Best-Selling Author J.A. Jance Coming To University Place

You can meet New York Times best-selling author J.A. Jance next month at the University Place Library.

Jance - the mind behind such works as the J.P. Beaumont series, the Joanna Brady series, the Ali Reynolds series and four thrillers about the Walker Family — will talk and sign books in the atrium of the new University Place Civic and Library Building.

“Pierce County Library System is honored to host a talk and book signing with Ms. Jance, which builds on the excitement and enthusiasm for the new library,” said Neel Parikh, executive director for Pierce County Library System. “Residents asked for the Library System to offer more author talks and book signings at the new library, and we are happy to deliver on their request.”

To attend the free event: visit University Place Library for a free ticket. Limit two per person, while supplies last. Friends of the University Place Library are sponsoring this free event. A bookseller will be onsite at 6 p.m. to sell books for the event.

Jance’s newest book in the J.P. Beaumont series—“Betrayal of Trust”—is scheduled to be released July 5, and it will be available at the program. “Betrayal of Trust” is the 20th book in the series that features Seattle investigator Beaumont.

She was born in South Dakota and brought up in Bisbee, Arizona. Jance lives in Seattle, Wash. and Tucson, Ariz.