Author Laura Dave to speak at library’s Authors and Illustrators Dinner fundraiserFree

By Mia Ryder-Marks, Columbian staff reporter

Published: August 10, 2024, 6:00am

Lauren Neustadter, from left, Jennifer Garner, Laura Dave, and Josh Singer attend a special screening and discussion of the Apple TV+ limited series "The Last Thing He Told Me" at the 92nd Street Y on Tuesday, April 11, 2023, in New York. (Photo by Christopher Smith/Invision/AP)

Bestselling author Laura Dave will speak at Fort Vancouver Regional Library Foundation’s 22nd Authors and Illustrators Dinner and Silent Auction fundraiser.

The foundation’s signature event will be 5:30 to 9:30 p.m. Oct. 17 at the Hilton Vancouver Washington, 301 W. Sixth St.

Dave is the bestselling author of “The Last Thing He Told Me,” “Eight Hundred Grapes” and “Hello Sunshine.”

“The Last Thing He Told Me” was Goodreads’ Mystery and Thriller of the Year for 2021 and is currently a limited series on Apple TV+.

The event features a silent auction, dinner, author presentation and VIP reception with Dave. Tickets are $120 per person. Limited tickets are available for a private reception with Dave for $30 per person.

Tickets to the Authors & Illustrators Dinner & Silent Auction can be purchased on the foundation’s website, fvrlfoundation.org.

For more information, contact the foundation office at 360-906-4700 or foundation@fvrlfoundation.org.

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