Elwell [censored] case was his chance for a break in the newspaper industry. Apparently, Elwell was shot after a night out with a mysterious girl in a green dress.  About the author:  Mariah Fredericks writes the Jane Prescott Mystery series-which are set in 1910s New York. Born and raised in NYC, Mariah graduated from Vassar College with a degree in history. A past head copy writer for Book-of the-month club, Mariah as also written several historical fictions (i.e. The Lindbergh Nanny (2022) and The Wharton Plot (2024)). Let us know if you plan to be here in person or zoom when you register. Light refreshments will be served.  langleyadamslib.assabetinteractive.com/calendar/the-girl-in-the-green-dress/