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| Ann B. Ross (photo by Sarah Sneeden) |
ASHEBORO – Miss Julia will lay down the law as author Ann B.
Ross visits Asheboro to talk about her popular series of novels and sign books
at a luncheon hosted by the Friends of the Randolph County Public Library.
Tickets are on sale now for the event, which will take place
at noon Saturday, June 20, at Pinewood Country Club. Tickets are $25 and can be
purchased thru June 11 at the Asheboro, Archdale, Liberty and Randleman public
libraries, and at the Friends of the Library Bookshop in downtown Asheboro.
Miss Julia Lays Down the Law is the most recent of 17
books featuring Miss Julia Springer, an outspoken “woman of a certain age,” and
set in Ross’s hometown of Hendersonville. The previous installment, Miss
Julia’s Marvelous Makeover, debuted at #10 on The New York Times
Bestseller list when it was published in 2014.
The series began in 1999 with Miss Julia Speaks Her Mind,
which went through six printings in the space of a year and was ranked #9 on
the Independent Booksellers’ 76 most highly recommended books for that year. It
also was named to the Barnes & Noble Discover Great New Writers list, and
has been translated into twelve foreign languages.
Ross, mother of two daughters and a son, enrolled at
UNC-Asheville when she became an empty-nester to complete her Bachelors degree.
She went on to earn a Ph.D. in English at UNC-Chapel Hill, and returned to
UNC-Asheville to teach literature and humanities.
She published her first novels, two paperback mysteries, in
the early 1980s, and embarked on a full-time writing career with the
publication of the first Miss Julia book.
Pinewood Country Club is located at 247 Pinewood Road in
Asheboro. For more information, call 318-6801.
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