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Brokeback Mountain author auctions character name
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Contributed by: Elizabeth Baugher on 4/12/2006
The Jefferson County Library Foundation has announced the addition of two more character naming-rights to their Rare and Novel Night auction from award winning author Annie Proulx and local mystery writer Robert Greer.
The seventh annual social and charity event on Friday, April 21, will allow guests to bid on the opportunity to name a character after themselves or anyone of their chosing in an upcoming novel from Brokeback Mountain author Annie Proulx. The book, now well known for the movie that won three Oscars in 2006, is one of many Proulx has penned. She also wrote Shipping News, which won the Pulitzer Prize for fiction.
Robert Greer is an author of short stories and medical thrillers, living in Denver. Greer is a professor at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center and a specialist in head and neck pathology and cancer research. He is will known for the CJ Floyd series, the latest of which is Resurrecting Langston Blue.
Bidders at Rare and Novel Night will also have the chance to vie for character name-rights in upcoming books from authors Sandra Brown ( White Hot, Hello, Darkness and The Crush) and Michael McGarrity ( Nothing But Trouble, Slow Kill and Everyone Dies).
Other exciting auction items include a week-long yacht voyage in the West Indies, dinner for two at The Fort with transportation to and from the restaurant by helicopter, champagne breakfast hot air balloon ride for two, a slot in the National Western Stock Show's 2007 mutton bustin' event, speed racing in a Z28 Camaro at Bandimere Speedway and much, much more.
The evening includes a sit-down dinner, cash bar and live music. Proceeds from the event benefit the Jefferson County Library Foundation and the Traveling Children's Library, a service that brings books, programs and materials to needy children of Jefferson County. Festivities begin at 5:30 p.m. on April 21 at the Lakewood Country Club, 6800 W. 10th Ave.
Call the Jefferson County Library Foundation at 303.275.2240 for reservations - $65 per person with the option to reserve a table of eight for $480.
