Award-Winning Graphic Novel Creator and Historian DEBORAH A. FOX’s Two Education Events
EVENT: On The Trail of Female Prospectors, Presentation and Talk by Deborah A. Fox
When: Thursday, February 20, 2025, 2:30 pm
Where: Nevada State Museum, 309 S. Valley View Blvd., Las Vegas, NV 89107
Learn about the real gold diggers of the Old West – gold prospecting women! With author, artist, and historian Deborah Fox. Fox shows where these independent women of Nevada and the Great Basin mined for gold and silver and tells their outrageous and fascinating stories.
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EVENT: How to Create a Graphic Novel, Presentation and Talk by Deborah A. Fox
When: Saturday, February 22, 2025, 10:00 am
Where: Nevada State Museum, 309 S. Valley View Blvd., Las Vegas, NV 89107
Hosted by the Nevada State Museum Department of Learning and Community Engagement, this event is geared to anyone who loves to draw and tell stories. In this program, author and artist Deborah A. Fox deconstructs the process involved in creating a graphic novel along with story and illustration tips. Using her own award-winning graphic novel, “The Man Who Beat Death Valley“ as a case study, Fox will reveal the shocking details that motivated her four-year project. Fox describes Manly’s amazing true story relevant to Southern Nevada and explains her creative decisions.
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Praise for THE MAN WHO BEAT DEATH VALLEY Graphic Novel
“An absorbing, exciting tale of perseverance, courage, and determination.” Kirkus Reviews
“In The Man Who Beat Death Valley: Based on the True Story of William Lewis Manly, Deborah A. Fox has crafted a wonderful tale of adventure and the struggle for survival that is made all the stronger and more emotional through the medium of the graphic novel.” San Francisco Book Review
“The judges appreciated Fox’s noble and respectful portrayal of the diverse inhabitants of the West.” Winning Writers
Ms. Fox is available for podcasts, interviews, and presentations on her graphic novels and Western history and explorations.
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