**PLEASE NOTE THIS IS A VIRTUAL PROGRAM THAT WILL TAKE PLACE VIA ZOOM. Registrants will receive a link to access the Zoom Webinar via email.**

Anthony Award-nominated and National Indie Excellence Award Winner James T. Bartlett will discuss his true crime book, The Alaskan Blonde: Sex, Secrets and the Hollywood Story That Shocked America. Known as "the most beautiful woman in Alaska," Diane Wells was bruised and bloodied when she screamed for help in the early hours of October 17, 1953. Her wealthy husband Cecil had been shot dead, and she claimed they were victims of a brutal home invasion. Police were suspicious, and began to search for her alleged lover, black musician Johnny Warren. A sex scandal in far-off Alaska shocked the readers of Newsweek and Life, and this book reexamines the flawed investigation and learns of new evidence about "the most notorious and baffling murder in the history of Fairbanks." James T. Bartlett has written for the Los Angeles Times, BBC, Crime Reads, Frommers, SFGate, Hemispheres, The Guardian and Variety among others, and he is also the author of the three Gourmet Ghosts alternative guides to the history, architecture, crimes and ghost stories of Los Angeles. 

Register directly on Zoom HERE. Sponsored by the Friends of the Library and Corning Community Impact & Investment.

RECORDING NOTE: This program will NOT be recorded.

SUMMER READING CHALLENGE: Don't forget to sign up for our Adult Summer Reading Challenge. You do not need to be a Tewksbury library cardholder -- you can enter from anywhere in the world. Every day you read (no matter what you read or for how long), you'll receive an online raffle ticket to win 1 of 10 $50 gift card prizes. 1 of the prizes is a $50 gift card to Bookshop.org. To sign up, visit HERE. Learn more about the challenge HERE.

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