Northshire Bookstore has arranged for Louise Penny, New York Times bestselling author of the Chief Inspector Armand Gamache novels, to speak at the Holiday Inn Saratoga, Sept. 18 at 7 p.m. She will discuss her latest installment to the Inspector Gamache series, “How the Light Gets in.”

Penny’s debut, “Still Life,” won the John Creasey Dagger and the Arthur Ellis, Barry, Anthony and Dilys awards and was named one of the five Mystery/Crime Novels of the Decade by “Deadly Pleasures” magazine. She was the first author ever to win the Agatha Award for Best Novel four times—for “A Fatal Grace,” “The Cruelest Month,” “The Brutal Telling” (which also received the Anthony Award for Best Novel), and “Bury Your Dead” (which also won the Dilys, Arthur Ellis, Anthony, Macavity and Nero Awards).

Her recent novel, “A Trick of the Light,” received an Independent Literary Award and was named one of the Best Crime Novels of 2011 by The New York Times and Publishers Weekly. Louise lives with her husband, Michael, in a small village south of Montréal.

Tickets to this event cost $35, and include one seat and one copy of the book. Tickets can be purchased online at northshire.com or in person at Northshire Bookstore in Saratoga Springs or in Manchester Center, Vt. Tickets can also be purchased by phone at 802-362-2200 or 800-437-3700 (Manchester location) or 682-4200 or 855-339-5990 (Saratoga Springs location).

For more information on this and other events, visit the Northshire Bookstore Web site at www.northshire.com.


--Jennie