Writer Robert Sugarman will read from his new mystery novel, Deadman’s Float, a Henrietta Brown Mystery, on Saturday, September 20, at 2 pm at the Berlin Free Town Library.
Sugarman sets his novel in a small Vermont town. It’s summer in the 1960s, and his Miss Marple-like protagonist, Henrietta Brown, arrives for her daily swim at a local lake. Much to her horror, she finds a dead man’s body staring at her from underneath the raft. She recognizes him immediately. He’s Al Kaplan, the much disliked President of nearby Kent College. Henrietta then finds herself totally immersed in the investigation.
A native of Syracuse, Sugarman is well known for his work in the theater. His full length plays have been produced at the H. B. Playwrights Foundation, Traveling Stage in Albany,, Oldcastle Theatre, Williamsburg Theatre Project, Southern Vermont College and Actors Alley (Los Angeles). His most recent play, Kaufman’s Barbershop, was produced by Shakespeare & Co. of Lenox, MA, in the summer of 2013. He and his wife, Sally, currently host a weekly radio show, Theatre Talk, on WBTN.
Sugarman has taught at Cazenovia College, Bennington College, SUNY Albany and Southern Vermont College. His other writings include Circus Learning Around the World (2001) and Performing Shakespeare: a Way to Learn (2005).
Come join us for a wonderful literary afternoon with Robert Sugarman. Copies of Dead Man’s Float will be available for purchase. Refreshments will be served.