Double book signing to be held at the Ritzville Library

The Ritzville Carnegie Library will be hosting a two-author book signing on Thursday, December 1 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. The featured books are the award-winning “The Burntwater Cook’s Kitchen Guide” by David Michaelson of Harrington and M. M. Athey’s fast-paced new historical fiction book about Ritzville in 1882 entitled “Crab Creek Chronicles: The Beginning.”

Athey’s book is the first of three about the settling of the Washington Territory and focuses on Ritzville’s cowboys, railroad expansion, enterprising business men and women, immigrant farmers, range wars, Indians, gangsters and intense love, often forbidden.

David Michaelson will also have two of his other recently published books available, “Rapscallion Summer” and “The Centauri Intervention.” The first is about David’s adventurous twelfth summer in 1955. The second book is pure science fiction about the dangers, trials and tribulations of deep space travel to Alpha Centauri.

Author readings will be followed by questions from 12:15 to 1:15. Cookies and such will be provided from David’s cookbook recipes. This is a chance to get autographed books by local authors as special gifts for Christmas!