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SUMMARY:Meet the Author - Jeffrey D. Briggs
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CONTACT:Carla Rumsey\, 517-726-1362\, vermontvillelibrary@yahoo.com
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DESCRIPTION:Come and enjoy hors d'oeuvres\, meeting the author\, visiting\
 , book signing and maybe even a power point presentation by the author. Br
 ing your books to be signed or we will have some on hand for purchase as w
 ell. \nMore details to come.\nAbout the Author\nA native of Vermontville\,
  Mich.\, Jeffrey D. Briggs graduated from Maple Valley High School in 1974
 . He learned to sail on Thornapple Lake by taking a how-to-sail book and a
  small boat and pushing out into the lake. Jobs as a carpenter\, a carniva
 l barker\, delivering sailboats to the Caribbean\, and as a deck hand on c
 ommercial fishing boats off the West Coast prepared him for a career as a 
 professional journalist and writer. Of course\, he also attended Lake Supe
 rior State College in Sault Ste. Marie\, Mich.\, and the University of Den
 ver to help him better understand the rules of writing: things like dangli
 ng modifiers\, Oxford commas and character arcs. He has been writing about
  boats and the waterfront since he moved onto his sailboat over forty year
 s ago. DEADLY TIES is the third book in the Waterfront Mystery series. Boo
 k one in the series\, OUT Of the Cold Dark Sea\, was published in 2019\; a
 nd book two\, WITHIN A SHADOWED FOREST\, in 2020. As a journalist\, Jeffre
 y has published over 400 articles in regional and national magazines. A lo
 ng-time resident of Seattle\, Wash.\, he took a detour in life and moved t
 o Rochester\, Minn.\, where he became a biomedical science writer for Mayo
  Clinic\, and got to preview all his future diseases. He was also able to 
 spend many happy times exploring the North Shore of Lake Superior. When he
  could no longer see out his office window because of snow drifts\, he ret
 urned back to the Pacific Northwest\, dropping anchor in Richmond Beach\, 
 a small community on the shores of Puget Sound. He now lives on land with 
 his wife and dog and can often be found walking the shores of Puget Sound\
 , wondering what secrets lie hidden beneath those cold waters.
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LOCATION:108 N Main St Vermontville\, MI 49096-9436
URL:https://www.vmtlib.michlibrary.org/meet-the-author-jeffrey-d-briggs-2
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