The Fort Vancouver Regional Library Foundation’s annual Authors and Illustrators dinner and silent auction will be held Wed., Nov. 12, at the Hilton-Vancouver. The silent auction begins at 5 p.m. and the dinner and program start at 7 p.m.
Diana Gabaldon, author of the “Outlander” series of novels, will be the keynote speaker. Tickets are $75 each, and tables of 10 are available for $750. There also are a limited number of tickets for a private reception Gabaldon before the dinner for $50 per person.
Tickets may be purchased at the foundation’s website www.fvrlf.org or by calling the foundation at (360) 906-4700.
Proceeds from the dinner and silent auction will be used to support Fort Vancouver Regional Library District’s programs and services.
Gabaldon has sold more than 26 million books worldwide. They have been published in 34 languages in 38 countries. Her books have won critical acclaim with their crossover appeal, according to a news release from the Library Foundation.
Salon.com describes the Outlander series as “the smartest historical sci-fi adventure-romance story every written by a science Ph.D with a background in scripting,” according to the news release. The eighth novel in the series, “Written in My Own Heart’s Blood,” was released last June and became a New York Times bestseller.
Attention for the Outlander series has soared since the television adaptation premiered on the Starz network in August. The TV adaptation has been spearheaded by Ronald D. Moore, of “Battlestar Galactica” and “Star Trek” fame.
For more information about the Authors and Illustrators dinner, contact the FVRL Foundation office at (360) 906-4700 or foundation@fvrl.org.
