Authors on tour

Will Chesney | July 21 |Register(Opens in a new window)

Meet Will Chesney, author ofNo Ordinary Dogin conversation with James Scott, archivist for the Special Collections of the Sacramento Public Library. Two dozen Navy SEALs descended on Osama bin Laden’s compound in May 2011. After the mission, only one name was made public: Cairo, a Belgian Malinois and military working dog. In his bookNo Ordinary Dog: My Partner from the SEAL Teams to the Bin Laden Raid ,(Opens in a new window)it's about Cairo's story, and that of his handler, author Chesney, a member of a SEAL Team whose life would be irrevocably tied to Cairo's.

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Karen Rose | August 18 |Register(Opens in a new window)

Rose is the award-winning, international bestselling author of some twenty novels, including the bestselling Baltimore and Cincinnati series. She has been translated into twenty-three languages, and her books have placed on the New York Times, the Sunday Times (UK), andGermany's der Spiegel bestseller lists.Say No More (Opens in a new window), is the second novel in her gripping Sacramento series.

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Nancy Pearl | September 22 |Register (Opens in a new window)

Bestselling author, librarian and literary critic Pearl, along with playwright Jeff Schwager, wrote about today's living literary legends in,The Writer’s Library. In this Authors Uncovered event hosted by CapRadio’s Donna Apidone, Pearl will discuss the books that made them think, brought them joy and changed their lives in this intimate, moving insightful collection that celebrates the power of literature and how reading connects us all.

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