Elizabeth Gilbert, photo by William Miller
The next round of Club Book author appearances — that program that brings authors to libraries throughout the core cities and suburbs — includes an impressive lineup of world-famous writers, prize winners, and notable regional writers.
Elizabeth Gilbert, best known for her blockbuster bestseller, "Eat, Pray, Love," will be in Burnsville in mid-February. Her memoir, about learning to love again by traveling to Italy, India and Indonesia, was made into a movie starring Julia Roberts.
Paul Harding, dark-horse winner of the Pulitzer Prize for his slender, lyrical book, "Tinkers," will be in Stillwater in Feburary. Walter Mosley, author of 34 books — perhaps best-known for his Easy Rawlins mysteries — will be in Brooklyn Center and Woodbury in April.
Also appearing this spring: poet and memoirist Mark Doty, and regional writers Cathy Wurzer, Pete Hautman and Mary Logue (appearing together), Heid Erdrich and Sandra Benitez.
Club Book is a program of the Metropolitan Library Service Agency, coordinated by the Library Foundation of Hennepin County, and funded through the state Legacy Fund.
• Elizabeth Gilbert, 7 p.m., Feb. 11, Burnsville Performing Arts Center, 12600 Nicollet Av., Burnsville.
• Paul Harding, 7 p.m., Feb. 15, Stillwater Library, 224 Third St. N., Stillwater, and 7 p.m. Feb. 16, Southdale Library, 7001 York Av. S., Edina.
• Cathy Wurzer, "Tales of the Road," 7 p.m. March 29, Prior Lake Library, 16210 SE Eagle Creek Av., Prior Lake.
• Mark Doty, "Dog Years," 2 p.m. April 2, St. Paul Central Library, 90 W. 4th St., St. Paul.
• Heid Erdrich, "National Monuments," 7 p.m. April 6, Roseville Library, 2180 N. Hamline Av., Roseville.
• Pete Hautman and Mary Logue, "Godless," and "Dancing with an Alien," 2 p.m. April 10, Chanhassen Library, 7711 Kerber Blvd., Chanhassen, and 11 a.m. May 7, Lyric Arts Center, 420 E. Main St., Anoka.
• Walter Mosley, 7 p.m. April 12, Brookdale Library, 6125 Shingle Creek Pkwy., Brooklyn Center, and 7 p.m. April 13, Central Park Amphitheater, 8595 Central Park Place, Woodbury.
• Sandra Benitez, "A Place Where the Sea Remembers," 7 p.m., May 9, Shakopee Library, 235 S. Lewis St., Shakopee.
Laurie Hertzel is the Star Tribune books editor. She is at 612-673-7302.
