Some amazing authors are coming to Cook and Vernon Hills Libraries in the coming weeks, and we hope you can join us for one or more of them. If you are interested in registering for any of these events, you can click on the Register link, call the library, or ask us at the reference desk to sign you up.

“Mrs. Kennedy and Me: An Intimate Memoir’’,  7 p.m. Monday, April 23, Libertyville Civic Center
In “Mrs. Kennedy and Me,’’ Clint Hill gives a firsthand account of the four years he spent as First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy’s Secret Service Agent. He was by Mrs. Kennedy’s side for some of the happiest moments as well as the darkest. He was there for the birth of John Jr., and was the agent who courageously ran onto the back of the presidential limousine in the midst of the assassination of President Kennedy on November 22, 1963. Books will be available for purchase and signing at the event, courtesy of Lake Forest Book Store. Register

Lauren Fox, author of “Friends Like Us’’, 7 p.m. Monday, April 30, Cook Library
Join us as we welcome author Lauren Fox to Cook Library! She'll read from her latest novel, "Friends Like Us" which People Magazine has called "a strikingly wise exploration of the bonds people forge and break." Books will be available for purchase and signing at the event, courtesy of Lake Forest Book Store. Register

Aunt Dimity Mystery Author Nancy Atherton,   1 p.m. Friday, May 11, Cook Library
Meet Nancy Atherton, author of the popular cozy mystery series featuring Lori Shepherd and her ghostly Aunt Dimity. Books, including her latest, “Aunt Dimity and the Village Witch.’’ will be available for purchase and signing at the event, courtesy of Lake Forest Book Store. Register

Book Goodie Bag Giveaway With Author Deborah Michel! 7 p.m. Tuesday, May 15, Cook Library Register
Meet author Deborah Michel, a seasoned magazine editor and freelance writer who has written her first novel, “Prosper in Love’’.  Her publisher, Penguin Publishing, is donating several book bags filled with books, which will be given out randomly to patrons attending the evening. In “Prosper in Love,’’ Jamie and Lynn Prosper are one of those magical couples who seem to find in each other all they need. Neither questions the safety of their rock-solid marriage. But when F.X. Donahue, an old college friend of Lynn’s turns up at one of her work-related cocktail parties, tiny chinks in the marriage’s previously unassailable armor start to open. Books will be available for sale courtesy of Lake Forest Book Store.

Lunch with Ann Packer, Noon Wednesday, May 16, Aspen Library
Have lunch with award-winning writer Ann Packer, author of several novels, including "The Dive from Clausen's Pier.” An optional box lunch from Cafe Pyrenees will be provided for $8.00, which must be paid in advance and in person at either Cook Park or Aspen Drive Library. Lunches may be ordered through May 9th. Books for sale and signing will be provided by Lake Forest Book Store. Register

“Nothing Daunted’’ author Dorothy Wickenden, 7 p.m. Tuesday, May 29, Cook Library

Dorothy Woodruff was the grandmother of New Yorker executive editor Dorothy Wickenden. Nearly one hundred years later, Wickenden found the buoyant, detailed, colorful letters her grandmother wrote to her family. Through them, she has chronicled their trials in the classroom, the cowboys and pioneering women they met, and the violent kidnapping of a close friend. Books for sale and signing will be provided by Lake Forest Book Store. Register