HomeMy Public PortalAboutTOL NR 2022-04-14 Ellen Crosby to Discuss New Book “Bitter Roots” at Thomas Balch Library
Town of Leesburg
News Release
For Immediate Release
April 13, 2022
Media Contact:
Leah Kosin, Assistant Public Information Officer
pio@leesburgva.gov 703-771-2781
Ellen Crosby to Discuss New Book “Bitter Roots” at Thomas
Balch Library
Leesburg, VA (April 13, 2022) – Local author of the Virginia
wine country mysteries, Ellen Crosby, will speak about the
newest addition to her series, “Bitter Roots,” on Sunday April
24, beginning at 2 p.m. The discussion will take place in the
lower level meeting room at Thomas Balch Library, 208 W.
Market Street, in Leesburg.
The brutal murder of a beautiful vineyard expert and a
devastating storm force Virginia winemaker Lucie
Montgomery to confront painful changes on the eve of her
wedding. Confronted by an ugly swathe of slowly dying vines
and a nursery owner who denies responsibility for selling
diseased plants, the ugly stand-off between supplier and
growers looks set to escalate into open warfare.
Pre-registration is required for this event. Please call 703-
737-7195, email balchlib@leesburgva.gov, or register online.
Crosby’s books have been nominated for the Mary Higgins Clark Award and the Library of
Virginia People’s Choice Award and “The Riesling Retribution” won the 2009 Gourmand World
Cookbook Award for Best US Wine Literature Book. Crosby has also written two mysteries
featuring international photojournalist Sophie Medina and “Moscow Nights”, a standalone
mystery. Previously she worked as a freelance reporter for The Washington Post, Moscow
correspondent for ABC Radio News, and as an economist at the US Senate. After living overseas
for many years— England, France, Switzerland, Italy, Spain, and the former Soviet Union—
Crosby, who has an undergraduate degree in political science from Catholic University and a
masters in international affairs from The Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced
International Studies, now lives in the DC suburbs of Northern Virginia.
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