Five Prohibition-era gangsters murdered in the basement of a northwest suburban home get together for one more score in THE BLACKENING OF FLESH. And this Saturday, those same ghosts rise again at the Barrington Area Library.

The past won’t stay buried.
Come to the Barrington Author Fair this Saturday from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. to find out more about the book, which was inspired by an actual mass murder. While you’re there, meet these outstanding fiction authors who will also be on hand signing their books:
- Richard Bell, author of LIFE SEEMED GOOD, BUT….
- Bani Bhattacharyya, author of GARLAND OF DILEMMAS
- L.C. Blackwell, author of FOR SALE: MURDER
- Adela Crandell Durkee, author of A SHIP OF PEARL
- Lance Erlick, author of ANDROID CHRONICLES: REBORN
- Martha A. Klemenz, author of THE GATEHOUSE
- Dawn Napier, author of STAR PACK
- Pamela Olander, author of THE DISAPPEARANCE OF FRANK MEISNER
- Marsha Portnoy, author of AFTER TONO’S PARTY
- Georgann Prochaska, author of THE CASE OF THE EX WHO PLOTTED REVENGE
- Laura Quinn, author of PUNK CHARMING
- Anne Grall Reichel, author of THE UNITED FOREST OF KIND
- Cynthia Ripley-Miller, author of THE QUEST FOR THE CROWN OF THORNS
- Edward Schwartz, author of TAPESTRY
- Jean-Michel Smith, author of AUTONOMY
- Sheryl Steines, author of BLACK MARKET
- Christine Todd, author of TORNADO DAYS
- Jeffrey Westhoff, author of THE BOY WHO KNEW TOO MUCH
- Patricia Shinn Wojtowicz and Christine Petersen Street, authors of RELATIVE DISENCHANTMENT
If biographies and memoirs or anything non-fiction are more your speed, then check out these authors:
- Alicia Marcos Birong, author of CHANGING THE CHATTER
- T.D. Arkenberg, author of TWO TOWERS
- Catherine Chifflot, author of ART & CHAKRAS
- Dennis Depcik, author of WOULDN’T IT BE SOMETHING
- Cara Cipolla Kretz, author of DELICIOUS DETOX AND POWER FOODS
- William Marsh, author of MEMORY AS LIFE, LIFE AS MEMORY
- W. Nikola-Lisa, author of DOG EARED: A YEAR’S ROMP THROUGH THE SELF PUBLISHING WORLD
- Jim Proebstle, author of UNINTENDED IMPACT
- Janet Riehecky, author of SHOW ME DINOSAURS
- Susan Marie Schulhof, author of FUN4BABIES
- Ellen Shubart, author of WHAT’S WITH CHICAGO
- Diane Sleger, author of THE GREAT WAR
- Eleanor Anne Sweet, author of THE NEW RULES FOR JOB SEARCH
- Victoria Vestuto, author of A BFF’S GUIDE TO DIVORCE
- Donn Ziebell, author of GORKY: RUSSIA: FIRST MAN IN
And that’s just a sampling of the event’s confirmed names and titles. Last year’s fair hosted almost 50 authors, so you never know who or what you’ll find this Saturday from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. at the Barrington Area Library at 505 N. Northwest Highway.