Author events taking place locally through Thursday

Marie Benedict and Victoria Christopher Murray, “The Personal Librarian.” The authors’ historical novel tells the remarkable story of Belle da Costa Greene, hired in 1905 to curate the new Pierpont Morgan Library, who became one of the most powerful people in the art and book world — all the while maintaining the carefully crafted white identity that protected her in a racist world. 8 p.m. Monday. Talk, Q&A on Zoom. $6, or $26 with book. Marcus Jewish Community Center of Atlanta. atlantajcc.org

Cassandra Quave, “The Plant Hunter: A Scientist’s Quest for Nature’s Next Medicines.” Groundbreaking studies by Dr. Quave, herbarium curator at Emory University and medical ethnobotanist, suggest that the use of plants to treat threatening illnesses may provide the solution to the greatest medical challenge of this century: the rise of the post-antibiotic era. 5:30 p.m. Tuesday. Discussion, Q&A, signing. Free. Student Center Rooms 4-56, Emory University, 605 Asbury Circle, Atlanta. humanhealth.emory.edu/ home/events/living-healthevents/author-q-a.html

Glory Edim, “On Girlhood.” The founder of the beloved Well-read Black Girl book club in 2015, Edim’s meticulously selected anthology — 15 stories by writers such as Jamaica Kincaid, Toni Morrison, Toni Cade Bambara, Zora Neale Hurston and Edwidge Danticat — explores the thin yet imperative line between Black girlhood and womanhood. With Edwidge Danticat. 7 p.m. Tuesday. Discussion on Zoom. Free, or $23.95 with book. Charis Books & More. charisbooksandmore. com/

Patti Callahan, “Once Upon a Wardrobe.” Callahan pulls back the curtain on the early life of C.S. Lewis in an enchanting novel about a young scholar whose beloved younger brother becomes captivated by a copy of “The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe” and begs her to find out where the stories of Narnia came from. With Emily Giffin. 7:30 p.m. Tuesday. In-person talk. For pricing see link. Atlanta History Center, 130 W. Paces Ferry Road NW, Atlanta. 404814-4000. atlantahistorycenter.com/events/