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.

Our Most Recent Author Event...

New York Times bestselling author of Open House and The Last Time I Saw You  Elizabeth Berg 7 p.m. Friday, April 8 in Loucks Auditorium  Tickets: $5 in advance/$7 at the door On sale now at all Library Circulation Desks Elizabeth Berg is the author of many bestselling novels as well as two works of nonfiction. Open House was an Oprah’s Book Club selection, Durable Goods and Joy School were selected as ALA Best Books of the Year. Talk Before Sleep was short-listed for an Abby Award. Her bestsellers also include The Year of Pleasures, The Day I Ate Whatever I Wanted, and Dream When You’re Feeling Blue. This event will help to launch Ms. Berg's latest offering, Once Upon a Time, There Was You, due for release on April 5. The author, who worked as a nurse for 10 years before becoming a full-time writer, is popular with readers for her powers of observation and detailed descriptions. According to Entertainment Weekly, "Berg's writing is to literature what Chopin's etudes are to music--measured, delicate, and impossible to walk away from until their completion." Ms. Berg has been honored by both the Boston Public Library and the Chicago Public Library and is a popular speaker at various venues around the country. She lives near Chicago. For more on Elizabeth Berg, visit her online: Elizabeth Berg Once Upon a Time, There Was You and other books by Elizabeth Berg will be available for purchase at the event. More information is available from the Information/Reference Desk at 503-588-6052.