Lois Walden reads from her new novel, Afterworld. Meet four generations of the Duvalier family for whom sugar cane is both their blessing and their curse. From patriarch Carter, who perishes before the novel begins after being hit in the head by an exploding manhole cover, to his indomitable holy-roller wife, Lily, to their dysfunctional sons, Winston and Steven, and relations both dead and alive. Their story is rich, tragic, and funny. It steams and heaves with sugar, sex, drink, deviance and depravity.

She was the lyricist for American Dreams Lost and Found, based on the book by Studs Terkel. Her life and music have been profiled on CBS Sunday Morning and Good Morning America. Her debut novel, One More Stop was a Lambda Literary Awards finalist and a Waterstones New Voices finalist.  For the past 15 years Lois has travelled America for The Acting Company teaching teenagers in small towns and inner city schools how to tap into their emotions and understand their world through classic theatre and literature. She is currently co-writing the libretto for the Buddhist opera Mila, Great Sorcerer, and working on her third novel, Beyond Expectation.