LOCAL MICHIGAN AUTHOR TO SPEAK AT WAYNE PUBLIC LIBRARY, DONATE BOOKS FOR LITERACY

Local Wayne, MI, author Steven Lee Climer will be reading from and signing copies of his latest novel, Soul Temple ("Scary, spiritual and, ultimately, heartwarming" – Publishers Weekly), at the Wayne Public Library on Monday, November 19, starting at 7:00 PM.

    "I've been living in the Westland/Canton area for six years now," says Climer. "I absolutely love it here. Being asked to speak at the Wayne Public Library really means a lot to me."

    In return for this honor, the critically acclaimed author will be donating copies of his books to the library in support of literacy. "Literacy, to me, is a form of magic," says Climer, whose novels and short stories often feature characters with more than a passing knowledge of that supernatural word. "It's magic that's within everyone's grasp. Reading lets you smell, taste, feel and hear another world. Literacy is not just about the mechanics of reading, it's about really hearing what the author is telling you through his or her story."

Soul Temple and Demonesque, Climer's second novel, are both published in attractive trade paperbacks by DarkTales Publications (http://www.darktales.com). Climer's first novel, Dream Thieves ("hauntingly poetic" -- Affaire de Coeur), published as an e-book by Hard Shell Word Factory, won the inaugural 2000 Eppie Award for Best Horror Novel and was a finalist for the 1997 International Horror Guild Award for Best First Novel. He has also received Honorable Mention in 1998's The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror, won the Memphis Science Fiction Association's 1998 Darrell Award for Best Mid-South Short Story ("By Any Name a Devil"), and been recommended for the Horror Writers Association's coveted Bram Stoker Award.

Climer teaches English at Davenport University, and works for Fry Multimedia, one of the top 20 Internet firms, in Ann Arbor. He's a graduate of Eastern Michigan University, and briefly studied for a Ph.D. at Wayne State University.

    The Wayne Public Library is located at 3737 S. Wayne Road, Wayne, MI (734-721-7832).

    Steven Lee Climer will also be appearing at the Westland Mall Waldenbooks in Westland, MI, on Friday, November 23, at Noon, and Saturday, December 15, at 1:00 PM (734-421-7724).




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