Malta-Based Writer Selling Latest Novel at Schuylerville Book Fair

SCHUYLERVILLE — Malta-based writer Robert C. Conner will be selling copies of his four books, including the 2026 novel The Detective and Dorothy Day at the Boozy Book Fair from 6 to 8 p.m. on Saturday, May 9 at Old Saratoga American Legion (6 Clancy St. in Schuylerville).
Conner’s previous books include two biographies published by Casemate: General Gordon Granger: The Savior of Chickamauga and the Man Behind Juneteenth (2013) and James Montgomery: Abolitionist Warrior (2018). His previous historical novel was The Last Circle of Ulysses Grant (2018).
The Detective and Dorothy Day is historical fiction, a murder mystery set in 1975 in New York State, including as a major character, the co-founder of the Catholic Worker Movement. Conner lived at what was then the main Catholic Worker Farm in Tivoli for much of 1974 and 1975 and met Dorothy Day there.
More information is available at Conner’s website: https://robertcconnerauthor.blogspot.com/.