Hansen visits Ritzville Public Library for author reading event

Novelist Layne Hansen visited the Ritzville Public Library on Sept. 22 as a part of the East Adams Library District’s (EALD) local author series.

During the event, Hansen read the introduction and prologue from his book “Careful Measurements,” which was published in June.

He explained the book title was taken from a quote of Whittaker Chambers from his autobiography “Witness.” Chambers was an American journalist and a Communist spy, who defected from communism in 1938.

Hansen was born in Utah and raised in Idaho. He explained both of his grandfathers served in World War II and he was named aft...