AN international best-selling chick-lit author, a writer of detective fiction and a Calderdale historical romance novelist will open the book on themselves and their work at the Courier's second literary lunch.
The three popular authors will top the bill at Meet The Authors next month.
The first Courier literary lunch in May was a huge success when weatherman Paul Hudson, Hamish Macbeth creator Marion Chesney and Halifax's own Trevor Simpson, author of pop music book Small Town Saturday Night, took to the stage.
As a result it has been decided to repeat the lunch and the October line-up is set to be a great hit with Courier readers.
Carole Matthews is an international best-selling author of hugely successful romantic comedy novels.
Titles including Let's Meet On Platform 8, The Chocolate Lovers' Club, its sequel The Chocolate Lovers' Diet and Welcome To The Real World have won her legions of fans and critical acclaim all over the world.
Carole has presented on TV and is a regular radio guest and now has sales of more than two million copies.
She is currently published in 24 different countries and her latest book All You Need Is Love about "a single mum and superwoman" has just gone on sale.
Yorkshire-born Andrew Martin qualified as a barrister but after winning The Spectator Young Journalist of the Year award in 1988, he began to follow a writing career.
His first novel, Bilton, was a satire on lifestyle journalism and was followed by The Bobby Dazzlers, a crime novel set in New York.
But it is for his series of historical thrillers, featuring engine driver turned detective Jim Stringer, that he is best known.
The Necropolis Railway, the first in the series, was published in 2002 and followed by The Blackpool Highflyer, for which Andrew came to Halifax for part of his research.
The sixth title, The Last Train To Scarborough is published next year.
Andrew, shortlisted for the Crime Writers' Association Dagger In the Library Award 2008 for the entire series, has also written short stories and two episodes of the Radio Four detective series Baldi, starring David Threlfall.
Linda Hooper lives in Todmorden but will be better known to her followers as Melinda Hammond.
To date she has written a total of 14 historical romance novels, set against backdrops including the Napoleonic Wars and French revolution.
Linda's first novel, Fortune's Lady, was written in 1982 for publishers Robert Hale. Successive romances, Summer Charade and Autumn Bride quickly followed.
Since then she has won a dedicated following of readers. Her most recent novel, Lucasta, a Georgian adventure romance, will be published on September 30.
Linda also writes under the pen name of Sarah Mallory and her first book More Than A Governess, written for Harlequin Mills and Boon, has sold out in America before being released in the UK on Mother's Day next year.
This month also saw Linda publish her first original e-book Moon-shadows, released by Samhain Publishing.
Now is the chance to meet all three authors, listen to them speaking about their careers and buy signed copies of their books.
Meet The Authors, which is sponsored by Finn Gledhill solicitors, takes place at Berties Banqueting Rooms, Elland, on Wednesday, October 22, from 11.30am and includes a three-course Yorkshire lunch.
Tickets at £23.50 per person or £210 for a table of 10, are now on sale at the Courier, King Cross Street, Brighouse Echo, West Park Street, Todmorden News, Fielden Square and Hebden Bridge Times, Crown Street.
Bookings can also be made by ringing with credit/debit card details on 01422 260358.The full article contains 646 words and appears in Evening Courier newspaper.
