The Book Shelf in Tryon will host a signing to launch the new novelette of author Susan McNabb on from 2-4 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 4, at 86 N. Trade St.

McNabb, of Tryon, along with Corey C. McNabb, an Asheville painter who illustrated the book, titled “The Vampire of Waller County” by Suki McMinn (Susan’s pen name for fiction) will greet visitors during the event.

“While I wrote the book, I asked my brother, Corey, to paint Nathan Waller, my main character, and to turn the painting into a book cover,” Susan said. “He painted the perfect portrait.”

Now available on Amazon, “The Vampire of Waller County” is book one in the Hogback Series, and is set in a fictional small town in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains.

Susan grew up in Asheville, and Corey is an Asheville native. Both returned to western North Carolina after living in Los Angeles, where Susan worked as a model and commercial actor, and Corey worked in the art department for films, TV shows and commercials.

For more information, people may visit sukimcminn.com and mcnabbfineart.com.

– Submitted by Susan McNabb