[OPLINLIST] Author Laura Lippman at Wood County PL
Mary Callahan Boone
boonema@oplin.org
Thu, 29 Jul 2004 15:05:30 -0400
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<div align="left"><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:12pt">Forgive any cross-listings, but please share the information
below with staff members and your patrons. Join us if you
can!</span></font></div>
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<div align="left" style="margin-left=0mm; margin-right=0mm; text-indent=13mm"><font face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12pt">Readers can meet author Laura Lippman
at the Wood
County District Public Library (251 North Main St., Bowling
Green) Wednesday, August 4 at 7:00 pm, when she visits the
library as part of a national tour for her newly released novel, <i>By a
Spider's Thread</i>.</span></font></div>
<div align="left" style="margin-left=0mm; margin-right=0mm; text-indent=13mm"><font face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12pt">Since her debut in 1997, Laura Lippman
has won virtually
every major prize in the mystery-writing field and earned the
highest critical praise for her Tess Monaghan series, which has
been called "spectacular" (<i>New York Times</i>), "terrific fun"
(<i>Washington Post</i>), "a delight" (<i>Baltimore Sun</i>), and "the best
mystery writing around" (<i>Village Voice</i>).</span></font></div>
<div align="left" style="margin-left=0mm; margin-right=0mm; text-indent=13mm"><font face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12pt">Ms. Lippman was a newspaper reporter
at the <i>Baltimore
Sun</i> for twelve years. Her novels -- <i>Baltimore Blues</i>, <i>Charm City</i>,
<i>Butchers Hill</i>, <i>In Big Trouble</i>, <i>The Sugar House</i>, and <i>The Last
Place </i>-- have won the Edgar, Agatha, Shamus, Anthony, and Nero
Wolfe Awards, and <i>In a Strange City</i> was named a <i>New York Times</i>
Notable Book of the Year. She is also the author of the critically
acclaimed novel <i>Every Secret Thing</i>. Ms. Lippman lives in
Baltimore, Maryland, which also serves as the setting for her
novels.</span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12pt">            Following a brief talk, Ms.
Lippman will be available for
book signings. Copies of her books are available for purchase from
the Friends of the Library, with proceeds benefiting the Wood
County District Public Library.</span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12pt">            For more information call
WCDPL at 419-352-5104.</span></font></div>
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<div align="left"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size:10pt">Mary Callahan Boone</span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size:10pt">Reference and Public Relations</span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size:10pt">Wood County District Public Library</span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size:10pt">251 North Main St.</span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size:10pt">Bowling Green, OH 43402</span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size:10pt">419-352-5104; fax 419-354-0405</span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size:10pt">boonema@oplin.org</span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size:10pt">RX:  An evening of theatre, following by several good books.</span></font></div>
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