12.30pm Literary Lunch

Enjoy a delicious M lunch as Ridley Pearson regales you with tales of the writing life. The New York Times bestselling novelist is a master storyteller who has crafted nearly 30 novels, with 10 million copies in print. His crime novels emphasize dazzling investigative detail, and have helped solve two real-life homicides! A member of the “Rock Bottom Remainders” band with fellow writer-musicians Stephen King, Amy Tan and Dave Barry, he also writes for younger readers.