Jamie Ford on being kicked out of the library – and coming back

We are so thrilled that Jamie Ford will join us for this yearโ€™s Opus & Olives. In preparation for the big event, we asked Jamie a couple questions to help fans get to know him better in this #opusexclusive.

Tell us something that people might not know about you.

In junior high I was kicked out of the school library for worshipping the devil. We were actually playing Dungeons & Dragonsโ€”but some concerned parents threatened to protest. Because thatโ€™s where you practice the dark arts, you know, at the library. Ironically, my first book, Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet, is now read in that school. I went back and gave a presentation. No parents complained this time.

Tell us what you love about libraries.

Iโ€™m a little biased here, because I met my wife at that hotbed of swinging-singles activity, known asโ€ฆthe public library. But I also grew up spending countless hours at a lovely Carnegie Library. Now Iโ€™m on the board of our local library foundation here in Great Falls. Itโ€™s like the mob, I just canโ€™t get away.


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