Presents
the 87th Author Luncheon
Monday, October 19, 2015
Burton
Manor
27777
Schoolcraft Road, Livonia, MI 48150 (Between Middlebelt &
Inkster off I-96)
Ticket Sales Begin Tuesday, September
8th
Tickets
$40
Tickets
are available online
at www.bookandauthor.info,
by phone at
586-685-5750 x102,
or by mail
using the form below.
Featured Authors:
David Maraniss – Once In a Great
City: A Detroit Story
David Maraniss is a Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter who
grew up in the
Detroit area and, in some ways, never left.
In his new book,
“Once a Great
City: A Detroit Story,” he draws a vivid portrait of the Motor
City in the
1960’s
when it was in the midst of a Golden Age, but beset by
crime and racism
was also “dying and thriving at the same time.”
Lily Tuck – The Double Life of
Liliane
Lily Tuck is the author of five novels,
including “Siam,” a
PEN/Faulkner Award finalist, and “The News from Paraguay,”
winner of the 2004 National Book Award. Her work has been
translated in over a dozen
languages. Her new
novel,
“The Double Life of
Liliane,” is an
intimate, rollicking portrait of a writer’s coming of age.
John Katzenbach – The Dead Student
John Katzenbach, a master
of the modern
psychological thriller, is an international bestselling author
whose books
include
“The Traveler” and “Red
1-2-3.” His tense,
penetrating 14th novel,
“The Dead Student,” follows a young man
set on avenging the uncle
who saved his
life, no matter the consequences.
Jason Gay – Little Victories: Perfect
Rules for
Imperfect Living
Jason Gay is a Wall Street
Journal
reporter and columnist who writes about everything from sports
(which he loves but
doesn’t take too seriously)
to his “Rules” columns that provide untraditional (but useful)
advice for everyday life. His new book is “Little
Victories: Perfect
Rules for Imperfect Living.”
Bonnie Jo Campbell – Mothers Tell
Your Daughters
Bonnie Jo Campbell is an
award-winning
novelist and short-story writer from Michigan.
Her critically-acclaimed collection “American Salvage,”
stories of people
struggling to make
sense of the 21st century, was a 2009 National Book
Award fiction
finalist.
Her new collection of
stories is titled
“Mothers Tell Your Daughters.”
For
additional
information, please visit our website at www.bookandauthor.info
or call 586-685-5750 x102.
-- Tammy Turgeon Director Sterling Heights Public Library 40255 Dodge Park Sterling Heights, MI 48313 586-446-2640 Director Suburban Library Cooperative 44750 Delco Blvd Sterling Heights, MI 48313 586-685-5750