Lunch With Books To Welcome Author Jeanne Mozier

On Thursday, June 7 at noon, noted West Virginia author Jeanne Mozier will be featured at Lunch With Books at the Ohio County Public Library in Wheeling as a part of the library’s Wild, Wonderful, & Weird West Virginia Week. An award-winning writer of both fiction and non-fiction, Mozier is the author of the most popular travel book on the state –Way Out in West Virginia, a Must-have Guide to the Oddities and Wonders of the Mountain State, now in its fifth printing. Way Out was voted best book about West Virginia in 2006 by Graffiti. Her coffee-table book with photographer Steve Shaluta, Wonders of West Virginia, was released in November 2005 and is currently in its second printing.

Mozier has more than thirty attractions in the Wheeling area featured in Way Out including the Victoria Vaudeville Theater, Coleman's fish sandwiches and various aspects of Oglebay Institute and Resort. "I found the Northern Panhandle one of the most wonder and oddity rich regions of the state," said Mozier.

Mozier is a regular contributor of general travel articles to several publications and writes about her adopted home state of West Virginia for a variety of publications including Wonderful West Virginia Magazine, Blue Ridge Country, Valley Home and Style and the West Virginia Encyclopedia. She also wrote the only guide to the Eastern Panhandle, Panhandle Paradise, currently out of print. Her short stories are included in three volumes of Tales from the Springs.

Jeanne lives in Berkeley Springs where she has been a well-known figure for 30 years, promoting tourism and the arts. One of her favorite tasks is serving as the Voice of the Apple Butter Festival. Together with her husband Jack Soronen, Jeanne owns and operates the vintage Star Theatre, a neighborhood movie house.

Jeanne also serves on the West Virginia Commission on the Arts. Her service awards include Distinguished West Virginian and in October 2006, a national award as a Classic Woman from Traditional Home magazine. Jeanne holds degrees from Cornell and Columbia universities.

Lunch With Books programs are free and open to the public. Patrons are invited to bring lunch. Free beverages are provided. Please call the library at6 304-232-0244 for more information.