Each year, with the support of the Salem Public Library Foundation and other supporters, Salem Public Library hosts appearances by significant contemporary literary voices. The Modern Voices Author Series brings 3-4 author events to the library each year.

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Author - Former Statesman Journal reporter Dana Haynes 7 p.m. Thursday, September 23 in Loucks Auditorium Free and open to the public Former Statesman Journal reporter Dana Haynes hit the fiction scene in June with a thriller, Crashers, delivering a frenetically paced ride-along with the eccentric team called in to investigate after an airliner goes down between Portland and Salem. Riddled with local references and teeming with eye-popping twists, Crashers is gaining national attention even as Haynes puts the final touches on its sequel, Shadow Crashers. This is a second foray into novel writing for Haynes, who published a three-volume series of cozy mysteries under the pen name Conrad Haynes. Dana spent 20 years in the newsrooms of Oregon newspapers before being named public affairs manager for Portland Community College in 2007. More information about him and his work is available at his website, www.dana-haynes.com. Books will be available for purchase at the event through a partnership with the Willamette Store.