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M A R K YO U R C A L E N DA R BOOK IT THURSDAY, APRIL 28, 7:45 P.M. Best-selling novelist and Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist ANNA QUINDLEN will appear at Mt. Hebron Middle School as part of the Montclair Public Library’s Open Book/Open Mind series. She will be discussing and reading from her latest novel, Miller’s Valley. ■ Mt. Hebron Middle School, 173 Bellevue Ave. in Upper Montclair. Free admission; advance reservations necessary. For this and additional information, visit montclairlibrary.org, or call 973-744-0500, x2235. WEDNESDAY, MAY 18, 7 P.M. As part of the library’s With the Author series, a partnership with Watchung Booksellers, healthcare chaplain and local author KAREN KAPLAN will talk about her book, Encountering the Edge: What People Told Me before They Died. Kaplan, one of the first female rabbis ordained worldwide, spent seven years as a hospice chaplain; her book is an outgrowth of the conversations she had with hospice staff members and patients. ■ Montclair Public Library, 50 South Fullerton Ave. in Montclair. Free admission; advance reservations recommended. Visit montclairlibrary.org, or call 973-744-0500, x2235. MONDAY, MAY 2, 6 P.M. You may know him as a New York Giants Hall of Famer and morning talk show co-host, but MICHAEL STRAHAN is also an author. Strahan, a former Montclairian, will be at the Yogi Berra Museum to sign copies of his latest book, Wake Up Happy: the Dream Big, Win Big Guide to Transforming Your Life. ■ The Yogi Berra Museum & Learning Center, 8 Yogi Berra Drive on the Montclair State University Campus in Little Falls. For additional information, visit yogiberramuseum.org, or call 973-655-2378. Michael K . Deenihan, D.D.S. Family and Cosmetic Dentistry 148 Central Ave Montclair, N.J. 07042 30 MONTCLAIR MAGAZINE MAY 2016 (973) 744-9330 www.DeenihanDDS.com PHOTOS AND BOOK COVERS COURTESY OF AUTHORS; MICHAEL STRAHAN: NORTH JERSEY MEDIA GROUP Home to a number of journalists and authors, not to mention a state university, Montclair has always been a magnet for both writers and readers. Local book lovers will have opportunities this spring to meet a wide range of authors in town to discuss their latest works. Here’s a sampling: