The Friends of the Island Library welcomed Shelley Noble as guest speaker at the group’s annual author luncheon on Sept. 11 at LBI Table in Ship Bottom. Sixty-one people attended, and members of the Island Friends organization were given the opportunity for advance purchase before tickets were made available to the public.

“Shelley Noble is a New York Times and USA Today best-selling author of 17 works of fiction and six historical fiction and mystery novels,” said Linda Hochuli, co-chair of the…