Gwinnett Daily Post

Tuesday

David C. Tucker, author of "The Women Who Made Television Funny: Ten Stars of 1950s Sitcoms," will discuss and sign his work at 7:15 p.m. Tuesday at the Decatur Library, 215 Sycamore St. in Decatur. The free event is sponsored by the Georgia Center for the Book. Call 404-370-8450, ext. 2225 or visit www.georgiacenterforthebook.org.

Wednesday

Arnold Rampersad, author of "Ralph Ellison: A Biography," will discuss and sign his work at 7:15 p.m. Wednesday at the Decatur Library, 215 Sycamore St. in Decatur. The free event is sponsored by the Georgia Center for the Book. Call 404-370-8450, ext. 2225 or visit www.georgiacenterforthebook.org.

Thursday

Ron Rash, author of "Chemistry and Other Stories," will discuss and sign his work at 7:15 p.m. Thursday at the Decatur Library, 215 Sycamore St. in Decatur. The free event is sponsored by the Georgia Center for the Book. Call 404-370-8450, ext. 2225 or visit www. georgiacenterforthebook.org.

May 28

Khaled Hosseini, author of "A Thousand Splendid Suns," will discuss and sign his work at 7 p.m. May 28 at the Cole Fine Arts Auditorium at Georgia Perimeter College campus, located at 555 N. Indian Creek Drive in Clarkston. The free event is sponsored by the Georgia Center for the Book. Call 404-370-8450, ext. 2225 or visit www.georgiacenterforthebook.org.

May 29

Marisha Pessl, author of "Special Topics in Calamity Physics," will discuss and sign her work at 7 p.m. May 29 at the Decatur Library, 215 Sycamore St. in Decatur. The free event is sponsored by the Georgia Center for the Book. Call 404-370-8450, ext. 2225 or visit www. georgiacenterforthebook.org.

May 31

Join the Gwinnett Daily Post Book Club as we discuss "A Tale of Two Sisters" by Anna Maxted at 7 p.m. May 31 at the meeting room at the Collins Hill Library, located at 455 Camp Perrin Road in Lawrenceville. The event is free. Call Rachael Mason 770-963-9205, ext. 1324.

June 2

The 43rd Annual Georgia Author of the Year Awards will be held June 2 in room 400 of the KSU Center on the campus of Kennesaw State University,

1000 Chastain Road in Kennesaw. Dinner will be held at 6 p.m., with the ceremony to follow at 7:30 p.m. Tickets for dinner are $40 and reservations are required. The ceremony is free. Call Lisa Russell at 770-420-4736.