Conversations in Black & White with Marie Benedict, Victoria Christopher Murray, and Deborah Roberts
Presented by Charleston Music Hall, MOJA, Berkley Publishing, & Buxton Books

PLEASE NOTE: This event has changed locations. Originally scheduled to take place at Charleston Music Hall, this event will now be held at the Circular Congregational Church (150 Meeting St). 

Buxton Books is proud to partner with Charleston Music Hall, MOJA, and Berkley Books to bring you Conversations in Black & White with Marie Benedict, Victoria Christopher Murray, and Deborah Roberts! 

Join the conversation! New York Times bestselling authors Victoria Christopher Murray and Marie Benedict team up with award-winning ABC News journalist and 20/20 co-anchor Deborah Roberts to kick off a brand-new discussion series, Conversations in Black & White.

Inspired and informed by the readers Victoria and Marie met while on tour discussing their novels The Personal Librarian and The First Ladies, this event will offer a wide-ranging conversation on race and friendship and provide a safe space where attendees from different backgrounds can listen, share, and ask questions. To help facilitate the conversation, the authors will provide access to written guides and other materials focused on productive communication and looking at challenging subjects through the lens of fiction.

Victoria and Marie have been surprised and honored by the ongoing interest in their own friendship. At their book events, readers ask as many questions about the authors as they do about the incredible historical women the two write about. Readers seem fascinated by the duo’s close relationship and the frank, often-difficult conversations they have as a Black and a white woman writing about historical racial issues during a time of current polarization in our country. Conversations in Black & White is Victoria and Marie’s effort to bring to a larger audience those important, empowering, and illuminating discussions.

This is a ticketed event at the Circular Congregational Church. Doors open at 6:00 pm. Program begins at 7:00 pm. 

About Deborah Roberts:

Deborah Roberts is an award-winning ABC News correspondent and co-anchor of the prestigious news magazine “20/20.” A media veteran, Roberts has traveled the world for her reporting. She also serves as a substitute anchor for “Good Morning America” as well as a guest co-host on “The View.” Her in-depth coverage of current events has earned her a Peabody Award for the “20/20” special “Say Her Name: Breonna Taylor.” She has been awarded multiple Emmy Awards for international and national coverage of world events, including the AIDS crisis in Africa and maternal mortality in Bangladesh.

About Marie Benedict:

Marie Benedict is a lawyer with more than ten years’ experience as a litigator. A graduate of Boston College and the Boston University School of Law, she is the New York Times and USAToday bestselling author of The Only Woman in the Room, The Mystery of Mrs. Christie, Carnegie’s Maid, The Other Einstein, and Lady Clementine. All have been translated into multiple languages. She lives in Pittsburgh with her family.

About Victoria Christopher Murray:

Victoria Christopher Murray is an acclaimed author with more than one million books in print. She has written more than twenty novels, including Stand Your Ground, a NAACP Image Award Winner for Outstanding Fiction and a Library Journal Best Book of the Year. She holds an MBA from the NYU Stern School of Business.