Author Visits!

There are quite a few exciting authors making appearances in the Chicagoland area this month. Check it out:

Karen Abbott, author of Sin in the Second City, will be making several appearances in the area to promote her new book American Rose : The Life and Times of Gypsy Rose Lee. I loved her first and I can't wait to read this one!
Sunday, January 9th at 2pm at the Barrington Public Library
Tuesday, January 11th at 7pm at Anderson's Bookshop in Naperville
Wednesday, January 12th at an 11:30 luncheon sponsored by the Lake Forest Bookstore at Lovell's of Lake Forest (cost is $39 and registration is required).
Thursday, January 13th at a 12pm luncheon sponsored by the Winnetka Bookstall at the University Club (there is a fee and registration is required).


Kim Edwards, author of The Memory Keeper's Daughter, will be at the Oak Brook Borders on January 11th at 7pm to sign her new novel, The Lake of Dreams.

Melanie Benjamin, author of the historical novel Alice I Have Been, will be appearing on Thursday, January 13th at 7pm at Anderson's Bookshop in Naperville.

Sharon Fiffer, author of the cozy mystery series featuring antique "picker" Jane Wheel, will be signing her new book, Backstage Stuff at the Bookstall in Winnetka on Friday, January 14th at 6:30pm.

Rebecca Johns, author of The Countess, will be signing her book on Thursday, January 20th at 6:30pm at the Bookstall in Winnetka. I loved this one!

Christian Lander, author of the hilarious book Stuff White People Like, will be promoting his new book Whiter Shades of Pale: The Stuff White People Like, Coast to Coast, from Seattle's Sweaters to Maine's Microbrews at the Book Cellar in Chicago on January 20th.

Brad Meltzer will be reading and signing his new book, The Inner Circle, at the State Street Borders in Chicago on January 21st at 12pm.


Robert Crais will sign his latest crime novel, The Sentry, at Anderson's Bookshop in Naperville on Saturday, January 22nd at 2pm.

Heidi Durrow will discuss and sign her novel, The Girl Who Fell From the Sky, at Anderson's Bookshop in Naperville on Tuesday, January 25th at 7pm.

Amy Greene, author of the novel Bloodroot, will be at Anderson's Bookshop in Naperville on January 27th at 7pm.

Deborah Rodriguez, author of Kabul Beauty School, will discuss her new novel A Cup of Friendship at the Bookstall in Winnetka on January 28th at 7pm.

The Bookstall in Winnetka will be presenting one of my favorite historical fiction writers, Susan Vreeland as part of their Women Writers Series on January 31st. (there is a fee and registration is required).