[OPLINLIST] An Evening With Mystery Author Les Roberts

[James M. Gill]

The Tuscarawas County Public Library will be sponsoring an evening 
with Ohio mystery author Les Roberts on Thursday, September 28th at 7 
p.m. in the downstairs fellowship hall of the First United Methodist 
Church in New Philadelphia located at 201 West High.  Les Roberts is 
the author of 13 mystery novels featuring Cleveland detective Milan 
Jacovich, as well as 9 other books of fiction. The past president of 
both the Private Eye Writers of America and the American Crime 
Writer's League, he came to mystery writing after a 24-year career in 
Hollywood. He was the first producer and head writer of the Hollywood 
Squares and wrote for the Andy Griffith Show, the Jackie Gleason 
Show, and the Man from U.N.C.L.E., among others. He has been a 
professional actor, a singer, a jazz musician, and a teacher. In 2003 
he received the Sherwood Anderson Literary Award. A native of 
Chicago, he currently lives in his adopted hometown of Cleveland Heights, Ohio.

In his new memoir, We'll Always Have Cleveland: A Memoir of a 
Novelist and a City, Roberts tells how he discovered the heart and 
soul of Cleveland while fictionalizing it for a series of novels. He 
writes about his favorite locations and his favorite people (and at 
least one person who was not happy to find himself in a novel). It 
will appeal to fans of the series, fans of the city, and aspiring 
novelists who want to learn how one writer took a city and made it 
his own through fiction.

Refreshments, door prizes, and a book signing will follow the 
program.  Admission is free and all are welcome.   For more 
information or to register for the program, please call the library 
at 330-364-4474.  The program is sponsored by the College Club of 
Tuscarawas County, The Friends of the Library, and The Final Chapter 
mystery book discussion group.

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Jim Gill
Circulation Manager
Tuscarawas County Public Library
121 Fair Avenue NW
New Philadelphia, Ohio  44663
Phone (330) 364-4474
Fax (330) 364-8217
www.tusclibrary.org
gillja at oplin.org

"Old wood to burn, old wine to drink, old friends to trust, old books 
to read..."

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