The Author Salon Series brings together public and private book clubs, library supporters, lovers of literature and authors in a lively but relaxed atmosphere of intellectual exploration. Participants meet the authors of their favorite books and share their passion with other book enthusiasts.
Proceeds from these events support the Pima Library Foundation.
H. Alan Day and Lynn Wiese Sneyd did a wonderful job in their presentation of The Horse Lover to a sold out crowd. Janice Deardorff kicked things off with cowboy music to serenade the crowd during lunch from a vintage food truck.
Megan Kimble, author of the acclaimed book “UnProcessed: My City-Dwelling Year of Reclaiming Real Food,” shared her story of the joys and challenges of eating unprocessed, healthy foods while living in the city on a budget. Guests enjoyed dishes made from some of Megan’s favorite recipes.
Buchmann has published over 150 scholarly articles and eleven popular nonfiction trade books. The Forgotten Pollinators, co-authored with Gary Nabhan was a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize. Stephen served as chief scientist on the Disneynature feature film “Wings of Life” narrated by Meryl Streep. Check out his other literary works and interests […]
Anne Hillerman’s recently published and third New York Times best-selling book, “Song of the Lion”, continues to follow the adventures of Joe Leaphorn, Jim Chee and Bernadette Manuelito, characters that her father, Tony Hillerman brought to life beginning in 1970.
Philip Caputo is best known for A Rumor of War, a best-selling memoir of his experiences during the Vietnam War. This book is considered to be one of the definitive works on the Vietnam war and Caputo was featured on the recent 18- hour documentary, The Vietnam War by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick. First […]
Mary’s recent publication is a collection of short stories, The Talker: Stories. It is a featured book in the Pima County Public Library’s publication, The Southwest Books of the Year, 2017. A review appearing in Publisher’s Weekly describes the collection. A prolific writer, her numerous publications are too numerous to list, but include: 29, Sisters […]
Meet the Writer- J. Todd Scott, author of the 2018 book, HIGH WHITE SUN. Writing in the “Western Noir” genre, Scott’s debut novel, THE FAR EMPTY, was published in June 2016. As a senior supervisory agent in a large DEA division, the authenticism of his writing is based in part on his experiences. As one […]
Annette McGivney is an award-winning writer who has been Southwest Editor for Backpacker magazine since 1996 and a member of the Journalism faculty at Northern Arizona University since 2002. Her latest book Pure Land was published in 2017 and explores the lives of the people affected by the 2006 murder of a Japanese tourist in the Grand […]
