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Please join Emmy Award-winning, bestselling Brazilian author PJ Caldas, for a discussion of his new book, The Girl from Wudang.
PJ CALDAS was picked by the Dictionary of Literary Biography as one of the most important Brazilian writers of the 21st century. He has published four books inspired by the mythology carried to Brazil by the African diaspora, and was among the top five bestselling authors multiple times, often as the highest ranked Brazilian on the list. Caldas is also a martial artist with 40 years of experience in combat sports, including kempo, karate, wing chun, tai chi, boxing and Brazilian jiu jitsu. He currently works in New York City and lives in Connecticut.
Caldas creates a thought-provoking and cinematic journey, painting the landscape with classic kung fu movies, modern MMA fighting, artificial intelligence, neuroscience and razor-sharp plot twists that will leave their mark, making THE GIRL FROM WUDANG the year’s most addictive new thriller.