Best-selling author Eric Jerome Dickey will discuss his writing career and latest works during “An Evening with Eric Jerome Dickey,” Wednesday, July 14 at 6 p.m. at the Madame Walker Theatre Center, 617 Indiana Ave.

Dickey’s novels have placed him on the map as one of the best writers of contemporary urban fiction. His recent novels include The Other Woman, a New York Times best-seller, as well as Naughty or Nice, and Thieves’ Paradise, which received an NAACP Image Award nomination for Outstanding Fiction and appeared on the best-seller lists of The New York Post, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, The Los Angeles Times, The Chicago Post, Essence and Publishers Weekly. Dickey’s newest novel, Drive Me Crazy, is to be released on July 20.

Dickey’s free presentation will be followed by a reception and public booksigning. This program is co-sponsored by the Indianapolis-Marion County Public Library’s African-American History Committee and Indiana Black Expo, whose Summer Celebration continues through July 18. For more information, call 269-5294.