Several authors are attending meet-the-author events around Cuyahoga County throughout the rest of May and June. Few of the events are on this side of town, but all are great opportunities to meet and chat with published authors.

-- Cheryl Sadler | CSadler@News-Herald.com | @nhcheryl


Information below from the Cuyahoga County Public Library:

AUTHOR EVENTS FOR MAY AND JUNE 2012 @ CUYAHOGA COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY

Registration is required for these events. You can call the branch to register or go to www.cuyahogalibrary.org and go to the “events & classes” tab to find the event.

Meet Author Cathy Maxwell
Tuesday, May 15, 2012 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Parma-Snow Branch: Meeting Room
2121 Snow Road – Parma, OH 44134  --  (216) 661-4240
Cathy Maxwell is the New York Times bestselling author of more than twenty historical romances. Her latest, Lyon's Bride, will be released in April and is the first of the Chattan Curse series.


Meet Author Dan Chaon
Wednesday, May 16, 2012 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Bay Village Branch: Meeting Room
502 Cahoon Road – Bay Village, OH 44140  --  (440) 871-6392
Dan Chaon is the author of the national bestselling novel, Await Your Reply. His latest collection of short stories, entitled Stay Awake, will be released this spring. Dan is a previous finalist for the National Book Award and the National Magazine Award in Fiction. He is currently a Creative Writing professor at Oberlin College. Books will be available for purchase and signing.


Memoir of an Army Brat
Wednesday, May 16, 2012 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Brook Park Branch: Meeting Room
6155 Engle Road – Brook Park, OH 44142  --  (216) 267-5250
Like millions of other army brats, Christine Kastner grew up on military bases stateside and around the world. In her book, Soldiering On – Finding My Homes: Memoir of an Army Brat, Christine recalls memories from the 1960s and her recent trip back to Okinawa, an island her family was stationed at more than forty years ago. Books will be available for purchase and signing.


Meet Author Loung Ung
Tuesday, May 29, 2012 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM
Solon Branch
34125 Portz Parkway – Solon, OH 44139  --  (440) 248-8777
Loung Ung is a Cambodian American human-rights activist and bestselling author of two memoirs. First They Killed My Father and Lucky Child detail her survival of Cambodia’s Pol Pot regime and its scarring aftermath. Her newest book, Lulu in the Sky, will be released in April and tells the next chapter in Loung’s life. Books will be available for purchase and signing.


Meet Author James Renner
Wednesday, June 06, 2012 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Strongsville Branch: Meeting Room
18700 Westwood Drive – Strongsville, OH 44136  --  (440) 238-5530
James Renner is a Northeast Ohio native and author of the debut novel, The Man from Primrose Lane. James has previously released two books of nonfiction, Amy: My Search for Her Killer and The Serial Killer’s Apprentice. Books will be available for purchase and signing. Please register.


Meet Author Claire McMillan
Saturday, June 16, 2012 2:00 PM
Beachwood Branch
25501 Shake Blvd – Beachwood, OH 44122  --  (216) 831-6868
Meet author Claire McMillan as she discusses her novel The Guilded Age. Claire’s debut takes the stifling society depicted in Edith Wharton’s The House of Mirth to contemporary Cleveland, perceptively capturing a woman’s struggles to redefine herself and her position in society after a scandalous divorce. Books will be available for purchase and signing.


Meet Author Carrie Bebris
Saturday, June 16, 2012 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
North Olmsted Branch: Meeting Room
27403 Lorain Road – North Olmsted, OH 44070  --  (440) 777-6211
Meet Carrie Bebris, author of the Mr. & Mrs. Darcy Mysteries. The sixth book in the series, The Deception at Lyme, was released last fall and is based on Jane Austen’s Persuasion. Books will be available for purchase and signing.


Local Perspectives : Author Erin O'Brien
Saturday, June 23, 2012 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Beachwood Branch
25501 Shake Blvd – Beachwood, OH 44122  --  (216) 831-6868
New! Join us from 2-3 pm for a book discussion of local author Erin O'Brien's The Irish Hungarian Guide to the Domestic Arts. Erin will visit from 3-4pm to answer questions and sign copies of her book.