Louise Butler, author of I Shall Wear Ivory and Jet, will be making a presentation about the First Ladies of the United States at John Knox Village on January 27 at 3 p.m. Since I Shall Wear Ivory and Jet dropped last spring, Butler has presented lectures on both the book and our First Ladies to groups and conventions across the country. She will be traveling to Perry, Georgia in March as the featured author for a national book club.

The book represents a lifetime of reading, three years of intense research and two years of equally intense writing, including a quick re-write upon the death of First Lady, Rosalynn Carter.

I Shall Wear Ivory and Jet is obviously a work of fiction. How else does one get all these ladies together in one room? But that does not mean that the women and every detail of their lives is not meticulously researched. In Butler's scenario the ladies are gathering for their daily tea. Today’s topic is the mysterious—but certain—addition to their group, a woman who is scheduled to arrive that day. While waiting, they engage in conversations that reveal their past, their choices, and the men who placed them in this room.

Butler's fourth book is an example of where a curious and clinical mind can take a person.

About Louise Butler

Louise Butler is the author of four books: I Shall Wear Ivory and Jet; That Blaisdell Blood: a Novel; They Called Her Gloriana (all historical fiction) and Beating the Bell Curve (nonfiction). Butler also co-authored a science text for Glencoe/McGraw-Hill. She has made presentations to hundreds of people at dozens of conferences, including the Global Summit on Science and Science Education in San Francisco.

Butler has most recently been published in Lungers, Lawdogs, and Legends: Boomtown Tales of Silver and Blood (Saddlebag Dispatches Anthologies), Utopia, Alien Dimensions, Metamorphosis Magazine, Cricket Magazine, and six issues of Chicken Soup for the Soul. With a background in both science and economics, Butler likes research and data as much as she likes chocolate. Louise uses her love of research to indulge the story-telling inheritance of her Sámi ancestors. She can be contacted at 9800 N. Seminary Rd. # 44, Edinburg, TX 78541; telephone: (314) 724-7399; email: louisebutler@earthlink.net