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JCPL is excited to welcome Edgar Award Winning author and Indiana native Axton-Betz Hamilton to our Authors at JCPL series! Register for tickets at Eventbrite.
“The Less People Know About Us” is a true crime story about stolen identity and growing up in small town Indiana. When she was 11 years old, her parents both had their identities stolen, causing years of family struggles and tension that nearly destroyed them. Through the chaos, Axton learns her own identity was also stolen by someone close to her and “The Less People Know About Us” finds her digging through lies and trying to come to terms with why a loved one could do this to her.
Betz-Hamilton earned a B.S. in agricultural economics and an M.S. in consumer sciences and retailing, both from Purdue University. She also earned a Ph.D. in human development and family studies from Iowa State University and a graduate certificate in family financial planning from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Currently, she is an assistant professor of consumer affairs at South Dakota State University. She and her husband, Robert, have six cats.
This virtual event is set for Wednesday, April 7, 2021 at 6 p.m. Registration opens March 1 at 9 a.m. and is limited to 100 people. After you register, a link to watch the event on Zoom will be sent to you. The first 25 JCPL cardholders to register and virtually attend the event will receive a signed copy of Axton’s new book. Register for tickets at Eventbrite.
“The Less People Know About Us” is available for pre-order through Wild Geese Bookshop at this link.
JCPL is grateful to the Indiana Humanities and Indiana Author Award for sponsoring this event!
Authors at JCPL is a program series that brings popular and award-winning writers from around the country right here to Johnson County, thanks to generous donations to The Johnson County Public Library Foundation. If you would like to help ensure that great programming like this continues to be offered at JCPL, please consider making a donation.