Bestselling author to speak at Benton City library Feb. 11

Mid-Columbia author Patricia Briggs will give a talk and sign books at the Mid-Columbia Libraries’ Benton City branch on Feb. 11.

The talk and book signing is part of the 10-year birthday celebration for the Benton City branch, located at 810 Horne Drive.

Briggs is the New York Times bestselling of the Mercy Thompson series, an urban fantasy with 8 novels to date, with the next one due out this spring. Briggs started out writing traditional fantasy novels and has 17 titles to her name overall.

The event starts at 4 p.m. and is free and open to the public. There will also be performances by the Three Rivers Dulcimers and Kiona-Benton City High School jazz band as well as refreshments.

This story was originally published February 10, 2016 at 6:18 PM with the headline "Bestselling author to speak at Benton City library Feb. 11."