FSU Panama City author luncheon to focus on novel about Jackie Kennedy Onassis

In her mesmerizing novel of the life of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, bestselling author Dawn Tripp has crafted an intimate story of love and power, family and tragedy, loss and reinvention.

Tripp will be the guest of Florida State University Panama City during a literary luncheon from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. on Tuesday, March 4, in the Holley Academic Center, 4750 Collegiate Drive. 

The author’s presentation will include a themed menu catered by Grits of Panama City Beach, paired with champagne. The cost is $50 per person, which includes lunch and a signed copy of the novel.

Checks can be made out to the FSU Foundation and delivered by mail to 4750 Collegiate Drive, Panama City, FL 32405, or payment can be made via cash or check on the day of the event. To reserve a ticket, RSVP via Eventbrite.com: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/lets-do-lunch-with-dawn-tripp-tickets-1226923123089?aff=press

“Jackie” is the story of a woman who forged a legacy out of grief and shaped history even as she was living it—a deeply private person with a nuanced, formidable intellect. It is the story of a love affair, a complicated marriage, and the fracturing of identity that comes in the wake of unthinkable violence.

Tripp is the author of four previous novels: “Game of Secrets,” “Moon Tide,” “The Season of Open Water,” which won the Massachusetts Book Award for Fiction, and “Georgia,” which was a finalist for the New England Book Award and winner of the Mary Lynn Kotz Award for Art in Literature.

A Harvard graduate, Tripp lives in Massachusetts with her sons. She serves on the executive board of the Boston Book Festival and on the board of Gnome Surf, a non-profit surf therapy organization focused on creating a culture shift towards kindness, love and acceptance for athletes of all abilities.