The James V. Brown Library is delighted to announce that the 20th Author Gala will take place on Thursday, October 12, at the Community Arts Center in Williamsport. The event will feature Marie Benedict, a New York Times and USA Today best-selling author of historical fiction.

General admission tickets ($30 and $45 per person) are on sale s at the Community Arts Center box office at CACLive.com/JVBGala23 

All event proceeds benefit the programs and services of the library.

Benedict is the author of:

• Her Hidden Genius
• The Personal Librarian
• The Mystery of Mrs. Christie
• Lady Clementine
• The Only Woman in the Room
• Carnegie’s Maid 
• The Other Einstein
• The Mitford Affair 
• The First Ladies

Visit the  Author Gala page for more information.

More information about Marie can be found here.

An online auction for the general public and event attendees will open up two weeks prior to the event and close at 10 p.m. Oct. 12 - click here to see the available items or visit virtualgala.events/AuthorGala.

 All event proceeds benefit the programs and services of the James V. Brown Library!

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Marie Benedict is a lawyer with more than ten years' experience as a litigator at two of the country's premier law firms. She found her calling unearthing the hidden historical stories of women. Her mission is to excavate from the past the most important, complex and fascinating women of history and bring them into the light of present-day where we can finally perceive the breadth of their contributions as well as the insights they bring to modern day issues.

In January 2023, she released the bestselling THE MITFORD AFFAIR, which explores the role that history's most notorious sisters -- the beautiful, brilliant, eccentric Mitfords -- played in the rise of World War II, both for and against the Nazis. In June 2023, she published her next co-written novel with Victoria Christopher Murray, entitled THE FIRST LADIES.

Writing as Heather Terrell, Marie also published the historical novels The Chrysalis, The Map Thief, and Brigid of Kildare.