On the heels of the June release of her new book Maribelle’s Shadow – under the pen name Susannah Marren – Long Beach Island native Susan Shapiro Barash will stop by the St. Francis Church Hall on Monday, Sept. 11, for an author Q&A. Tickets are $30, and include a signed copy of the novel, which is the third installment in Barash’s Palm Beach trilogy.

Light refreshments will be served at the event, scheduled for 1 to 3 p.m. Attendees are asked to bring a nonperishable food item or a gift card to benefit the St. Francis Food Pantry.

Barash, who has written 13 nonfiction books in addition to her fictional works, said earlier this summer that…