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Author Talk | Ravynn Stringfield

"Love Requires Chocolate"

Join author Ravynn Stringfield as she discusses her debut YA romance novel, "Love Requires Chocolate."

Whitney Curry is primed to have an epic semester abroad. She’s created the perfect itinerary and many, many to-do lists after collecting every detail possible about Paris, France. Thus, she anticipates a grand adventure filled with vintage boutiques, her idol Josephine Baker’s old stomping grounds, and endless plays sure to inspire the ones she writes and—ahem—directs!

But all is not as she imagined when she’s dropped off at her prestigious new Parisian lycée. A fish out of water, Whitney struggles to juggle schoolwork, homesickness, and mastering the French language. Luckily, she lives for the drama. Literally.

Cue French tutor Thierry Magnon, a grumpy yet très handsome soccer star, who’s determined to show Whitney the real Paris. Is this type-A theater nerd ready to see how lessons on the City of Lights can turn into lessons on love?

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Ravynn K. Stringfield is a writer and professor originally from Suffolk, Virginia. Love Requires Chocolate is her debut novel, and her second, Love in 280 Characters or Less, will be published on April 15, 2025. Her creative nonfiction has appeared in publications such as Shondaland, ZORA, and Catapult Magazine.  She can often be found haunting coffee shops in search of the perfect hazelnut latte, knee-deep in art supplies, or curled up with her dog, Genghis, telling him about her Lois Lane obsession. Connect with Ravynn on Instagram (@RavynnKaMia) or via her website, www.ravynnkstringfield.com. 

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