Authors at JCPL Presents: Craig Johnson (with book giveaway)

57 North Main Street,Franklin IN 46131

07 July, 2022

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The Johnson County Public Library is thrilled to welcome Craig Johnson as the next author in our 2022 Authors at JCPL series. Join us at the Historic Artcraft Theatre in Franklin, IN for this event on Thursday evening, July 7. Doors open at 5:30 p.m. The first 100 JCPL cardholders to register and attend will receive a free copy of "Daughter of the Morning Star." Meet the author and get your books signed, as well! Copies of the author's books will also be available for purchase from Wild Geese Bookshop. Craig Johnson is the New York Times best-selling author of the Walt Longmire mystery novels. Johnson has written 18 books, two novellas, and many short stories featuring the Longmire character. He is the recipient of the Western Writers of America Spur Award for fiction, the Mountains and Plains Booksellers Award for fiction and his novel "Spirit of Steamboat" was selected by the Wyoming State Library as the inaugural One Book Wyoming title. The books are also celebrated at an annual festival called Longmire Day, which is held in the small town of Buffalo, Wyoming, the real-life inspiration for the series' fictional setting. The books also inspired the Longmire TV show, which was the highest-rated original drama series on A&E before moving to Netflix. The show starred Robert Taylor, Katee Sackhoff and Lou Diamond Phillips. Johnson grew up in Huntington, WV, and attended college at Marshall University, but now lives in lives in the tiny town of Ucross, Wyoming (population 25) with his wife. The Authors at JCPL series is brought to you thanks to generous donations to The Johnson County Public Library Foundation. If you would like to help ensure that great programming like this continues to be offered at JCPL, please consider making a donation to the JCPL Foundation at pageafterpage.org/jcpl-foundation.