Community
The Friends of the Library will hold their annual meeting at the City-County Public Library on Monday, January 19th at 7 pm. There will be a short, 30-minute period for refreshments prior to the meeting, and everyone is welcome to attend. Following a short business meeting to outline 2026 activities and announce the newly elected slate of officers, the evening’s speaker, Katherine Reay, will take the stage. Reay is a national bestselling and award-winning author of twelve novels and one non-fiction work.
A Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Northwestern University, her writing has appeared in numerous publications, including Redbook, USA Today, The Daily Beast, Criminal Element, and many more. She holds a master’s degree in marketing from Northwestern University and is also co-founder and host of the What the Dickens Book Club on Facebook and The 10 Minute Book Talk on Instagram. She is a mother of three and lives in Montana with her husband and their dogs. Her latest novel, The English Masterpiece, was released on June 10th, 2025, and centers upon a young woman framed for forging a Picasso found in London’s Tate Gallery in 1973.