Stella Hill features hometown author during book signing event Saturday

After Alto ISD’s Mean Sting holds court under those Friday night lights for homecoming this weekend, the Stella Hill Memorial Library continues the festivities with a homecoming of one of its own ‘most valuable players.’

Library officials and volunteers are holding a book signing event for AHS graduate and published author Terra ‘Jeanie’ Blakemore, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Saturday, Sept. 14, at the library. Refreshments will be served.

“We wanted to hold this event during homecoming weekend, since more people would be coming back to their hometown,” library volunteer JayAnna Davis said. “We’d love to see everyone come out, enjoy the library and say hello to one of our own.”

Blakemore will be signing copies of her second novel, titled The Pride Promise, published by Trinity Broadcasting Network. The tome was released worldwide on Aug. 20 and has already been listed on Amazon’s Bestsellers List for Contemporary Christian Fiction.

“Terra has been an avid reader all her life and was always known in school as ‘the girl with her face in a book,’” family friend Janie Daniels said with a laugh. “She’s not only an author, but a professor at TJC and a song writer. We couldn’t be more proud of her.”

Stella Hill Memorial Library is located at 200 San Antonio Road, in downtown Alto.