College of the Redwoods will present visiting writer J. Lynn Bailey on campus Jan. 29 at 7:00 p.m. in room HU 110.  Doors open at 6:30 p.m.  Bailey will read from her new book “Black Five” and follow with a question and answer session. The reading is free and open to the public.

Bailey’s book “Black Five” is a young adult paranormal romance novel set in the fictional town of Mason, inspired by Ferndale, California.  The book was released in October 2015, and is the first in a series of four books.  The remaining three books are scheduled to be released each following year.

 Bailey has been working as a staff member at CR since the age of 18, and is currently a transcript evaluator there.  She also is a graduate of CR and Humboldt State University.  She is the first visiting writer this year in the CR’s Visiting Writers series. For more information about the reading series, there’s a website at http://www.redwoods.edu/departments/english/visiting-writers/

 For more information about Bailey and the book series, go to her website at http://www.jlynnbailey.com/