Phoenix Public Library, Phoenix, AZ. -- October 14, 2009 -- Mesquite Library will host a free reading with mystery author Carolyn Hart from 3 - 4:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 5 at 4525 Paradise Village Parkway North.

Hart is the creator of the popular "Death on Demand" mystery series and author of the Pulitzer Prize-nominated novel "Letter from Home." She is the recipient of numerous awards for her fiction and is the only author to be nominated seven times for the Agatha Award. A signing of her latest novel, "Merry, Merry Ghost," will follow the program.

The author reading is sponsored by the Friends of the Phoenix Public Library, Mesquite Chapter and The Poisoned Pen.

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