TEXAS AUTHOR SERIES
The 2009 Texas Author Series, sponsored by Friends of the Abilene Public Library and the West Texas Book & Music Festival, has added a fall lineup.
Joe Nick Patoski, veteran Texas magazine writer and author, gets the series started at noon Monday at the APL, 202 Cedar St. Patoski’s biography of Willie Nelson: An Epic Life won the TCU Book Award as the best Texas book of the year. Come hear him talk about Willie Nelson and Texas music and culture.
The brown bag sessions are free and are held at the Abilene Public Library, 202 Cedar St. Bring your own lunch or purchase a sandwich at the library ($4). Drinks are provided. Authors will sign books after their presentations.
Willie Nelson: An Epic Life
by Joe Nick Patoski
Other presenters include Sherrie McLeroy of Aledo, author of Bragging on Texas, on Oct. 19 and Gerald Saxon, author, and Jack Graves, photographer, who worked together on Historic Texas from the Air, on Nov. 16.