DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN — A trio of Brooklyn-based authors used their hometown as the nucleus of their marketing efforts on Saturday with an informal meet and greet/book signing, promoting their newest works. 

“Brooklyn as my Muse: A Brooklyn Book Festival Bookends Event,” was held at the Brooklyn Made store in City Point from 1 to 3 p.m. It featured authors Jeff Richman, who wrote “Building the Brooklyn Bridge, 1869-1883;” Dr. Herbert Roseman who wrote “A Tzvi Grow in Brooklyn” and “The Sun Through The Leaves: The Life of Phyllis Andler Roseman;” and author and poet Jive Poetic, author of “Skip Tracer.”