Monday, September 15, 2008

Ron Hansen Book Talk

Do you like to read historical fiction? Adult Services invites you to hear local author Ron Hansen discuss his new novel, Exiles, and talk about his books and writing at Central Park Library on Wednesday, September 24 at 7:00 p.m. in the Cedar Room. A graduate of Creighton University, Hansen also attended the University of Iowa Writers’ Workshop, and was a Wallace Stegner Creative Writing Fellow at Stanford University. He is the author of a number of books, including Atticus, Hitler’s Niece, The Assassination of Jesse James, and Mariette in Ecstasy. Ron Hansen currently is the Gerard Manley Hopkins Professor in the Arts and Humanities at Santa Clara University, where he teaches writing and literature. Sign up for this free author program at the Reference Desk, or call (408) 615-2900.
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