Local Authors To Speak At Peters Library

Peters Township Public Library will host a special event with several local authors from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. on November 6.

“Pick-Up Lines That Work: Powerful Openings in Young Adult Books” is open to those 13 and older and is offered as part of the Pennsylvania Library Association’s PA Forward Speak Up!

Authors include:

• Joshua David Bellin, author of Survival Colony 9

• Patricia Harrison Easton, author of four children’s books and two novels for adults, instructor at the Institute for Children’s Literature and the regional adviser for the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators in western Pennsylvania

• Stephanie Keyes, author of the YA Fantasy series, The Star Child

• Carla Mooney, author of more than 60 nonfiction books for kids and teens

• Leah Pileggi, whose short stories have been published a couple of them in Hopscotch Magazine and Fun for Kids.

The program will end with book signings, light refreshments and a raffle. Registration is required by emailing programs@ptlibrary.org or calling 724-941-9430.