Tecumseh District Library presents “An Evening with Shelley Shepard Gray” on Tuesday evening, April 17, 2018, from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. at Tecumseh United Methodist Church, 605 Bishop Reed Dr., Tecumseh. Learn about Amish culture, Christian fiction and faith with New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Shelley Shepard Gray<http://www.shelleyshepardgray.com/bio/>. Currently, she pens inspirational Amish romances for Avon Inspire<https://www.harlequin.com/shop/brand/avon-inspire.html> and historical romances for Harper Collins Christian Publishing<https://www.harpercollinschristian.com/>. In addition to her writing as Shelley Shepard Gray, she has written a dozen novels for Harlequin Romance <https://www.harlequin.com/shop/index.html?cmpid=PSSUPSSEM201307010001&kw=harlequin%20romance> under the pseudonym Shelley Galloway<https://www.harlequin.com/shop/authors/12496_shelley-galloway.html>. Before writing romances, she lived in Texas and Colorado, where she taught school and earned both her bachelor’s and master’s degrees in education. Gray was a finalist for the American Christian Fiction Writers prestigious Carol Award,<https://www.acfw.com/carol> and a two-time HOLT (Honoring Outstanding Literary Talent) Medallion<http://virginiaromancewriters.com/holt-medallion/> winner. She lives in southern Ohio, where she writes full-time and can often be found walking her dachshunds on her town’s bike trail. This special author event is sponsored by the Friends of Tecumseh District Library<http://tecumsehlibrary.org/friends.asp>. Copies of her books will be available for purchase and signing. Tecumseh District Library invites all to this special event. For additional information, call Chuck Harpst, Reference/Local History Librarian, at the library, 423-2238.