Some authors visiting Triangle bookstores this week:

Flyleaf Books, 752 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., Chapel Hill:

Tuesday at 7 p.m.: Norris Brock Johnson, “Tenryu-Ji: Life and Spirit of a Kyoto Garden.”

Friday at 7 p.m.: Cherie Priest, “The Inexplicables.”

Info: 919-942-7373 or flyleafbooks.com

Regulator Bookshop, 720 Ninth St., Durham:

Wednesday at 7 p.m.: John Noltner, “A Peace of My Mind.”

Thursday at 7 p.m.: Ayad Akhtar, “American Dervish.”

Info: 919-286-2700 or regulatorbookshop.com

Quail Ridge Books & Music, 3522 Wade Ave., Raleigh:

Sunday at 3:30 p.m.: John Noltner, “A Peace of My Mind.”

Monday at 7:30 p.m.: Nathalie Dupree, “Mastering the Art of Southern Cooking.”

Wednesday at 7:30 p.m.: Ayad Akhtar, “American Dervish.”

Saturday at 3 p.m.: Lee Pace, “The Golden Age of Pinehurst: the Story of the Rebirth of No. 2.”

Info: 919-828-1588 or quailridgebooks.com

At Barnes & Noble, 760 S.E. Maynard St., Cary:

Tuesday at 7 p.m., Margaret Maron, “The Buzzard Table.”

Info: 919-467-3866 or barnesandnoble.com√

At Barnes & Noble, 5400 New Hope Commons, Durham:

Info: 919-489-3012 or barnesandnoble.com