January Meeting

Wednesday
January 14, 2009
7:00 p.m
Borders Books and Music
91st & Metcalf
Overland Park, KS
Speaker: Norm Ledgin

Visitors Welcome—please join us!

Norm Ledgin will speak about his bestselling book, Diagnosing Jefferson: Evidence of a Condition that Guided His Beliefs, Behavior, and Personal Associations. Described as a “forensic biography,” Diagnosing Jefferson examines Thomas Jefferson, one of the United States’ most brilliant presidents and his many behaviors that match the Asperger’s Syndrome diagnosis. A second book, Asperger’s and Self-Esteem, published in 2002, has been translated for distribution in France.

Norm Ledgin was born Passaic, New Jersey, and holds degrees in journalism and political science from Rutgers University. In the early 1950s, his protests against the nuclear arms race and for civil rights led to Ledgin being blacklisted by the House Un-American Activities Committee. In his long and varied career, he has worked as a journalist, journalism professor, traffic safety manager, and newspaper editor and publisher. The parent of an autistic son, Ledgin is a nationwide speaker on autism, often with Dr. Temple Grandin, NY Times best-selling author of Animals in Translation. He is now semi-retired in Stanley, Kansas.

The meeting begins at 7:00 pm, but members and others are welcome to join us at 5:30 pm at the Macaroni Grill, across the parking lot from Borders.

New Officers
A new year means a new slate of Partners in Crime officers. These members have agreed to serve for 2009:

President: Jill Draper
Program Director: Marie Gerules
Treasurer, Web Maven, and Publicity Chair: Lisa Harkrader
Meeting Reminder Chair: Bobbie Smith
Booking Agent (Bookie for short): Janice Campbell

Upcoming Meetings
February 11, 2009
Our speaker is not yet confirmed, but we promise the program will be terrific.

March 11, 2009
Suzanne Lieurance, The Working Writer’s Coach, will speak about how to become a working freelance writer.

April 8, 2009
Thomas Fox Averill, award-winning author and Writer-in-residence and Professor of English at Washburn University in Topeka, will speak about his writing.

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