Some authors visiting Triangle book stores week:
Flyleaf Books, 752 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., Chapel Hill:
Monday at 7 p.m., Katie Hafner, “Mother, Daughter, Me: A Memoir.”
Tuesday at 7 p.m., Barbara Davis, “The Secrets She Carried.”
Thursday at 7 p.m., Susan Gregg Gilmore, “The Funeral Dress.”
Info: 919-942-7373 or flyleafbooks.com
Regulator Bookshop, 720 Ninth St., Durham:
Tuesday at 7 p.m., Dana Trent, “Saffron Cross: The Unlikely Story of How a Christian Minister Married a Hindu Monk.”
Wednesday at 7 p.m., Jade Sylvan, “Kissing Oscar Wilde.”
Thursday at 7 p.m., Lightsey Darst, “Dance.”
Friday at 7 p.m., Ron MacLean, “Headlong.”
Saturday at 2 p.m., Dean Swinford, “Death Metal Epic.”
Info: 919-286-2700 or regulatorbookshop.com
Quail Ridge Books & Music, 3522 Wade Ave., Raleigh:
Monday at 7:30 p.m., Stuart Woods, “Doing Hard Time.”
Tuesday at 5 p.m., David Wiesner, “Mr. Wuffles!”
Wednesday at 5 p.m., “Adam Gidwitz Chills, “The Grimm Conclusion.”
Thursday at noon and 7:30 p.m., Mary Kay Andrews, “Christmas Bliss.”
Info: 919-828-1588 or quailridgebooks.com
McIntyre’s Books, Fearrington Village Center near Pittsboro:
Saturday at 11 a.m., Susan Gregg Gilmore, “The Funeral Dress.”
Saturday at 2 p.m., Richard A. Serrano, “Last of the Blue and Gray: Old men, Stolen Glory, and the Mystery that Outlived the Civil War.”
Info: 919-542-3030 or fearrington.com/village/mcintyres.asp
Barnes & Noble, 760 S.E. Maynard St., Cary:
Saturday at 4 p.m., Matthew Cody, “Will in Scarlet.”
Info: 919-467-3866 or barnesandnoble.com
Barnes & Noble, 5959 Triangle Town Blvd., Raleigh:
Friday at 7 p.m., Kala Ambrose, “Spirits of New Orleans.”
Info: 919-792-2140 or barnesandnoble.com

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