Visit Pigeon Forge with your students and meet New York Times Best-selling author of the Serafina Series, Robert Beatty.
MEET THE AUTHOR EVENT
2024 FALL DAtes:
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 12th
Day trip packages start at $199 and include roundtrip motorcoach transportation, an Orange Sky Travel Handler on each bus, Robert Beatty interview at a professional Pigeon Forge theatre, tickets to Dollywood theme park, author meet-up and autograph opportunity, promotional materials, at least one meal, and more! We also offer packages that include other local partners such as WonderWorks, Lumberjack Feud, Pigeon Forge Snow, Country Tonite, and more if you would prefer a non-Dollywood package. Please inquire about overnight packages as well. Space is limited and theatre seating will be assigned in the order groups are booked. Contact us today for more information.
Set in the Great Smoky Mountains in 1900, WILLA OF THE WOOD is the story of an orphaned 12-year-old forest girl who spends her nights scavenging from the woods and homes of the “day-folk” to support her clan. Through a series of terrifying encounters and an unexpected kindness, Willa begins to realize that the “day-folk,” and her own people as well, are not what she’s always been told, setting in motion a quest for a new home and a new sense of belonging.
WILLA OF THE WOOD is the first title in the WILLA SERIES by Beatty, and the follow-up to his wildly popular SERAFINA BOOK SERIES. The two series take place in the same world and time.
Like the SERAFINA SERIES, which takes place at Biltmore Estate, WILLA OF THE WOOD is set in a real place within the vibrant history of the Great Smoky Mountains of western North Carolina and east Tennessee during the arrival of the railroad and timber industry.
Robert Beatty is the author of the #1 New York Times best selling Serafina series published by Disney Hyperion, a spooky mystery-thriller about a brave and unusual girl who lives secretly in the basement of the grand Biltmore Estate.
Serafina and the Black Cloak was a #1 New York Times best seller, has been on the list for more than 59 weeks, and won the prestigious 2016 Pat Conroy Southern Book Prize. The second book in the series, Serafina and the Twisted Staff, became a #1 New York Times best seller in the first week of its launch and earned a “Starred Review” from Kirkus Reviews, which said, “Even better than its predecessor, a sequel that delivers nonstop thrills from beginning to end.” Enjoyed by both young readers and adults, the books are being taught in over a thousand classrooms nationwide. When the third book, Serafina and the Splintered Heart, came out in July 2017, it earned a Starred Review from Kirkus Reviews and propelled the Serafina Series onto the New York Times Best Selling Series List.
Robert Beatty lives in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Asheville, North Carolina with his wife and three daughters, who help create and refine his stories. He loves to explore Biltmore Estate and the darkened forest trails where his novels take place. He writes full-time now, but in his past lives, Robert was one of the early pioneers of cloud computing, the founder/CEO of Plex Systems, and the chairman/CTO of Narrative Magazine. In 2007, he was named an Entrepreneur of the Year. Learn more at robert-beatty.com.
