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SUMMARY:IN PERSON - Lu Burke Literary Presents: James R. Benn
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LOCATION:100 Poverty Road, Southbury, CT 06488, United States
ROOM: Kingsley Room A/B
DESCRIPTION:Join us for the latest installment of our Lu Burke Lecture Ser
 ies with Connecticut author James R. Benn.\r\nJames R. Benn is the Dilys, 
 Barry, and Sue Federer Historical Mystery-award nominated author of the po
 pular Billy Boyle WWII mystery series and two stand-alone works. His novel
  The Blind Goddess was long-listed for the 2015 Dublin IMPAC Literary Awar
 d. Benn is a graduate of the University of Connecticut and has an MLS degr
 ee from Southern Connecticut State University. He worked in the library an
 d information technology fields for over thirty-five years before leaving 
 to write full-time. Benn and his wife Deborah Mandel live in Florida and C
 onnecticut.\r\nThe Billy Boyle series, published by Soho Press, has been h
 ailed as “meaty, old-fashioned, and thoroughly enjoyable,” by the Seat
 tle Times. The New York Times called it “spirited wartime storytelling�
 �.\r\nBilly Boyle, an Irish-American cop from Boston, helps his “uncle�
 � Ike Eisenhower in sensitive WWII military investigations in overseas Eur
 ope. This fact-based series focuses on true events from the Second World W
 ar and uses a fictional mystery to illuminate the deeper truths behind the
  history we think we know.\r\nThe most recent title is "The Red Hors
 e". The 16th novel, "Road of Bones", will be released in S
 eptember 2021.\r\nFor more information about the author, including where t
 o buy a signed copy go to https://www.jamesrbenn.com/\r\nThis program is 
 viewable in the Kingsley Room, the presenter will be zooming in from elsew
 here.\r\nLike all Southbury Public Library programs, this event is free to
  attend and open to anyone regardless of town of residency. Registration i
 s required. This program sponsored by the Library Gift Fund. For more info
 rmation about this program, please email Rebecca at rrandall@biblio.org or
  call the reference desk at 203-262-0626 ext 130.\r\n 
URL:https://www.southburylibrary.org/event/person-lu-burke-literary-presen
 ts-james-r-benn
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