The Warren County Public Library will be hosting Terri Blackstock on Thursday, May 12 at 6:00 p.m.

Terri Blackstock is a New York Times best-seller, with over six million copies sold worldwide.   In 1994 Terri was writing for publishers such as HarperCollins, Harlequin, Dell and Silhouette, when a spiritual awakening drew her into the Christian market. As she was praying about her transition, she went on a cruise and noticed that almost everyone on the boat (including her) had a John Grisham novel. It occurred to her that some of Grisham’s readers were Christians, and that if she wrote a fast-paced thriller with an added faith element, she might just find her niche. As God would have it, Christian publishers were showing interest in the suspense genre, so she quickly sold a four-book series to Zondervan. Since that time, she’s written over thirty Christian titles, most of them suspense novels.

Besides entertaining her readers, Terri tackles issues that she hopes will change lives. Her recent book, Predator, was inspired by her experiences on Facebook and Twitter, and her concern that people posted too much personal information about themselves. The book deals with an online predator who uses social networks as his playground. She hopes the book will change readers’ online habits.

Due to space limitations, this event will be held at the Christ Episcopal Church activity hall next door to the Main Library.  The event is free and open to the public, but tickets are required for admittance.  For free tickets visit any library location or email Jayne Pelaski at jaynep@warrenpl.org.  For more information, call 270-781-4882 or visit: www.warrenpl.org.