[OPLINLIST] Author series at Westlake Porter Public Library

[Elaine R. Willis]

The Friends, Board and Staff of Westlake Porter Public Library invite 
our colleagues to join us for our Westfest 2007 author series this 
October and November.

The series starts on Friday, October 12 at 10 a.m when award-winning 
children's picture book author and illustrator Matt Novak stops by to 
discuss his work and sign books. Tickets for the Parent's Choice Honor 
recipient (/Mouse TV/) and IRA Children's Choice Award winner (/Newt/) 
will be available through our Youth Services Department (440-250-5471) 
starting this Friday.

On Saturday, October 13 at 7 p.m. we will host legendary FBI profiler 
and author John Douglas. Douglas has hunted some of the most notorious 
and sadistic killers of our time, including the Atlanta child killer, 
the Tylenol poisoner, and the Green River killer. He consulted on the 
JonBenet Ramsay case, and has interviewed killers like Charles Manson 
and John Wayne Gacy. His latest book /Inside the Mind of BTK:/ /The True 
Story Behind the Thirty Year Hunt for the Notorious Wichita Serial 
Killer /will be released this Friday (Sept. 28)./ / His talk about 
profiling, writing, and more promises to be fascinating. The program is 
free and requires no registration.

The series ends on Tuesday, November 13 at 7 p.m. when hilarious teen 
novelist Lisa Yee visits. Yee was the winner of the prestigious Sid 
Fleischman Humor Award for her first novel, /Millicent Min, Girl 
Genius/. Her second novel, /Stanford Wong Flunks Big-Time/ won the 
Chinese American Librarian Association Best Book of the Year award, and 
was named an American Library Association Notable Book. Lisa was also 
named the 2007 Thurber House Children's Author-in-Residence. 
Registration begins on October 30. Please call (440) 250-5471 or visit 
our online event calendar <http://signup.westlakelibrary.org:8080>.

Westfest is underwritten by the Friends of Porter Public Library and 
co-sponsored by Sun News. Books will be available for purchase and 
signing at all events, courtesy of Barnes and Noble (Crocker Park). For 
more information, please visit Westfest 2007 
<http://www.westlakelibrary.org/?q=node/421>.

Elaine Willis

Public Relations Associate
Westlake Porter Public Library
(440) 250-5447
www.westlakelibrary.org

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