Christopher Valen is a St. Paul resident and the author of the award-winning John Santana police procedural mystery series. The main character of the series is a Columbian-born Homicide Detective in the St. Paul Police Department. Christopher, himself, is a graduate of the Citizen’s Academy at the Ramsey County Sheriff’s Department. He will talk about his writing and teaching experience and the books in his series, with time for Q&A. For adults. This event will be held in the Library. Registration requested but not required. A Legacy event. Co-sponsored by the Friends of the Howard Lake Library.