The North Hills Pittsburgh Branch of AAUW is pleased to announce by popular request we are bringing back the authors event ”For the Love of Books” Fundraiser. Three talented female Authors will speak. This is a great opportunity to interact with 3 local authors and to raise funds for our scholarship and to support our mission for women and girls.
Saturday, June 1, 2024 at 10:00am – 2:00pm
Location: La Roche University, 9000 Babcock Blvd, Pittsburgh, PA 15237 (Zappala Center.)
An exciting day awaits you!
10:00am -Start the event with muffins accompanied by coffee or tea. Spend time visiting with the authors, vendors and putting your tickets in the raffle baskets, 15/$10. 30/$20.
11am-12:30pm – Enjoy the authors presentations followed by a panel question/discussion by the authors and moderator.
12:30-1:00pm – Purchase the authors’ books that are available and have your book signed. One last chance for raffle baskets and visit the vendors for last-minute purchases.
1:00pm – Enjoy a light lunch with dessert (lunch is gluten and nut free).
2:00pm – Check to see if you have the winning tickets for the raffle baskets.
Cost: The cost of $45 includes entrance to the event, light refreshments when you arrive, authors presentations, and lunch. Seating is limited so register now! Registration: Registration and your check for $45 must be received by May 27 ,2024. To purchase tickets: Make checks out to AAUW North Hills Pittsburgh. Mail to: June Maier at 959 Broad Meadow Drive Pittsburgh PA 15237. Include your email address to receive an email confirmation.
Meet the Authors
Maria Farina
Maria Farina is a graduate of the Ohio University E.W. Scripps School of Journalism. Upon graduation, Maria worked as an On-Air Personality on Cleveland radio stations for over 20 years. Since her radio days, Maria has become a successful voice actor and lives a creative life, as much as she can. She draws, paints, performs in a community band, plays the piano and is learning the cello.
She is the author of a cozy Supernatural Murder Mystery series called, The Gypsy Chronicles. This includes the books, Grave Robber, Grave Talk and the third book, Grave Meeting, which she is currently writing. The books take place in one of Maria’s favorite boroughs of Pittsburgh, Sewickley. When she’s not at her wonderfully cluttered desk, creating something, you can find her taking long car rides, talking and laughing with her husband, Mike.
Sherri Lee Fisher
“Strong Women Rock” is S. Lee Fisher’s life mission statement, a childhood lesson from her mother. The lesson hit its target.
Fisher, aka Dr. “P.,” a clinical pharmacist, was born and raised in “small town” Pennsylvania. After moving to Pittsburgh, she enjoyed a successful corporate career managing retrospective clinical programs for the PBM side of a Fortune 20 company.
Fisher began writing fiction in 2018 as a means of channeling the pain and grief of her father’s passing. Verbalizing emotions and human interaction helped her cope with his death. In the process, she discovered that she enjoys the creativity of telling relationship-based stories that center around strong women. Fisher creates well-developed quirky characters that the reader both loves and hates simultaneously.
Redefined as a full-time novelist, she enjoys multi-award-winning writing as a second career. Fisher lives on the gulf coast of Florida with her husband of 39 years, Ralph. When she’s not writing or dodging hurricanes, she enjoys painting watercolors, clothing design, sewing, ballroom dancing, and swimming. Connect with her at sleefisher@sleefisher.com.
Janice Lane Palko
Janice Lane Palko has been a writer for nearly three decades working as an editor, columnist, freelance writer, teacher, lecturer, and novelist.
Currently, she is the executive editor for Northern Connection and Pittsburgh Fifty-Five Plus magazines, and she has had numerous articles appear in publications such as The Reader’s Digest, Guideposts for Teens, Woman’s World, The Christian Science Monitor, The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, and St. Anthony Messenger Magazine. In addition to penning the romantic comedies The Morning Star, Our Lady of the Roses, and St. Anne’s Day, she has written the Christmas novel, A Shepherd’s Song, and the romantic suspense novels, Cape Cursed and the award-winning Most Highly Favored Daughter. She is currently working on Mother of Sorrows, another gripping romantic suspense.
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