Carol Higgins Clark will be guest at Literary Society event

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Books by Carol Higgins Clark, featured guest at the Public Library of Youngstown & Mahoning County’s Literary Society Author Event, are shown by, from left, Janet Loew, communications and public direcctor at the library; Phyllis Bacon, Crissi Jenkins and Karla Edwards, members of the Literary Society; and Deborah Liptak, library development director. The author event will be Oct. 11 at the main library in Youngstown. Photo by: ROBERT K. YOSAY | THE VINDICATOR

YOUNGSTOWN

Author Carol Higgins Clark will be the featured guest for the Public Library of Youngstown & Mahoning County’s ninth Literary Society Author Event on Oct. 11 at the main library, 305 Wick Ave.

Tickets to the fundraiser are $55 and include a copy of the author’s newest release, “Gypped,” another in the mystery series featuring Regan Reilly.

The evening will begin with an author’s reception and cocktails from 6 to 7, followed by dinner. The author’s presentation will begin just after 8. She also will be available to sign books.

Music will be provided by the John Reese Project.

Planning the author event with Deborah Liptak, library development director, are Phyllis Bacon, Susan Berny, Karla Edwards, Kim Giangiuli, Crissi Jenkins, Maggie McCloud, Donna Nord, Carol Sankovic, Regina Smythe and Carol Vechiarelli.

Donors sponsoring the event are Ed and Chris Muransky, the Frank and Pearl Gelbman Charitable Trust – Huntington Bank Trust, Drs. Carmen and Lynne Julius, Richard and Regina Smythe, Denise DeBartolo York, Park Vista and Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church.

For information, to make a reservation or inquire about sponsorship, call the library’s development office at 330-740-6086.

A best-selling author, Clark has written 14 Regan Reilly mysteries. Clark’s first mystery, “Decked,” was published in 1992 and was nominated for both the Anthony and the Agatha Awards. Clark’s books are known for using one-word titles ending in “ed.”

After “Decked,” Clark wrote a book about a murder at a pantyhose convention called “Snagged.”

Clark, who also is an actress, studied at the Beverly Hills Playhouse after receiving a bachelor’s degree from Mount Holyoke College. She appeared in Wendy Wasserstein’s “Uncommon Women and Others” at Carnegie Hall, a play set at Mount Holyoke. Recently she played twins who own a bar together in the TNT production of “Deck the Halls,” the first book she wrote with her mother, Mary Higgins Clark. They are co-authors of the best-selling holiday suspense series.

Visit the author’s website at www.carolhigginsclark.com.

The Literary Society was launched in 2005, the library’s 125th anniversary year.

The Literary Society involves individuals who work to celebrate reading and literacy by bringing special programs, including noted authors, to the Valley.

The Literary Society’s first author event in October 2005 featured Mary Doria Russell, who discussed her Pulitzer Prize-nominated historical novel, “A Thread of Grace.” The society has hosted Laura Lippman, award-winning crime novelist; Les Roberts, Cleveland’s famous mystery author; Scott London, international journalist and photographer; and Adriana Trigiani, Lisa Scottoline and Tess Gerritsen, New York Times best-selling authors.