Meet Our Readers: Emily Belden

Emily Belden is a best-selling author who has been chronicled by Michigan Avenue Magazine, The Chicago Sun Times, and many others. She is repped by Browne & Miller as well as 44 Blue Productions out of Burbank, California, who is adapting her Chicago-based memoir, Eightysixed, into a comedic series. She recently inked a two-book deal with HarperCollins/Harlequin and her debut novel, Hot Mess, about a girl who opens a restaurant in the West Loop, is due out March 20, 2018.

Please join Emily and our other amazing readers on Tuesday, January 2, 2018 in the upstairs bar at Hopleaf. Doors open at 7pm, and the show starts at 7:30. It's free, and 21-and-over. RSVP on Facebook.