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Larry Baker might live in Iowa, but his writing career began in Richland Hills. Baker returns to Texas to do a reading and book-signing at The Link Event and Recreation Center in Richland Hills on November 2. Copies of his latest novel, "From A Distance," will be on sale after his talk.

“Imagine a combination of 'The Lovely Bones' and 'Prince of Tides,'” Baker says, “You will then have 'From A Distance.'”

“I’m especially excited to get back to where I first started writing.“ Baker says.

He is a 1965 graduate of Richland High School and was recently inducted into the RHS Hall of Fame, joining other notable RHS graduates such as writer Sandra Brown and singer Gary Morris. At RHS, he organized the school’s Literary Club and was its first President, as well as being the Senior Class President for the Class of 65. His first novel, "The Flamingo Rising," was a finalist for the Barnes and Noble “Great New Voices” award in 1997 and adapted by Hallmark for a CBS television movie in 2001. Flamingo is taught in public and parochial high schools all over the country, but it is also included in the American Library Association’s list of “Banned Books.”

Baker’s response to his banned status? “Go figure. A Hallmark family movie and too smutty for some people? I can live with that.”

The LINK event will be hosted by Chantele Hancock, Director of the Richland Hills Public Library. “We are thrilled to have the opportunity to host Larry back where he started his journey.” Baker’s other novels include "A Good Man," the sequel to "Flamingo." "A Good Man" was nominated for the Southeastern Independent Booksellers Association Novel of the Year in 2010. Love and Other Delusions (2012) is the story of an older woman/younger man love affair that ends tragically. “Definitely not a Hallmark movie,” Baker admits. His fifth novel, The Education of Nancy Adams, was inspired by his experience of living in Florida. 

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