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| A Pittsburgh Holiday Tradition, the 10th Annual Book Fair -- Visitors Can Meet More than 60 Authors and Complete Their Holiday Shopping at This Free Event |
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Senator John Heinz History Center
will help kick off the holiday season with its 10th Annual Holiday Book Fair on
Sat., Dec. 3, 2011, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Busy Heinz History Center book fair
Visitors will have the chance to purchase signed copies of books and mingle with more than 60 of their favorite local authors, among them Mark Miner, founder/webmaster of Minerd.com, and the author of Well At This Time.
Notable authors attending include:
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Dave Crawley, KDKA-TV personality
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Rob Rogers, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette cartoonist
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Art Rooney, Jr., author of Ruanaidh
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Dr. Peter Keim, noted flag expert and co-curator of the History Center’s Stars & Stripes: An American Story exhibition
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Andy Russell, former Pittsburgh Steelers linebacker (1963-1976)
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Jim O’Brien, noted Pittsburgh sports historian and author
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Gwyn Cready, award-winning romance novelist
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John Brewer, African American historian
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Brian O’Neill, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette columnist
Featured subjects include: sports, Pittsburgh and regional history, personal improvement, children’s stories, military, cooking, fiction and non-fiction, Civil War history, African American history, glass, poems, travel, and oral history.
In addition to the Book Fair, visitors can enjoy the History Center’s six floors of exhibition space, including its newest exhibit, Stars & Stripes: An American Story, which details the stories of the people behind the more than 200 year history of our nation’s flag.
The award-winning History Center Museum Shop will be open for holiday shopping and offers chic gifts, retro toys, and unique jewelry that complement more than 250 years of Western Pennsylvania culture on display at the History Center.
Authors scheduled to attend: |
| Susan Helen Alder | Dalel Khalil | Sydelle Pearl |
| Janice Auth | Frank Kordalski, Jr. | Douglas Robinson |
| Mary Anne Barnes | Anita Kulina | Rob Rogers |
| Stuart Boehmig | Paul LaViolette | Arthur Rooney Jr. |
| John Brewer | Stella LaViolette | Andy Russell |
| Brian Butko | Richard LeBeau | Marcia Russotto |
| Andrew Conte | Lillie Leonardi | Beth Schiemer |
| Dave Crawley | Anne Madarasz | George Skornickle |
| Gwyn Cready | Debbie Mancini-Wilson | Quintin Skrabec |
| Todd DePastino | Andy Masich | Gregory Spalding |
| Vladimir Drobashevsky | Roy McHugh | Cassandra Vivian |
| Mary Lou Ellena Wygonik | Tracy Mercier | Craig Wagner |
| Denise Fantazier | Meredith Mileti | David Wagner |
| William Lamar Fortson | Mark Miner | Sylvia Wagner |
| Elnora Agnes Fortson | Nancy Mramor, Ph. D. | Brian Weakland |
| Debbie Frye | D.J. Mun-Blanchato | Kyle Weaver |
| George Guido | David Nabhan | Michael Williams |
| Stephen Haluszczak | Jim O’Brien | Kimberly Zylinski |
| James G. Hollock | Priscilla Oehl | Authors from Trib Total Media |
| Dr. Peter Keim | Brian O’Neill |
Where: Senator John Heinz History Center – 5th floor, 1212 Smallman Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15222.