Summary of M. W. Gordon's talk by Penny Church-Pupke. Retired UF law professor turned mystery writer Michael Gordon (pen name M.W. Gordon) presented a program entitled “Ask not for whom the pen writes, it writes for me.” A published author of nonfiction and fiction, Gordon’s debut novel Deadly Drifts, the … Read More
On Sunday, October 22, Gene Cowell was the featured speaker in the Alachua County Library’s Local Author Series. Cowell discussed the evolution of popular crime fiction from its Nineteenth-Century roots through classic British “cozy” mysteries of the early Twentieth-Century, and the enduring noir novels of famous American authors from Raymond … Read More
On Sunday, November 19, Susie H. Baxter was the featured speaker in the Alachua County Library’s Local Author Series. She discussed her recently published book, Pumping Sunshine. Believing that everyone has a story to tell, Baxter also encouraged those in the audience to write about their own lives. An Alachua … Read More
On Sunday, December 3, as part of the Local Author Series, Richard Gartee discussed his latest book, Lancelot’s Disciple. Frith, a student of Sir Lancelot, leaves the Christian abbey he has always called home, to join a caravan on the ancient Silk Road. While staying with a Sultan in Central … Read More
On Saturday, December 9, authors Bonnie T. Ogle and Judith A. Barrett discussed their new children's books in the Story Woods room of the Alachua County Library Headquarters. Bonnie Ogle reading from Arthur the Arthropod Arthur the Arthropod by Ogle. Feeling quite vulnerable when his shell comes off, the young … Read More
Darlene Marshall writes award winning historical romance, mostly about pirates, privateers, smugglers, and the occasional possum. On Sunday, January 21, she discussed her book, The Bride and the Buccaneer, winner of the First Coast Romance Writers Award for historical romance. Two adversaries squabble their way across Florida Territory following the … Read More
Robert Crow will discuss and read from his book, Nudge & Boost for Better Living, A Semi-Autobiographical Novel on Using the ABCs of Human Behavior. In the book, Frasier and friends explore uses of principles of human behavior to improve people’s lives. Their discussions of successes for better living and … Read More
