Acclaimed novelist Adam Davies will read from his work Thursday, Feb. 5 at 4:30 p.m. in the Wall Auditorium at Coastal Carolina University. The event is free and open to the public.

Davies is the author of "The Frog King" and "Goodbye Lemon," and he writes a blog called "Summer in the City" for The New York Times. His latest book, "Mine All Mine," a comic suspense novel about art theft, was published in 2008.

Davies attended Kenyon College and earned a MFA from Syracuse University. He lives in Savannah, Ga., and is a professor at the Savannah College of Art & Design.

The reading is part of the Words to Say It Visiting Writers Series supported by the University's Department of English. Other upcoming author events in the series include:

* Joe Oestreich, professor and published writer, March 5 at 4:30 p.m. Oestreich's nonfiction work has appeared in many magazines and journals including Esquire and Sports Illustrated. * Deborah Ager, author of "Midnight Voices," a collection of poems, April 16 at 4:30 p.m. Ager's work has appeared in Best New Poets 2006 and The Georgia Review.

The Wall Auditorium is located in the E. Craig Wall Sr. College of Business Administration. For more information, contact Dan Albergotti, English professor, poet and coordinator of the series, at 843-349-2420.