Florida Center for the Book - Literary Events
Florida Center for the Book invites you to join us for a Literary Tea
Featuring New York Times Bestselling Author
  J.A. Jance
Tuesday, February 5 at 2pm
Broward County Main Library
Gallery 6
100 S. Andrews Avenue, Fort Lauderdale
Please R.S.V.P to (954) 357-7401
In this latest book of the series featuring the ex-anchorwoman Ali Reynolds, the mystery begins when an elderly woman finds a brutally mutilated corpse while taking her daily walk in Arizona. Is it just a coincidence that, later that day, Ali is
summoned to tea with the most powerful woman in her hometown? Once again, Ali is on the trail of a killer...but will she survive to recount the tale on her popular blog, cutlooseblog.com?
Like Sue Grafton and Janet Evanovich, J.A. Jance has created heartpounding suspense featuring a strong, sympathetic woman who's been around the block. Also like those authors, Jance delivers stories that appeal enormously to both male and female audiences of all ages.
J.A. Jance is the New York Times bestselling author of the Ali Reynolds series, the Joanna Brady series, the J.P. Beaumont series, and three interrelated thrillers featuring the Walker family. Born in South Dakota and raised in Bisbee, Arizona, Jance lives with her husband, splitting their time between Seattle, Washington and Tucson, Arizona.
Books will be available for sale and signing.
Florida Center for the Book is an affiliate of the Center for the Book in the Library of Congress.
Florida Center for the Book and the International Swimming Hall of Fame Present Record Holding Open Water Swimmer
  Lynne Cox
Sunday, February 17 at 2pm
International Swimming Hall of Fame
One Hall of Fame Drive, Ft. Lauderdale
Call (954) 357-7401 to R.S.V.P.
In Grayson, Lynne Cox looks back to an unforgettable experience when she was 17 years old, training for a long-distance swim. Outside the water break on California's coast, she encountered something swimming in the water with her. She felt something beneath her and worried that it might be a shark. It turned out to be a baby gray whale. She realized that the 18-foot-long whale, which she called Grayson, had lost his mother on their travel to the feeding grounds in the Bering Sea. How could she help? Grayson is the story-part mystery, part magical tale-of what happened.
Lynne Cox is a world-record-holding swimmer and bestselling author. She was named the Los Angeles Times Woman of the Year in 1975, inducted into the Swimming Hall of Fame in 2000, and honored with a lifetime achievement award from U.C. Santa Barbara. She has been featured on 60 Minutes and The Discovery Channel and lectures around the world. She lives in California.
Florida Center for the Book invites you to join us for a Conversation with
  James W. Hall
Wednesday, February 27 at 7pm
Broward County Main Library
100 S. Andrews Avenue
Fort Lauderdale
Call 954-357-7401 to R.S.V.P.
Join us as bestselling Florida author James W. Hall discusses his new book Hell's Bay. Borrowing facts from a real-world environmental disaster, Hall sets his reluctant hero, Thorn, up against destructive industrialists only this time the phosphate mining dynasty that has ruined the bare center of Florida and poisoned its inhabitants turns out to be Thorn's own family-one he never knew he had. On a houseboat fishing trip that Thorn's helping to run, one of the guests reveals that he is Thorn's long lost relative, and that the two of them have inherited a fortune from their recently murdered matriarch. It doesn't take Thorn long to realize that this will be anything but a quiet fishing vacation.
The killer soon reappears, having tracked the houseboat into one of the most secluded spots of the Everglades -- a carnivore's paradise, thick with alligators and sharks. Far from any help, Thorn has nothing but his naturalist skills to keep himself and his newfound family alive.
Books will be available for sale and signing.
Florida Center for the Book invites you to join us for a Literary Tea
Featuring Florida Author
  Elizabeth Becka
Thursday, February 28 at 2pm
Broward County Main Library
Gallery 6
100 S. Andrews Avenue, Fort Lauderdale
Please R.S.V.P to (954) 357-7401
In Unknown Means, forensic scientist Evelyn James is called to investigate two different murders of women in high-security penthouse suites. When Evelyn's best friend Marissa is attacked by the same man, things start to get personal. When a third murder occurs Evelyn is convinced that the killer's choice of victim is anything but random.
Elizabeth Becka is a forensic specialist working with the Cape Coral, Florida, police department. Formerly with the Coroner's Office in Cleveland, Ohio, she has lectured to students and officers, has testified as an expert witness, is a member of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences, and is certified by the American Board of Criminalistics.
Visit www.elizabethbecka.com for more information on this exciting new Florida author!
Books will be available for sale and signing.
Florida Center for the Book invites you to join us for a Literary Tea featuring
  Joann Biondi, Author of Miami Beach Memories
Tuesday, March 4 at 2pm
Broward County Main Library
Gallery 6
100 S. Andrews Avenue, Fort Lauderdale
Please R.S.V.P to (954) 357-7401
Miami Beach Memories: A Nostalgic Chronicle of Days Gone By is an oral history of the people and events that shaped this tropical island from the 1920s through the 1960s. To create this engaging and accessible volume, Joann Biondi interviewed 101 residents, from maids and taxi drivers to burlesque strippers, convicted criminals, and famous actors and comedians. Their memories form a vivid portrait of life in the island's "Golden Era," one marked by incredible cultural and social changes.
Books will be available for sale and signing.
Florida Center for the Book is an affiliate of the Center for the Book in the Library of Congress.
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