Jane Austen Book Fair on 6/9!

For those of you in the MD area, check this out! I plan on attending!

Jane Austen Society of North America – Washington, DC, Metropolitan Region  

Presents the 

Jane Austen Book Fair 

Saturday, June 9, 2012  

 

  1 to 4 p.m. 

Walt Whitman High School Cafeteria*, Bethesda, MD 

Featuring These Participating Authors: 

       

Sandy 

Lerner 

Margaret 

Sullivan 

Catherine 

Reef 

Janet 

Mullany 

Lori 

Smith 

Amy 

Corwin 

Diana 

Peterfreund 

       

Readings and Author Panel 

Authors’ Book Signings and Sales 

Used-Book Sale featuring a variety of Austen-related Biography, Criticism, 

History and Culture, editions of Austen’s novels, and more!   

(Book sale opens at 2:15, following author panel. Cash and checks only for book purchases) 

ADMISSION IS FREE, and no advance registration is necessary – just come, and bring a friend!   

(No children under 12, please.)  Complimentary beverages and cookies will be provided.   

7100 Whittier Boulevard, Bethesda, MD 20817.  (See directions on back.)  Free parking on-site.  

Updates will be posted at jasna-dc.org; email jasna.dcrc@gmail.com with questions.  *This activity is not 

sponsored by, associated with, or endorsed by Montgomery County Public Schools or Montgomery County Government.   

THIS PROGRAM IS FUNDED IN PART BY A GRANT FROM THE JANE AUSTEN SOCIETY OF NORTH AMERICA. 

Meet Our Participating Authors 

Amy Corwin writes Regency romances and mysteries with a dash of wit.  Among her 

works are the Second Sons Inquiry Agency series, and the Archer Family series, 

combining matchmaking with mystery-solving.  Her fourth book in the latter series 

was just published, and she has a “humorous cozy mystery” coming out this year. 

Sandy Lerner (writing as Ava Farmer) wrote Second Impressions to explore the 

changes to the Darcy family's life, Europe post-Napoleon, and life in late Regency 

England with humor and a love of Austen's language.  She is a farmer, business- 

woman, translator of a book on carriage driving, author of a dictionary of digital audio terminology, 

and Chairman of the Chawton House Library and Center for Early English Women’s Writing. 

Janet Mullany writes funny romantic historical fiction and Regency paranormal stories.  Her 2011 book 

Blood Persuasion, a follow-up to 2010’s Jane and the Damned, begins with Jane Austen confronting 

vampires who are “raising hell in her tranquil village just in time to interrupt Jane’s work on what will 

be her masterpiece.” 

Diana Peterfreund is the author of eight novels for adults and teens, as well as several critically 

acclaimed short stories and non-fiction essays about popular fiction. Her latest novel, For Darkness 

Shows the Stars, is a post-apocalyptic retelling of Jane Austen's Persuasion.  

Catherine Reef is an award-winning author of biographies and nonfiction for young adults.  Her book 

Jane Austen:  A Life Revealed was one of Booklist’s Top 10 Biographies in 2011 and is nominated for the 

2012 Nonfiction Award from the Young Adult Library Services Association.  Among her other works are 

books on the Brontes, Ernest Hemingway, E.E. Cummings, Paul Lawrence Dunbar, and Walt Whitman.   

Lori Smith is the author of a just-published book, The Jane Austen Guide to Life: Thoughtful Lessons for 

the Modern Woman and 2007’s A Walk with Jane Austen: A Journey into Adventure, Love, and Faith, 

winner of the Jane Austen’s Regency World Award for Best Nonfiction. Her books reveal her personal 

connections to Austen on many levels—as a writer, a single woman, and an Anglican. 

Margaret C. Sullivan’s The Jane Austen Handbook was re-released in 2011. Among her other works are 

There Must Be Murder, a novella sequel to Northanger Abbey; the foreword and annotations for 

Girlebooks’ edition of Sense and Sensibility; and the short story “Heard of You” included in the 

anthology, Jane Austen Made Me Do It.   

Driving Directions (Walt Whitman HS, 7100 Whittier Blvd., Bethesda, MD) 

From Virginia:  Take I-495 (the Beltway) across the American Legion Bridge into Maryland.  Take Exit 

39, River Road, toward Washington.  Go approximately 2.5 miles and go LEFT on Whittier Boulevard 

(Whittier comes after Braeburn Pkwy, before Goldsboro Rd.).  Go 0.3 miles to school entrance on LEFT. 

From Maryland:  Take I-495 toward Virginia, and take Exit 39, River Road, toward Washington.  Go 

approximately 2.5 miles and go LEFT on Whittier Boulevard (Whittier comes after Braeburn Parkway, 

before Goldsboro Rd.).  Go 0.3 miles to school entrance on LEFT. 

Public Transportation:  Take Metro to the Bethesda Metro Station.  Take Bus 29 toward Friendship 

Heights.  Exit at Whittier Boulevard and Robinwood Road (about 9 minutes) and walk along Whittier to 

the school.  Check www.wmata.com for service notices or to get directions from your location.