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Hiddenite Arts & Heritage Center will host a book signing by regional artist and author, Christopher Parsons. The event, which is free to attend.

Light refreshments will be served and copies of Parsons’ new book “Dragonfly Ravenheart” will be available for sale at a cost of $10 each.

Christopher Parsons was born and raised in the wilds of Northeast Tennessee where he cultivated his wondrous imagination. Christopher is an award- winning artist who has taught elementary and middle school art for twenty- five years. Parsons and his students are regular participants in the Center’s Annual Regional Artist Exhibit and Competition for adults and students.

Parsons has been a storyteller since his childhood, making up stories for his own comic books. When his own children were born, he began making up stories for his daughters.

One night on a long drive home, his youngest daughter Sarah asked for a story. “Dragonfly Ravenheart” is the story that came from that Friday night drive home.

Christopher lives with his wife, Lindee, in the community of Bethlehem, North Carolina, where he paints and writes, and hopes to never grow up.