JennGibbs and Jessica Payne to read at City Art Salt Lake Public Library Main Branch 210 East 400 South Salt Lake City UT 84111 Wednesday February 11th 7:00—9:00 P.M. Writers Jenn Gibbs and Jessica Payneto read from their work on February 11th at the Salt Lake City Public Libraryat 7:00 P.M. as part of the City Art Reading Series. Jenn Gibbs’ diverse experience as a professional writer and editor makesher an engaging and versatile resource for fellow writers. She earned an MFA inCreative Writing from Bowling Green State University, and her stories andessays have appeared in The Chattoochee Review, Heartlands Today, Blueline,Where Women Create, and numerous art-and-craft how-to books published bySterling, Lark Books, and Martingale Press. In addition to teaching CreativeWriting for Lifelong Learning, she teaches technical and collaborative writingfor the University of Utah’s College of Engineering’s CLEAR program and is aContent Specialist for Utah Education Network. Jessica Payne is anovelist and short story author. She wonthe Wasatch Iron Pen Competition two years running for her short stories Contracting Roots and A Brief Affair with Lonnie Anderson. Jessica’s most recent work, a paranormalsuspense serial novella entitled TheSoulstice, is now available on Amazon for Kindle and Kindle Unlimited. She holds a Bachelor’s degree from theUniversity of Utah and a MBA from Westminster College. Jessica owes most of heraccomplishments to coffee, without which nothing would ever get done. On therare occasions she is able to relinquish her coffee mug, Jessica cultivates anew generation of writers by facilitating a writing workshop for sixth-gradersat the local elementary school. Most featuredreadings are followed by an open reading. City Art is sponsored by the UtahArts Council, the Salt Lake City Arts Council, Catalyst, the Salt Lake City Public Library, Xmission, and the Zoo,Arts, and Park Fund. Joel Long