Books
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NANCY’S VOICE Melanie Rehak reads from and signs her book “Girl Sleuth: Nancy Drew and the Women Who Created Her” (Harcourt), about the creator of the children’s-book heroine and the many women who wrote books about her under the pen name Carolyn Keene. The reading takes place in conjunction with the bimonthly meeting of the Betsy-Tacy Society, which celebrates the children’s stories of Maud Hart Lovelace. Tonight, 6:30 p.m., Coliseum Books, 11 W. 42nd St., between Fifth and Sixth avenues, 212-803-5890, free.
CHICAGO’S STORY Nuala O’Faolain reads from her latest book, “The Story of Chicago May” (Riverhead), a biography of a small-town Irish girl who transforms herself into an infamous thief and prostitute. Tonight, 7 p.m., Barnes & Noble Lincoln Center, 1972 Broadway at 66th Street, 212-595-6859, free.
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