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Meet the Author: Elizabeth Rusch
Award-winning author Elizabeth Rusch will discuss her recent works as part of Richland Library's Broader Bookshelf program. The author talk will be followed by a reception, book sale, and book signing.
Ms. Rusch will talk about her non-fiction works You Call This Democracy, The Twenty-One: The True Story of the Youth Who Sued the U.S. Government Over Climate Change, and A Greater Goal: The Epic Battle for Equal Pay in Women's Soccer and Beyond.
The Broader Bookshelf Reading Challenge encourages readers to expand their bookshelves and seek out new authors and challenging subjects. Ms. Rusch's work responds to the 2025 Broader Bookshelf prompt "Read a nonfiction book about democracy or governance."
This is an after-hours event and registration is not required. The library will close as usual at 6:00 p.m. and will reopen at 6:30 p.m. for attendees of Meet the Author: Elizabeth Rusch.
About the Author:
Rusch is the award-winning author of more than 24 other books, which have received multiple starred reviews from Publishers Weekly, Kirkus, Horn Book,A book cover features a variety of hands raised in a blue background. Bold, red and white text reads "You Call This Democracy? How to fix our government and deliver power to the people", with the author's name "Elizabeth Rusch" displayed below. Booklist, School Library Journal, and the BCCB, among others. Other environmental books include: The Next Wave: The Quest to Harness the Power of the Oceans and Mario and the Hole in the Sky: How a Chemist Saved our Planet. Her work has won the Golden Kite Award, the Subaru Prize, the Cook Prize, the Green Earth Award, and the Oregon Book Award, and has landed on many notable and best of the year lists produced by ALA, Kirkus, NBC News and the New York and Chicago Public Libraries. Rusch also the author of more than a hundred articles in publications such as The New York Times, Smithsonian, Harper’s, Backpacker, American Craft, Mother Jones, and Portland Monthly, among many others.
Her latest narrative nonfiction is A Greater Goal: The Epic Battle for Equal Pay in Women’s Soccer–and Beyond, which Kirkus called “thrilling” in its starred review.
Liz’s newest talk, “Do We Have a Constitutional Right to a Stable Climate?” gives audiences a clear and deep understanding of the youth-led, rights-based climate lawsuits that are transforming the legal landscape on the environment and offering real hope for our planet.
Broader Bookshelf programs are funded through the Richland Library Friends and Foundation, the Central Carolina Community Foundation, and the Bagwell Revocable Living Trust in memory of Marianne and Ed Bagwell.
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