Gala Author Tea

I love to go to anything featuring authors and the Gala Author Tea did not disappoint. All of the authors were entertaining and gave great talks (authors give the best speeches since they write for a living). Here is who I saw:

• Karin Slaughter, author of Fallen
• Ellen Brown, author of Weird Sisters
• Dorothea Benton Frank, author of Folly Beach (hilarious speaker!)
• Amanda Kyle Williams, author of The Stranger You Seek. This was one of the most moving speeches. Ms. Williams did not know how to read until she was in her early 20's and she mentioned how libraries were so helpful to her when she was going on this journey. She also said that she fell in love with Jane Austen when she asked the librarian what book would you read if you had just started reading and was handed Pride and Prejudice.
• Susan Wiggs and Elizabeth Wiggs Maas, authors of How I Planned Your Wedding: The All-True Story of a Mother and Daughter Surviving the Happiest Day of their Lives. Ms. Wiggs Maas gave the funniest library anecdote story when she mentioned how she and her boyfriend (later husband) fooled around in the stacks of the college library to get away from her roommate!
• Nevada Barr, author of Burn