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Media Contact: Susan Hanson, Communications Manager, (360) 704-4507; Thirza Krohn, Aberdeen Timberland Library Reference Librarian, (360) 533-2360.

Identity theft, the highjacking of your name, credit and personal information, is the fastest-growing threat to consumers today, according to editor James Walsh and his colleagues at Silver Lake Publishing in Aberdeen. Walsh tells why and talks about his book, "Identity Theft: How To Protect Your Name, Your Credit, and Your Vital Information" at 1:30 p.m. Saturday, May 21 at the Aberdeen Timberland Library.

Walsh will answer questions and autograph copies of the book, which will be available for purchase. Library Journal selected "Identity Theft" as the number one Small Press Bestsellers title for March 2005. For more information, please contact the Aberdeen Timberland Library at (360) 533-2360.

Timberland Regional Library serves the information, reading and lifelong learning needs of the Grays Harbor, Lewis, Mason, Pacific, and Thurston county public at 27 community libraries and 4 school-based cooperative library centers. The library system is funded by local property taxes. For information on any subject, people in Grays Harbor County can telephone Timberland’s Central Reference Service librarians toll-free at 1-800-562-6022. Or they can "Ask a Librarian" online at www.trlib.org. TTY users can contact the library at 1-800-603-6104. Anyone needing special accommodations to participate in a library’s program can contact the library 4 days in advance.

Revised 04/26/05