The next event in the Perry Public Library’s “Discover Space” Adult Summer Reading Program will be happening tonight, and the public is invited to meet a popular local author.

Loretta Ellsworth is an award-winning young adult writer, and she recently wrote a novel aimed more towards adult audiences. Her book is called “Stars Over Clear Lake,” and tells a fictional story centered around a series of events in Clear Lake, Iowa during the 1940’s. Ellsworth will be hosting a discussion of the book tonight in the library’s large meeting room, starting at 6:30 p.m. There is no cost to attend, and no registration is required. To learn more about this and other events in Perry’s Adult Summer Reading Program, stop in or call the library at 515-465-3569.