Ridley Pearson

Celebrate the newest novel from New York Times bestselling super-duo, DAVE BARRY and RIDLEY PEARSON, BRIDGE TO NEVER LAND! A limited number of tickets will be available Saturday, August 6 to Provo City Library cardholders, Provo residents, and Orem Public Library cardholders with properly registered ... (more)library cards. Tickets may be available for general release on Saturday, August 13. Questions? Call 801-852-7685.

Signs Kingdom Keepers IV Power Play (Disney $17.99)

He's teamed with Dave Barry to write Science Fair and the great Peter and the Starcatchers series. He has his own Steel Trapp and Never Land series. And now Power Play, the fourth book in his Kingdom Keepers series is coming out. These incredibly popular adventure books take place inside Disney World, ... (more)which already make them pretty cool. This should be a great event. Just look at his photo! Ridley not only writes, he rocks! He plays bass for The Rock Bottom Remainders with fellow big-time authors like Dave Barry, Stephen King, Amy Tan, Scott Turow, Mitch Albom, and Maya Angelou!!! On this evening, Ridley has amazingly agreed to perform with The Georgia Slush Pile!!! We'll open his presentation with a song or two. If you prefer to save your sanity, you may want to arrive at about 7:10 p.m. If you have an ample sense of humor, arrive early!

Join bestselling author Ridley Pearson for an exciting discussion and signing of the fourth installment in the Kingdom Keepers series, Power Play! Pearson is also the co-author, with humorist Dave Barry, of the Peter and the Starcatchers series for young readers as well as dozens of adult crime novels.

Over the past twenty-five years, Ridley Pearson, a New York Times best-selling novelist, has crafted nearly thirty novels. With ten million copies of his work in print, he has earned a reputation for writing fiction that grips the imagination. His crime novels emphasize dazzling investigative ... (more)detail, and, all too often, imitate life. His previous novels have helped solve two real-life homicides, helped settle an environmental lawsuit, and regularly tackle subjects that eerily become national news after he writes about them. He is also the author of a half dozen novels for younger readers including the award-winning series Peter and the Starcatchers, co-written with humor writer, Dave Barry; the Kingdom Keepers; and Steel Trapp. In 1990, Pearson became the first American to be awarded the Raymond Chandler Fulbright Fellowship in detective fiction at Oxford University.

Sun Valley sheriff Walt Fleming's budding relationship with photographer Fiona Kenshaw hits a rough patch after Fiona is involved in a heroic river rescue and she attempts to duck the press. Despite her job and her laudable actions, she begs Walt to keep her photo out of the paper, avoiding him when ... (more)he can't. Then Walt gets a phone call that changes everything: Lou Boldt, a police sergeant out of Seattle, calls to report that a recent murder may have a Sun Valley connection. After a badly-beaten body is discovered just off a local highway, Walt knows there is a link—but can he pull the pieces together in time? Over the past twenty-five years, Ridley Pearson, a New York Times best-selling novelist, has crafted nearly thirty novels. With ten million copies of his work in print, he has earned a reputation for writing fiction that grips the imagination. His crime novels emphasize dazzling investigative detail, and, all too often, imitate life. His previous novels have helped solve two real-life homicides, helped settle an environmental lawsuit, and regularly tackle subjects that eerily become national news after he writes about them. He is also the author of a half dozen novels for younger readers including the award-winning series Peter and the Starcatchers, co-written with humor writer, Dave Barry; the Kingdom Keepers; and Steel Trapp. In 1990, Pearson became the first American to be awarded the Raymond Chandler Fulbright Fellowship in detective fiction at Oxford University.

The New York Times-bestselling author delivers another extraordinary Walt Fleming thriller. Ridley Pearson is the author of more than two dozen novels, including the New York Times bestsellers Killer Summer, Killer View, and Killer Weekend, the bestselling Lou Boldt crime series, and many books for young ... (more)readers.

Join the Bensenville Library as we welcome New York Times best selling author Ridley Pearson. Ridley will discuss his most popular works, including The Kingdom Keepers and Killer View. Stay for a reception and book signing following the event. Space is limited. Please call (630) 766-4642 to register.