LAKEVILLE — Authors from across Massachusetts and Rhode Island stopped by the Apponequet Regional High School library on Saturday, April 29, to promote their books and speak to visitors.

Book subjects ranged from science-fiction and fantasy epics to nonfiction books about the healing properties of crystals to memoirs and novels inspired by authors’ real-life experiences. Many of the authors discussed their work and provided some insight into life as an author.

Lakeville resident Tom Cirignano was one of the authors present, and he had stacks of his memoir ‘Memoirs of a South Boston Mechanic’ and his novel ‘67 Cents: Creation of a Killer’ on his table.

Julie Garnett saw TV and radio host Andy Cohen read her ‘Animal Songs’ book on his Instagram stories for his five million followers. That led to “hundreds and hundreds” of orders, she said.

Bedford native David Schoorens said his political thriller novel ‘Refuge’ is about a situation that “could happen, but I don’t want to happen,” where division in the United States escalates of a point of no return.

‘Refuge’ takes place in Maine and just across the border in St. Andrews, Canada. Schoorens said he likes to “take a peaceful place and screw it up with conflict” in his writing, and he’s working on a sequel to the novel.

Belle DeCosta’s novels ‘Treading Water’ and ‘The Heart of Addisen’ also take inspiration from New England’s scenic beauty. DeCosta, an East Providence, R.I. native, depicts a woman with a high-powered job in Manhattan who has a breakdown, moves to the family’s Maine lake house which she hated growing up, and finds her deceased mother’s journal which helps the main character cope with her emotions.

Some of the authors have recently published their first book within the past year.

Michael Jovin of East Providence, R.I., has authored two novels in a science-fiction and fantasy series where a king has to choose between his twin daughters to be a kingdom’s next ruler and what happens when the one not chosen feels a calling to the nearby forest, which she follows.

‘Beyond the Forest’, the second book in Jovin’s series, was released on April 19.

Edward Taylor’s ‘Drop’ released in February, and it is about a group of teenagers who form an electronic music group, score a record deal, and move to New York City where the record company CEO becomes dangerously overbearing.

Other authors are approaching, or have achieved, double-digit numbers in terms of published books.

Julien Ayotte, a Lincoln, Rhode Island native, has nine published novels to his name. Most are mystery thrillers, and he also authored ‘Code Name Lily’, based on a true story about a woman who helped over 250 downed airmen travel get to safety in Spain from across Europe during World War II.

Paul Caranci had 15 books on display, which covered subjects ranging from religious history to Rhode Island history to the story of Foxes and Fossils, one of YouTube’s most successful cover bands. His book ‘Wired’ tells the story of him finding out fellow North Providence, R.I. town council members were “on the take” and him wearing a wire for 17 months to expose the corruption.

Theresa Mackiewicz, a former special education teacher, displayed her inclusive children’s book, ‘Scribbles’. She said that she plans to write books for children with autism and down syndrome to keep the series going.

“A regular children’s book tells a story about someone who is a hero,” Mackiewicz said. “Mine are multi-faceted, where not only the student learns, but the whole environment learns.”