FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACT:
Karen Scholz, Library Development Specialist, 239.461.2914, email kscholz@leegov.com

 

AUTHOR OF JESSICA LYNCH BIOGRAPHY HEADLINES LEE COUNTY READING FESTIVAL

FORT MYERS, Fla., November 6, 2003 - For Immediate Release 

            FORT MYERS, Fla., November 6, 2003 – Rick Bragg, author of “I’m a Soldier Too: The Jessica Lynch Story,” will be among the top authors appearing at the 5th Annual Lee County Reading Festival.  The Jessica Lynch biography is due for release on Veteran’s Day next Tuesday, November 11.

            The fifth annual Lee County Reading Festival is scheduled for Saturday, March 13, 2004.  An estimated 20,000 people attended this free, one-day event last year.  The Festival takes place at Centennial Park and Harborside Event Center in downtown Fort Myers, Florida and features international best-selling authors like Bragg, as well as popular local authors and writers from around the state.  Bragg was contracted by Lee County Reading Festival two months ago, and the Festival planning committee is expecting a standing-room-only crowd for the March 2004 event. 

            For more information visit the Lee County Library System web site at www.lee-county.com/library and click on the Lee County Reading Festival link, or call Festival coordinator, Karen Scholz, at (239) 461-2914.

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