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Author Jeff Benedict to Speak at Lyme Public Library Thursday, November 3 at 7:00 P.M.
The author will talk about his latest book QB: My Life Behind the Spiral: the Autobiography of Hall of Fame Quarterback Steve Young.
Jeff Benedict will speak and sign copies of his latest book QB: the autobiography of Hall of Fame Quarterback Steve Young at the Lyme Public Library on Thursday, November 3 at 7:00 P.M.
Benedict is a New York Times bestselling author, a special features writer for Sports Illustrated, and a television and film producer. He has also written for the New York Times and Los Angeles Times, and his
stories have been the basis for segments on 60 Minutes, 20/20, 48 Hours,Good Morning America, CBS Sunday Morning, the NFL Network, HBO Real Sports and the Discovery Channel. He has written fifteen books on topics ranging from violence against women to a deadly E. coli outbreak to the discovery of a 10,000-year-0ld skeleton in North America.
He is also an executive producer on the forthcoming motion picture film “Little Pink House,” starring Catherine Keener and Jeanne Tripplehorn. The movie is based on his book by the same title, and is the true story of the eminent domain case Kelo v. City of New London that was decided by the U.S. Supreme Court in 2005.
Copies of QB and a selection of Benedict's other books will be available for purchase at the program. This event is sponsored by the Friends of the Lyme Public Library. Please call the library at 860-434-2272 to register or email programreg@lymepl.org.
