Joe LeValley Author Visit at Mason City Library 📚

What: Author Visit and Book Signing

Presenter: Joe LeValley

Date/Day: 23 March 2024 – Saturday

Time: 10:00 A.M.

Location: Mason City Public Library in the Mason City Room

Description: Mr. LeValley will be speaking about his 2 most recent books The Sophocles Rule and Three Weeks in Winter. He will be signing books. Books will be for sale.

Author bio– Joseph LeValley

January 2024

Joseph LeValley is the author of a series of award-winning mystery/thriller novels.  Featuring a young newspaper reporter based in Iowa, the six published novels have won a dozen awards and honors from competitions in the U.S. and Canada. The most recent, Three Weeks in Winter was named the Best Mystery of 2023 by Maincrest Media, and Best Mystery/Crime of 2023 by the Global Literary Awards. 

Prior to becoming an author, Joe was a reporter-photographer for Iowa newspapers for seven years, covering crime and criminal justice, and writing a variety of other news and feature stories. Subsequently, he worked as an executive in communications and business development for a large healthcare system for more than 30 years. He and his team won four national awards for communications excellence. 

Joe also is a musician and composer. In 2016, he was inducted into the Iowa Rock ‘n Roll Hall of Fame. 

A lifelong Iowan, Joe has a BA in Journalism from Drake University and a Master of Business Administration Degree from the University of Iowa. He and his wife Jane have six children and live in Dallas County, Iowa. 

To learn more, visit his website: josephlevalley.com; and follow him on Facebook and Twitter @josephlevalley.

The books:

Burying the Lede, 2018

Cry from an Unknown Grave, 2020

The Third Side of Murder, 2021

Performing Murder, 2021

The Sophocles Rule, 2023

Three Weeks in Winter, 2023