Famous Names at the DCL

While perusing our archives (which we do frequently), we realized that the DeWitt Community Library has hosted some pretty big names in the writing world, so we thought it would be fun to look back at a few of them.

In 1975, for example, the Onondaga County Library System sponsored a visit by Matt Christopher, who has written over 100 children's sports novels that have sold almost 6 million copies. Some of his titles, available at the DeWitt Library, are: Catch That Pass!, The Dog That Pitched a No-Hitter, Mountain Bike Mania, and most recently a book called Dirt Bike Racer.

We have also had Alyssa Satin Capucilli visit us twice. Capucilli writes a popular series of children's books featuring Biscuit the Dog. She came to talk about the process of publishing a picture book in 2002 and then again in 2005, and stayed to enjoy refreshments and sign books afterwards. Her titles include: Biscuit Finds a Friend, Mrs. McTats and Her Houseful of Cats, Biscuit Visits the Big City, and of course the original Biscuit.

Most recently, we have had visits from Miriam Grace Monfredo and Tamora Pierce. Monfredo, author of the popular Glynis Tryon series, read from her work in January of 2006, when her book North Star Conspiracy was chosen as the CNY Reads novel for that year; and Pierce, who writers Young Adult fantasy novels, some of which comprise her Circle of Magic series, gave a reading and signed books in May of 2007.

Click on the pictures to see full-size photos of our big-name guests. All the books mentioned in this entry are available at the DeWitt Community Library.