Erik Larson, bestselling author of DEVIL IN THE WHITE CITY will visit the Los Gatos Library on the evening of Thursday, May 17. Mark your calendars now! It's an event you won't want to miss. More details will follow.
Erik Larson is the author of three New York Times bestsellers, including The Devil in the White City, which remained on the Times' hardcover and paperback lists for a combined total of over three years. It won an Edgar Award for nonfiction crime writing and was a finalist for a National Book Award; the option to make a movie of the book was acquired in November 2010 by Leonardo DiCaprio. Erik's new book, In the Garden of Beasts, will arrive in bookstores May 10, 2011. Publishers in Britain, France, Australia, New Zealand, Poland and Hungary have already acquired rights to publish the book abroad.