You are invited: BOB's third 'An Afternoon with Oklahoma Authors" planned for Saturday, June 13

       

 William Bernhardt and Cheri Fuller have written more than 70 books. Ron Jackson Jr. is considered an expert on the Alamo.

       The three Oklahoma authors will be among at least eight featured during Best of Books' third quarterly “An Afternoon with Oklahoma Authors” from noon to 2 p.m. Saturday, June 13. You are invited to the signing as well as have the opportunity to talk to the authors individually.

       Two-time Oklahoma Book Award winner Bernhardt has written more than 30 books and most recently published “The Black Sentry.” Berhardt is the only person to have won the Southern Writers Gold Medal Award, the Royden B. Davis Distinguished Author Award and the H. Louise Cobb Distinguished Author Award.

Fuller has written more than 40 books. She has been featured as a keynote of parenting conferences and has been a frequent guest on "Focus on the Family," "FamilyLife Today," and other national radio and TV programs. Her most recent books are “What a Girl Needs from Her Mom” and “What a Son Needs from His Mom.”

Jackson's third book “Joe, the Slave Who Became an Alamo Legend,” published by the University of Oklahoma Press, was co-authored by Lee Spencer White, an independent researcher, preservationist, and consultant for the History Channel, Dearg Films, and the BBC. Its foreword was written by singer-songwriter Phil Collins. Jackson is a former award-winning staff writer for The Oklahoman.

Other featured authors at the event will include Duane Cummings, “The Sensational Salesman/A Second Chance Story: Providing a Simple Path to Improving Your Relationships, Career, and Life;” Dr. Brad Robison and Margaret Hoge, “If the Fence Could Talk”; Arlie Isley,  “A Lens on America: Arlie’s Journey Across 50 States”; and Meredith Shafer, “My Pink Champagne Life.”

Joe Hight, president of Best of Books, said the previous two events were successful and shows how much Oklahoma’s literary talent is appreciated in this state.

“The store was packed for our last event in early March, even though a snowstorm postponed it one week. I was amazed,” Hight said. “We are thrilled to have the level of talent for this third one. Each author brings a different type of work and perspective to the event.”

Hight said more authors may be attend the event.

For more information, call Best of Books at 340-9202 or go to www.bestofbooksok.com.