NewsSportsOpinionObituariesUSA TODAYE-EditionLegals Novelist Esi Edugyan to speak during Victor Valley College's online 'Speaker Series' Thursday Public invited to hear the author discusses her historical novel, "Washington Black," which the New York Times named one of the 10 best books of 2018 Staff Reports Victor Valley College invites the community to tune in for a free online event featuring bestselling Canadian novelist Esi Edugyan at 6 p.m. Thursday. Those interested can listen in by visiting the VVC website at www.vvc.edu, where the lecture will be livestreamed. This event is part of the “Speaker Series'' put on by VVC’s One Book One College (OBOC) program.