Meet the Author/Illustrator: J.D. Milligan 🏴☠️ In-Person
Join the author/illustrator of Rose Grey and Pirates, Nymphs, and a Smoking Monkey for a reading, signing, and activity! Rose Grey and Pirates, Nymphs, and a Smoking Monkey is perfect for readers who crave fast-paced adventure, magical creatures, and a heroine who learns to take risks to survive. Filled with magic, humor, heart, and just the right touch of fantasy, this book is a must-read for fans of thrilling, light-hearted adventure tales in mythology.
On an uncharted island in the Bermuda Triangle, Rose and her immortal nymph sisters, Reeva, a bibliophile; Zoe, a mistake-a-holic; and Chloe, a pompous-patootie, live secretly in a hideaway called the Shallows.
However, Rose’s life is about to change when the sisters unanimously decide to stop trying to fix her problems, or at least attempting to. Rose falls to pieces over this news and decides to embark on a journey that will take her far from the safety of her quiet life in the Shallows. The cursed nymph and a magical elf friend unexpectedly find themselves swept up into a world of swashbuckling pirates and faced with outsmarting the most unusual of scallywags—a monkey who smokes cigars. But danger lurks at every turn. Plus, pirates aren’t the only ones after Rose. With wit and courage, she must unravel the secret to her curse to survive, or she’ll never know her true destiny.
J.D. Milligan is a story-teller artist, tarot card reader, pirate historian, fairy expert, fabulous jokester, and married to the Former US Heavyweight Boxing Champion. Rose Grey and Pirates, Nymphs, and A Smoking Monkey is her debut novel.
This program supports Arts & Culture Literacy as defined by Kennett Library and inspired by PA Forward.
- Date:
- Wednesday, December 10, 2025
- Time:
- 6:00pm - 7:00pm
- Time Zone:
- Eastern Time - US & Canada (change)
- Location:
- Multipurpose Room - Spruce Room
- Chester County Library System:
- Kennett Library
- Audience:
- Family School Age Young Adult
- Categories:
- Arts & Culture Literacy Makerspace