Author tells WSU love story in romance novel

Tara Taylor Quinn's novel tells her true story of love a Wright State.

Wright State University’s history in photographs, newspapers, posters, class schedules and other materials is carefully preserved in the Libraries’ Special Collections & Archives.

This treasure trove was recently culled for pictures and details used in a new book published by bestselling author and former Wright State student, Tara Taylor Quinn. It Happened on Maple Street tells Quinn’s own personal story of true love sparked on the Wright State campus in the 1970s.

The university invites you to meet the author, hear about her latest book and see exhibits of 1970s Wright State photos and materials from the Libraries’ Special Collections & Archives on Saturday, April 16, from 2 to 4 p.m. in the Paul Laurence Dunbar Library. Quinn’s books will be available for sale and signing.

Quinn is known for delivering deeply emotional and psychologically astute novels of suspense and romance. She is the author of more than 50 original novels published in 20 languages, which have sold more than six million copies.

Quinn, who writes about romance and true love for a living, ironically is a former victim of domestic abuse. When HCI Books approached her to write a True Vows Reality-Based^TM Romance novel, she agreed it was time to tell her own true love story.

In It Happened on Maple Street, Quinn reveals her personal experience with domestic abuse for the first time—not just to her romance fans but also to friends and family. She said she wrote the book partly to encourage other domestic abuse victims to tell their own stories and partly to inspire others in her situation to believe that true love is still possible.

This event is free and open to the public with free parking located just outside the building. No registration is required. More information about the event is available by contacting the archives at (937) 775-2092.