Young adult author Dawn Metcalf

Dawn Metcalf, a Connecticut author of dark, quirky and sometimes humorous young adult fiction, will discuss her fourth book, “Insidious,” on Saturday, Jan. 23 as part of the Tolland Public Library Foundation’s popular Eaton-Dimock-King Authors Series.
Metcalf, whose book is the third in her series known as “The Twixt,” will speak and sell and sign her books at 11 a.m. in Conference Room A of Tolland Town Hall at 21 Tolland Green.
The young adult novel tells the tale of Joy Malone, her mysterious boyfriend, Indelible Ink, and his twin sister, Invisible Inq. In “Insidious,” Joy finds that true evil is quiet, patient and insidious as she goes on a dangerous mission to find a forgotten door between the Twixt and the human worlds. The story is filled with unseen enemies, treasonous magic and an unthinkable betrayal.
A Chicago native who now lives in northern Connecticut, Metcalf is the author of “Luminous,” a young adult paranormal fantasy, and “Indelible,” “Invisible” and now “Insidious” in the Twixt series. She says she likes to write about fairy tales, myths and sharp, pointy objects.
The talk is free and open to the public, but registration is required. To register, call the Tolland Public Library at 860-871-3620.
Library patrons can also register for this program and others by going to the Tolland Public Library’s home page at www.tolland.org/library and clicking on Online Library Events Calendar, located in the middle of the page. Scroll down to the date of the event, click on register and fill out the form. Those who register will be sent an email reminder before Jan. 23.
Since 2010, the author series, funded by the Phoebe Dimock King and Elizabeth C. King Eaton Endowment, has brought writers Caragh O’Brien, Dan Barry, Denis Horgan, Susan Campbell, Cindy Rodriguez, Susan Schoenberger, Jeff Goldberg, Lucy Anne Hurston, Jane Haddam, Ken Davis and P.W. Catanese to town.