Author to Keynote Friends of Beaumont Library Annual Meeting

Julie McElwain will be the keynote speaker at the Friends of the Library's Annual meeting at 2 p.m. on Saturday, October 19.

A national award-winning journalist, her first novel, A Murder In Time, was one of the Top 10 picks by the American Librarian Association for its April 2016 book list, and was selected as the mystery to read in 2016 by OverDrive Inc., the world's largest library e-book provider.

McElwain's novel was given a starred review by Library Journal, and was also a finalist for the 2016 Goodreads’ readers choice awards in the Sci-fi category, as well as Bustle’s list of 9 Most Addictive Mystery series for 2017.

A Twist in Time and Caught in Time continue the series featuring FBI Agent Kendra Donovan and Betrayal in Time, the fourth book in the series, was released in July and given a starred review in Publisher’s Weekly.

The author is a native of North Dakota, and a graduate of NDSU. She currently lives in Long Beach, CA, but flies home for Christmas, because bone-chilling cold should be experienced at least once a year!

Copies of her books will be available for purchase and autographing after the meeting.

Beaumont Library, a California Special District independent of both city and county government, provides library services to Beaumont and Cherry Valley and is located at 125 E. Eighth Street in Beaumont. Call 951-845-1357 or visit bld.lib.ca.us for more information.