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Author Deborah Goodrich Royce

2026-03-07 14:00:00 2026-03-07 15:00:00 America/New_York Author Deborah Goodrich Royce Join us when author Deborah Goodrich Royce visits to discuss her latest novel, <i>Best Boy</i>. Middleburg Heights Branch - Meeting Room A/B (120)

Saturday, March 07
2:00pm - 3:00pm

Add to Calendar 2026-03-07 14:00:00 2026-03-07 15:00:00 America/New_York Author Deborah Goodrich Royce Join us when author Deborah Goodrich Royce visits to discuss her latest novel, <i>Best Boy</i>. Middleburg Heights Branch - Meeting Room A/B (120)

Middleburg Heights Branch

Meeting Room A/B (120)

Join us when author Deborah Goodrich Royce visits to discuss her latest novel, Best Boy.

About the author:

Deborah Goodrich Royce’s Reef Road, a national bestseller and Indie Next pick, was named one of the best books of the year by Kirkus Reviews. Ruby Falls won the Zibby Award for Best Plot Twist, and Finding Mrs. Ford was hailed by Forbes and Good Morning America. At the Ocean House Author Series, Deborah interviews writers ranging from Katie Couric to Sarah Ferguson, Duchess of York. With fellow authors Luanne Rice and Amy Scheibe she leads the Deer Mountain Writers’ Retreat. She writes a book column for Hey Rhody and Providence Monthly magazines and began her career as an actress on All My Children and story editor at Miramax Films.

Deborah holds a BA in modern foreign languages and two honorary doctorates of humane letters from Lake Erie College and the University of Rhode Island. With her husband, Chuck, Deborah restored the Avon Theatre, Ocean House Hotel, Deer Mountain Inn, United Theatre, Martin House Books, and numerous Main Street revitalization projects. She is a trustee of New York Botanical Garden.

In Best Boy, Viveca Stevenson has it all: a handsome and successful husband, an adorable ten-year-old son, and a coastal dream house in Greenwich, Connecticut. She has a solid group of girlfriends and is content with the afterglow of the film career she’s left behind. But when a threatening letter arrives—from a man she does not remember—it cracks open a part of her past she thought was buried for good.

A terrifying chain of events is set in motion, forcing Viveca to confront what happened on a shattering Halloween night in high school when she had a different name, a different face, a different voice. Who is the man contacting her now and was he really the best boy on her most famous film, Misty? Why can’t she remember him—or that night?

Books will be available for purchase courtesy of Mac's Backs - Books on Coventry.

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Middleburg Heights Branch

mdhmgr@cuyahogalibrary.org
Phone: 440.234.3600
Fax: 440.234.0849
Branch manager
Ronald Block

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Mon, Mar 02 9:00AM to 9:00PM
Tue, Mar 03 9:00AM to 9:00PM
Wed, Mar 04 9:00AM to 9:00PM
Thu, Mar 05 9:00AM to 9:00PM
Fri, Mar 06 9:00AM to 5:30PM
Sat, Mar 07 9:00AM to 5:30PM
Sun, Mar 08 1:00PM to 5:00PM

About the branch

First opened in 1969, the Middleburg Heights Branch moved into a new building in 2018, which features public meeting rooms, a special sensory friendly children’s area, quiet study rooms and a full-service drive-up window.

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Sat, Mar 07, 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Meeting Room A/B (120)
Join us when author Deborah Goodrich Royce visits to discuss her latest novel, Best Boy.

Mon, Mar 09, 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Children's Activity Room (12)
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