The James V Brown Library Presents:
The Author Gala
This exciting event is the library’s main fundraiser each year. Typically held in the fall, the Gala is an evening full of fun and laughter for a good cause – your public library!
The Gala funds support the library’s mission of being the place to go to learn, connect and grow, and help the library offer programming for all ages.
Featured authors were:
2019 – Lisa See
2018 – Dennis Lehane
2017 – Louise Penny
2016 – Chris Bohjalian
2015 – Ruth Reichl
2014 – Jennifer Weiner
2013 – Lisa Scottoline
2012 – Adriana Trigiani
2011 – Snigda Prakash
2010 – Michael Buckley
2009 – Toni Murden McClure
2008 – Marisa de Los Santos
2007 – Jon and Jona Van Zyle
2006 – (No gala, capital campaign year)
2005 – Adriana Trigiani
2004 – Kathy Reichs
2003 – F. Paul Wilson
2002 – Robert Smith
Tickets are required for this event and may be purchased by calling the library at 570-326-0536.
Sponsors
Friends of the James V. Brown Library
Comfort Keepers Inc.
UPMC Susquehanna
First National Bank – FNB
Fairfield Chrysler-Jeep-Dodge
Gephart Moyer Financial Advisors
Pennsylvania College of Technology
Stephanie T. Calder
Lycoming Centre Presbyterian Church Book Club
Martha M. Gandy
Bas Bleu Book Club
Jane Darrow
Annmarie Phillips
Margie Shaw
Linda Alberts
Christine Johnson
Donna Bastian
Ina Y. McCormick
Thank you to all the wonderful people who helped make the
2019 Author Gala a success!
Bastian Tire & Auto Centers
Beth Moser Designs
Birch & Annmarie Phillips
Bullfrog Brewery
Carol A. Lady
Central PA Tennis Center
Chrissy McGinniss
Christine Johnson
Christine Kaiser
Community Arts Center
Dan A Klingerman
Dana Brigandi
Daniel F. Alters
Diane Pelesh
Dorothy Fisher
Equinox
Ettinger’s Landscaping Services & Garden Center
Faxon Bowling Lanes
Faxon Bowling Lanes
Gloria Z. Greevy
Gold Leaf Frame Shoppe, LLC
In-Balance
Janet McNeil Hurlbert
John M. & Linda Confer
KAOS
Laura Tyler Golf
Lisa Fink Pottery
Lois E. Williams
Melissa Rackish
Olive Garden
Patinaz
Paul & Melissa Starkey
Paul E. Mach
Red Lobster
Rick Mahonski Goldsmith
Robin F. Glossner
Roger Shipley
Saffron Grill
Salon Simone
Sandy Person
Shirley K. Alters
Stephanie Calder
Steve & Theresa Moff
Susquehanna Gallery & Frame Shoppe
The Barrne
The Crazy Tomato
The Franklin Institute
The Glaze to Be
The Sawhorse Café
Tom & Laurie Burkholder
Tony’s Delicatessen & Fresh Meats
Ultimate Express Car Wash & Pet Wash
Wildberry Studios
Williamsport Symphony Orchestra
Wine and Design
