Join the Northwest Ohio Teen Book Festival for a Mystery Book Themed Gala to Benefit Teen Literacy
Schedule of event:
6:00pm: Live artwork created by local artists Amber Kear & Jim Zalewski
7:00pm: Keynote address by author Julie Anne Lindsey
7:30pm: Dinner served
8:00pm: Keynote address by author Kit Frick
8:30pm: Auction of artwork created at the event and bid on a chance to see your name in an upcoming novel

About the authors and artists:
Julie Anne Lindsey is an award-winning, bestselling author of mystery and romantic suspense. She’s published more than fifty novels since her debut in 2013 and currently writes series as herself, as well as under multiple pen names, for Harlequin, Kensington, Sourcebooks and Crooked Lane Books. She is represented by Erin Niumata at Folio Literary Management.

Kit Frick is a MacDowell fellow and ITW Thriller Award finalist from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. She studied creative writing at Sarah Lawrence College and received her MFA from Syracuse University. She is the author of multiple thrillers including, for young adults, Before We Were Sorry (originally published as See All the Stars), All Eyes on Us, I Killed Zoe Spanos, Very Bad People, and The Reunion, and for adults, The Split. She is also the author of the poetry collection A Small Rising Up in the Lungs. Kit loves a good mystery but has only ever killed her characters. Honest.

Amber Kear is a muralist, illustrator, and designer. She is the owner of Hysteria Company in Findlay, OH. Her company promotes ethnic and cultural equality in our communities through art and design. She graduated from the Art Institute of Pittsburgh with a BSA in graphic design.

Jim Zalewski is a multidisciplined artist with substantial career experience ranging from developing and maintaining a web server to professional color correction and PrePress to fine art and Illustration. After a career spent doing everything from graphic design to building websites, Zalewski now paints full time from his studio and gallery inside the Erie Street Market building.