NAPERVILLE, IL — When Kathleen Rooney was studying for her undergraduate degree, she spent her summer and winter breaks working at Anderson’s Bookshop, stocking and selling books, sharing reading recommendations and often daydreaming of what life would be like if a book she might write were to end up on those shelves.

Fast forward more than two decades, and Rooney has penned and co-written more than a dozen books.

She’s returning to the Anderson’s Bookshop in Naperville on Sept. 5 to launch her newest historical fiction “From Dust to Stardust.”

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