National best-selling mystery author J.A. Jance visited last week during and event hosted by the Kitsap Regional Library Foundation.

Jance, whose mysteries include the series featuring Seattle detective J.P. Beaumont and Arizona Sheriff Joanna Brady, visited on March 4 for KRL’s Author! Author! event. The program series brings in local authors to facilitate a conversation with visiting authors.

The host author was Seattle mystery writer Bernadette Pajer, who has penned the Professor Bradshaw mysteries and is a member of the Seattle 7 Writers group.

All proceeds benefit the Kitsap Regional Library.