Saturday, September 6, 11am-2pm. Meet author James L. Peters and if you ask he'll read a bit of his book newest book for you. He'll have all of his books for sale and signing.

The Dancer and the Swan comes out August 1.
Deborah Deneaux is dying...

​...but hospice volunteer Pauline Swanson won't let DeeDee's story die with her.
What drove DeeDee from her beloved 1960's New Orleans Creole neighborhood to begin anew in turbulent 1970s San Francisco? What became of her brother after he joined the Black Panthers? How did she end up a single mother in Chicago and retire as a successful business owner?
And most of all--why is her relationship with her son, Raymond, so painfully broken?
As Pauline pieces together DeeDee's remarkable life, she's forced to confront her own. A recovering alcoholic haunted by childhood trauma, Pauline finds strength in DeeDee's resilience--strength she'll need when her own past resurfaces and she's forced to face what has haunted her dreams.

About the Author:

A lifelong Wisconsinite and lover of writing, James began his career in television production and moved on to all forms of marketing and advertising, always with a writing and creative focus. When not writing professionally or creatively, he invested significant time and money along with bandmates pursuing music.
​At the end of 2003, he and his wife Melanie left their careers, sold their home, and joined James's best friend and fellow musician on a multi-year musical focus performing live across Wisconsin (for the first time in their lives in their 30s). It was during that time James wrote his first two novels, Shrugging and Turntable (the latter very loosely inspired by their musical adventures).
​Having shook the music bug out of their systems, they transitioned back to careers. It wasn't until the pandemic and doing a small run of his first two novels that he discovered people seemed to enjoy his novels, and he dove back into his one true, life-long passion.
​He lives with his wife in the beautiful Chippewa Valley of Wisconsin, where he writes fiction, designs board games, and also occasionally does things to earn money.



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Dragon Tale Books, 216 Main St. E, Menomonie, WI, 54751

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