BEGIN:VCALENDAR
PRODID;X-RICAL-TZSOURCE=TZINFO:-//com.denhaven2/NONSGML ri_cal gem//EN
CALSCALE:GREGORIAN
VERSION:2.0
BEGIN:VEVENT
DESCRIPTION:The Cook Memorial Public Library District welcomes two popula
 r mystery authors for a panel discussion regarding their respective book
 s on Wednesday\, November 14 at 7PM at the Cook Park Library. This free 
 event is open to the public but registration is required. Call (847) 362
 -2330 or visit webres.cooklib.org to register.\nGail Lukasik is a local 
 mystery author known for her popular Leigh Girard series. Her debut stan
 d-alone mystery\, The Lost Artist\, is a fast-paced mystery thriller tha
 t shatters the very foundation of American history. The secret to findin
 g one of the greatest lost art treasures of sixteenth-century America is
  hidden in four murals buried under layers of wallpaper and paint in an 
 old farmhouse in southern Illinois. Beneath the layers of time lurks a t
 ruth worth killing for.\nBesides writing novels\, Lukasik continues to t
 each creative writing as an occasional guest lecturer at Roosevelt Unive
 rsity in Chicago and at various venues throughout the Chicago area. She 
 lives in Libertville with her husband. Anyone who purchases a copy of Th
 e Lost Artist receives a free copy of Death's Door while quantities last
 .\nFrances McNamara\, author of the Emily Cabot series\, is described as
  a "mild mannered librarian by day\, and a cold-blooded killer by night.
 " Listen to her speak about her latest book\, Death at Woods Hole. Exhau
 sted after the tumult of the Pullman Strike of 1894\, Emily Cabot is loo
 king forward to a restful summer visit to Cape Cod. She has plans to col
 lect "beasties" for the Marine Biological Laboratory\, alongside other v
 isiting scientists from the University of Chicago. But her summer takes 
 a dramatic turn when she finds a dead man floating in a fish tank. In or
 der to solve his murder she must first deal with dueling scientists\, a 
 testy local sheriff\, the theft of a fortune\, and uncooperative weather
 . This fourth book in the Emily Cabot Mysteries series will continue to 
 delight history buffs and mystery lovers alike. Frances McNamara is a li
 brarian at the University of Chicago. It was this job that led to the cr
 eation of Emily Cabot. In each story fictional characters mix with some 
 real people from the turn of the century\, demonstrating the rich histor
 y and culture of the thriving young American metropolis that Chicago was
 . When not tending the computers that run the library system or writing\
 , McNamara can be found racing a Rhodes 19 sailboat on Lake Michigan.\nH
 ear these local authors tell their stories including what motivated them
  to become writers. Books for signing will be available for purchase.
URL:http://libertyville.patch.com/events/local-mystery-authors-gail-lukas
 ik-and-frances-mcnamara-particpate-in-an-author-panel-at-cook-park-libra
 ry
SUMMARY:Local Mystery Authors Gail Lukasik and Frances McNamara Participa
 te in an Author Panel at Cook Park Library
LOCATION:Cook Park Library: 413 N Milwaukee Ave\, Libertyville\, IL
END:VEVENT
END:VCALENDAR