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Town of Leesburg
News Release
For Immediate Release
December 1, 2021
Media Contact:
Leah Kosin, Assistant Public Information Officer
lkosin@leesburgva.gov 703-771-2781
Virtual Presentation to Highlight “A Quiet Cadence”
Leesburg, VA (December 1, 2021) – Author Mark Treanor will
discuss his first novel, “A Quiet Cadence”, in a virtual presentation
on Wednesday, December 15, beginning at 1 p.m. EST.
Published by the Naval Institute Press in 2020, “A Quiet Cadence”
tells the story of a young Marine in combat and dealing with its
aftermath over the years since his war. The book won the William E.
Colby Award as the best solo work of fiction or nonfiction of 2020
making a major contribution to military history, intelligence
operations, or international affairs, as well as the American Library
Association’s W. Y. Boyd award for the best military fiction
published in 2020.
Pre-registration is required for this event. Please call 703-737-7195,
email balchlib@leesburgva.gov, or register online.
A graduate of the US Naval Academy, Treanor served as an infantry and artillery officer in the
US Marine Corps where he led a rifle platoon in Vietnam, an artillery battery in the 2d Marine
Division, was aide de-camp to the Commanding General of the 2d MARDIV, and was an
instructor in leadership, weapons and tactics at The Basic School. He is also a graduate of the
University of Maryland School of Law, where he was a member of the Law Review and Order of
the Coif. He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and a senior fellow of the American
Leadership Forum.
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