Friday, April 12 at 2 p.m.
Broward County Main Library, gallery 6
100 S. Andrews Avenue, Fort Lauderdale
Please R.S.V.P. to 954-357-7386
 
 
Laura Lee Smith’s debut novel, Heart of Palm, introduces a
captivating new voice in American fiction, reminiscent of Kaye
Gibbons, Lee Smith, Anne Tyler, and Fannie Flagg.  Told with
wry humor and compassion, Heart of Palm is an indelible portrait
of a small town undergoing rapid development, and one
dysfunctional, unforgettable family choosing between a
comfortable—if unfulfilling—status quo, and the upheaval that
comes with the promise of the new.

Laura Lee Smith’s short fiction has appeared in The Florida Review, Natural Bridge, Bayou, and was selected by guest editor Amy Hempel for inclusion in New Stories from the South in 2010. 
 

Light refreshments will be served.

Books will be available for sale and signing.
 
 
 
 

A Special Event Brought to You by Florida Center for the Book
Featuring Philip Kerr,
Bestselling Author of A Man Without Breath

Tuesday, April 30 at 2 p.m.
Broward County Main Library, gallery 6
100 S. Andrews Avenue, Fort Lauderdale
Please R.S.V.P. to 954-357-7386
 

“Kerr is the only bona fide heir to Raymond Chandler.”
—Jonathan Ames, Salon.com 
 

Philip Kerr is the author of nine novels, most recently Field Gray and Prague Fatale, both New York Times bestsellers. If the Dead Rise Not was a finalist for the Shamus Award for Best Hardcover Fiction, and Field Gray was a finalist for the Edgar Award for Best Hardcover Fiction. As P.B. Kerr, he is also the author of the young adult series Children of the Lamp. He lives in London. 
 

Light refreshments will be served.

Books will be available for sale and signing.

A Special Event Brought to you by Florida Center for the Book
Featuring Elaine Viets, Beselling Author of Board Stiff: A Dead-End Job Mystery

Wednesday, May 8, 2013 at 2 to 3 p.m.
Broward County Main Library
100 S. Andrews Avenue, Fort Lauderdale
Call 954-357-7443 for more information

Board Stiff, Elaine Viets’ new hardcover mystery, is the ultimate beach book, set in the cut-throat world of catering to tourists. The novel will be published May 7. The New York Times Review of Books praises her “quick-witted mysteries.” Elaine’s bestselling Dead-End Job series is a satiric look at a serious subject – the minimum-wage world. Her character, Helen Hawthorne, works a different low-paying job each book. Elaine’s second series features mystery shopper Josie Marcus. Elaine won the Agatha, Anthony and Lefty Awards. Follow Elaine on her Facebook page and check out the first chapters of her mysteries at www.elaineviets.com.

Check out the trailer for Elaine’s new book

Books will be available for sale and signing.

For more information on this and other Florida Center for the Book programs, please contact Tara Zimmermann at 954-357-7386, tzimmerm@browardlibrary.org