[Michlib-l] Metro Detroit Book and Author Society Luncheon

[Tammy Turgeon]

The Metro Detroit Book and Author Society is hosting its 93rd Luncheon 
on Monday, October 15, 2018. It is being held at the Burton Manor 
Banquet and Conference Center, 27777 Schoolcraft Road, Livonia MI 48150. 
Tickets are $40 and are on sale now at www.bookandauthor.org

Our guest authors are:

Lisa Unger
Lisa Unger is the award-winning New York Times and international 
bestselling author of sixteen novels, including her newest, “Under My 
Skin,” a twisting, spellbinding thriller. Her books are published in 26 
languages worldwide, have sold millions of copies, and have been named 
“Best of the Year” or top picks by The Today Show, Good Morning America, 
Entertainment Weekly, Amazon, and Goodreads, to name a few. Combining 
knowledge of the human psyche and an understanding of fear, readers and 
critics alike call her one of the top writers of psychological thrillers 
today.

Mark Leibovich
Mark Leibovich is the New York Times Magazine’s chief national 
correspondent and is a lifelong New England Patriot’s fan. He tried for 
years to profile quarterback Tom Brady, and in 2014, Brady finally 
agreed. Then came the infamous “deflategate” controversy. Now, when pro 
football is being attacked on many fronts, Leibovich has taken a 
fascinating in-depth look at where the sport is going in his new book 
“Big Game: The NFL in Dangerous Times.” He is also the author of the 
scathing 2013 best-selling Washington expose “This Town: Two Parties and 
a Funeral — Plus, Plenty of Valet Parking! — in America’s Gilded Capital.”

Anne Ford
Anne Ford, great-granddaughter of Henry Ford and daughter of Henry Ford 
II, became a well-known writer and advocate for people with learning 
disabilities after her daughter Allegra was diagnosed with learning 
problems. She has written several books on the subject, including her 
latest, “The Stigmatized Child: Helping Parents Overcome the Stigma 
Attached to Learning Disabilities, ADHD and Lack of Social Skills.” Ford 
served as Chairman of the Board of the National Center for Learning  
Disabilities from 1989 to 2001 and has received many honors for her work 
and has lectured widely on LD and ADHD issues.

Dr. Rana Awdish
Dr. Rana Awdish was a young critical care physician near the end of her 
medical training at Wayne State University in Detroit when she suddenly 
became a patient fighting for her own life. In her critically acclaimed 
best-selling book, “In Shock: My Journey from Death to Recovery and the 
Redemptive Power of Hope,” she reveals how her troubling experiences 
exposed her to flaws in today’s care standards and how to better embrace 
the emotional bond between doctor and patient. Today she serves as 
Medical Director of Care Experience for the entire Henry Ford Medical Group.

Anna Clark
Anna Clark is an award-winning Michigan journalist whose work has 
appeared in Elle Magazine, the New York Times, Politico, and others. 
Like many people, she began to take notice when the residents of Flint 
began to complain that something was very wrong with the water coming 
out of their taps. Clark, who has covered the story from the beginning, 
has written the first full account of the Flint water scandal and its 
broader implications for pollution and America’s communities in her new 
book “The Poisoned City: Flint’s Water and the American Urban Tragedy.” 
An excerpt from her book appeared in the Detroit Sunday Free Press in July.

Schedule
11:00 am – Book Sale Room Opens
12:00 pm – Lunch is Served
1:00 pm – Authors Begin to Speak
Grant Awards Being Presented: Dick Johnston Award and Elaine R. Irvin 
Friends Award
Authors will be available to sign purchased books after luncheon.
Book sales support grants. Please buy your books at the luncheon, but be 
aware that  the number of books available for purchase may be limited.
Cash, Check, and Credit/Debit cards accepted.
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Tammy Turgeon
Director
Sterling Heights Public Library
40255 Dodge Park
Sterling Heights, MI 48313
586-446-2640

Director
Suburban Library Cooperative
44750 Delco Blvd
Sterling Heights, MI 48313
586-685-5750