Go to Ebay to Bid!
Wednesday, October 11 at 8pm ET – Wednesday, October 18th at 8pm ET

Auction Items 1

• Signed books
  • Advanced Reader Copy of American Daughters (releasing on April 2,2024)
  • By Her Own Design: A Novel of Ann Lowe, Fashion Designer to the Social Register
• Value: Priceless

Shipping via USPS:
Free Domestic (US)
International Shipping cost TBD by ebay

$10 starting bid

Auction Items 2

• Thirty (30) Minute Zoom Chat
  • Value: Priceless
  • To be set up between Piper, the library, and the winner at the end of the auction

$10 starting bid

Author’s Biography

Piper G. Huguley’s biographical historical fiction, By Her Own Design: A Novel of Ann Lowe, Fashion Designer to the Social Register (William Morrow Publishing) tells the inspiring story of the Black fashion designer of Jackie Kennedy’s wedding dress. By Her Own Design was a Booklist top 100 Editor’s Choice selection for 2022 and was named one of the top 100 books of 2022 in Canada by the Globe and Mail newspaper.

She is also the author of Sweet Tea by Hallmark Publishing and the author of two historical romance series: “Migrations of the Heart”, about the Great Migration and “Home to Milford College”. Her next historical fiction book, American Daughters (2024), is the story of the decades-long interracial friendship between Alice Roosevelt and Portia Washington, the rebel teenage daughters of President Theodore Roosevelt and Booker T. Washington, respectively. She is a literature professor at Clark-Atlanta University and blogs about the history behind her novels at http://piperhuguley.com . She lives in Atlanta, Georgia with her husband and son.

Learn more about Piper on her website.

Reminder:

The live auction will be from Wednesday October 11th at 8:00pm – Wednesday October 18th at 8:00pm ET on eBay. You can bid anytime during that week on eBay. 

You can find all of the details of the auction – bidding, shipping, etc – on our FAQ page.

Piper Huguley has generously donated swag and time to the Friends of the Ashland Public Library for our online Romance Swag Bag Auction 2023, helping raise funds to support our library programs for all ages. We are so grateful!