International lawyer and prize winning author Clifford Garstang will speak on the topic “Becoming a Citizen of the (Literary) World: Influences, Responsibilities and Publishing Trends,” during an online meeting of the Chesapeake Bay Writers at 11:30 a.m. on Wednesday, June 16.

The meeting, held on the Zoom platform, is open to the public, free of charge.

Garstang is the author of two novels, “Oliver’s Travels” and “The Shaman of Turtle Valley,” as well as three story collections, “In an Uncharted Country,” “What the Zhang Boys Know” and “House of the Ancients and Other Stories.” He is also the editor of the anthology series, “Everywhere Stories: Short Fiction from a Small Planet.”

Garstang holds degrees from Northwestern University, Indiana University’s Maurer School of Law, and Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government. He was an international lawyer in Chicago, Los Angeles, and Singapore, and was a legal reform consultant in Almaty, Kazakhstan.

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