Wednesday, September 30, 2015
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Norman Worthington Conference Center
Event Type
(none)
Contact
Olivia Archibald
360.438.4857
Department / Organization
SMU College of Arts and Sciences
Link
http://calendar.stmartin.edu/MasterCalendar/EventDetails.aspx?EventDetailId=18206
Jess Walter, a No. 1
New York Times bestselling author, will be the second speaker for this free
series, which was established during the 2014-2015 academic year in honor of
Lesley G. Bailey, Ph.D., a beloved English professor at Saint Martin’s who died
in 2010. Walter has penned eight books, was a finalist for the 2006 National
Book Award and the PEN/USA Literary prize in fiction and non-fiction, and won
the 2005 Edgar Allan Poe Award. His work has been published in 30 languages and
his short fiction has appeared in Best American Short Stories, Harpers,
McSweeney’s, Esquire and more.