Famous Author Holds Book Signing At Local Barnes & Noble

More than 200 fans greeted a New York Times best-selling author at the Barnes & Noble bookstore in Fairless Hills on Friday.

Sherrilyn Kenyon, author of the Dark Hunters series of horror novels, held a book signing for her latest release Retribution.

Fans from across the region flooded the second floor of the local bookstore to hang on the author's every word during an in-depth 40-minute question-and-answer session before the signing.

Also during the event, Rita Fiction Award-winning author Dianna Love hosted a raffle giveaway of signed shirts and posters during the signing.

One raffle winner, Bristol resident Kristan Hardy, was excited to not have only won a T-shirt, but to get to meet one of her favorite writers.

"I love the mythology (she writes in her books) and she writes great, smart female characters," Hardy said.

Hardy was just recently acquainted with Kenyon's Dark Hunter series. In just under one year, Hardy said she read almost every novel in the 20-some book series.

To some of the attendees, the devotion to Kenyon's work goes beyond the pages of her books. Many fans went up to Kenyon branding tattoos of a symbol from her series: two overlapping bows and arrows.

According to the store's assistant manager Jeremy Sodano, the event was the largest book-signing that Barnes & Noble location has ever held. The event was roughly 10 times larger than their usual book tour events, whose average attendance usually ranged between only 20 to 25 people.

"With the growing popularity of digital products on the market, It's definitely exciting to have so many people in the bookstore," Sodano said.