I am the fundraising event coordinator for the SPCA of Northern VA.
Several days ago I got an email from the District Manager of Borders
Books inviting us to a book signing by Rita Mae Brown.  For those
who don't know of her, she is a prolific writer and animal lover.
She has written a series of mystery books with her tabby cat,
Sneaky Pie, as co-author.  The smartest creatures in the books are
two cats and a dog who can solve the crimes way before the people
do.  

The book signing was last night.  Myself and 2 other SPCA volunteers
had a table next to the speaker's area with information about the group
and the animals we had up for adoption.  Borders was great to us.
Rita Mae Brown's new book is called "Sour Puss" and she talked it
and her other work for a while, as well as answering questions.  
She was very interesting to listen to and seems to have a great
sense of humor.  Quite southern in her style, she told a lot of
stories ending with what her Mama would have to say about it...which
was usually pretty funny.

Borders donated 3 copies of her book, which she signed for us.  We
chatted with her for a while after the signing, and also got to talk
with lots of her fans about our work.

It was a wonderful evening and I wanted to share it.

Debbie
dberry@mitre.org