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SUMMARY:Lisa Scottoline Author Visit
LOCATION:Topeka and Shawnee County Public Library\nTopeka and Shawnee Coun
 ty Public Library
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DESCRIPTION:Meet bestselling author of legal thrillers\, historical fictio
 n and essays\, Lisa Scottoline in person! She will talk about her work\, t
 hen we'll have Q&A and a book signing. .\nhttps://tscpl.libnet.info/event/
 11168016
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p>Doors will open at 6pm for registered atte
 ndees.</p>\n<p>Lisa Scottoline is a #1 Bestselling Author\,&nbsp\;The New 
 York Times&nbsp\;bestselling author and Edgar award-winning author of 36 n
 ovels\, including her latest work\,&nbsp\;<em>The Truth about the Devlins<
 /em>.</p>\n<p>Lisa&rsquo\;s novels are known for their emotionality and th
 eir warm and down-to-earth characters\, which resonate with readers and re
 viewers long after they have finished the books. When writing about Lisa&r
 squo\;s Rosato &amp\; Associates series\, Janet Maslin of The New York Tim
 es applauds Lisa&rsquo\;s books as &ldquo\;punchy\, wisecracking thrillers
 &rdquo\; whose &ldquo\;characters are earthy\, fun and self-deprecating&rd
 quo\; and distinguishes her as having &ldquo\;one of the best-branded fran
 chise styles in current crime writing.&rdquo\;</p>\n<p>She also writes a w
 eekly column with her daughter&nbsp\;Francesca Serritella&nbsp\;titled &ld
 quo\;Chick Wit\,&rdquo\; which is a witty and fun take on life from a woma
 n&rsquo\;s perspective. After running in the&nbsp\;Philadelphia Inquirer&n
 bsp\;for 15 years\, Chick Wit is now&nbsp\;available online. These stories
 \, along with many other never-before-published stories\, have been collec
 ted in a&nbsp\;New York Times&nbsp\;bestselling series of humorous memoirs
  including their most recent <em>I See Life Through Ros&eacute\;-Colored G
 lasses</em> and earlier books <em>I Need A Lifeguard Everywhere But The Po
 ol</em>\; <em>I&rsquo\;ve Got Sand in All the Wrong Places</em>\; <em>Does
  This Beach Make Me Look Fat?</em>\;<em> Have a Nice Guilt Trip</em>\; <em
 >Meet Me at Emotional Baggage Claim</em>\; <em>Best Friends\, Occasional E
 nemies</em>\;&nbsp\;<em>My Nest Isn&rsquo\;t Empty\, It Just Has More Clos
 et Space</em>\; and&nbsp\;<em>Why My Third Husband Will Be a Dog</em>\, wh
 ich has been optioned for TV.</p>\n<p>Lisa reviews popular fiction and non
 fiction\, and her reviews have appeared in&nbsp\;The New York Times\,&nbsp
 \;The Washington Post&nbsp\;and&nbsp\;The Philadelphia Inquirer. Lisa has 
 served as president of Mystery Writers of America and has taught a course 
 she developed\, &ldquo\;Justice and Fiction&rdquo\; at the University of P
 ennsylvania Law School\, her alma mater. Lisa is a regular and much-sought
 -after speaker at library and corporate events. She has over 30 million co
 pies of her books in print and is published in more than 35 countries. Lis
 a lives in the Philadelphia area with an array of disobedient pets\, and s
 he wouldn&rsquo\;t have it any other way.</p>\n<p></p>\nhttps://tscpl.libn
 et.info/event/11168016
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