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For Immediate Release: July 29, 2005 Contact: Julie Underwood Development Coordinator Plano Public Library System Phone: (972) 208-8338 POPULAR EUROPEAN TRAVEL WRITER AND AUTHOR RICK STEVES WILL SPEAK IN PLANO Friends of the Plano Public Library will host a lecture and book signing with Rick Steves, the leading authority on European vacations and safe independent travel. The event will be held at The Courtyard Theater on Tuesday, September 27, at 7:00 p.m. Tickets will be on sale in advance at all Plano Public Library System (PPLS) locations beginning Monday, August 15 and are $15.00 per person. Seating is limited and tickets will be sold on a first come, first serve basis. Rick Steves is the popular American author of the Europe Through the Back Door travel guides and hosts the TV program, Travels with Rick Steves, that regularly airs on over 300 public television stations including PBS and The Travel Channel. Also a best-selling author, Steves Europe Through the Back Door is now in its 23rd edition. Additionally he has published 13 country guidebooks, nine city and regional guides, and six translation phrase books. His Italy guidebook is the best-selling international guidebook in the U.S. Steves also pens columns in the media, and is a contributing writer at ABCNews.com and USA Today.   Following the lecture, Rick Steves will meet and greet individuals and sign books, which will be available on site for purchase, courtesy of Borders. The Courtyard Theater is located at 1509 Avenue H in downtown Plano. For more information about the Rick Steves event, visit the Friends of the Plano Public Library web site at www.friendsofplanolibrary.org or call 972.208.8382.