Dawn Tripp, author of the award-winning book, “Georgia: a Novel of Georgia O'Keeffe” will speak at the Mattapoisett  Library as part of its Purrington Series on Sunday, Oct. 2 at 2 p.m.

Books will be available for purchase and signing, and a reception sponsored by the Library Trust will follow the presentation.

Winner of the Massachusetts Book Award, Tripp is the author of three previous novels: “Moon Tide,” “The Season of Open Water,” and “Game of Secrets,” a Boston Globe bestseller. Her essays have appeared in the Virginia Quarterly Review, The Believer, The Rumpus, Psychology Today and NPR.

She graduated from Harvard and lives on the South Coast with her family. “Georgia” a national bestseller, has been described as “magical and provocative” by USA Today and was characterized as “complex and original” by the New York Times Book Review. The novel is also a finalist for the New England Book Award.

Make a reservation to attend this free event by calling the library at 508-758-4171 or emailing spizzolo@sailsinc.org. The library is located at 7 Barstow St. and is handicapped accessible.