On Sunday, July 26th we will kick off our Catamaran Summer Writing Conference virtual reading series with a conversation with Pulitzer Prize winning novelist and essayist Jane Smiley. Jane's talk will focus on advice for writers and will be followed by an audience Q&A. Jane is the author of 14 novels, 5 young adult novels, 2 short story collections, and 5 nonfiction books. She will discuss writing her different books, and the daily ups and downs of her creative process.

Jane Smiley’s novel A Thousand Acres won the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Critics Circle Award in 1992, and her novel The All True Travels and Adventures of Lidie Newton won the 1999 Spur Award for Best Novel of the West. She has been a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters since 1987. Her novel Horse Heaven was short-listed for the Orange Prize in 2002, and her latest novel, Private Life, was chosen as one of the best books of 2010 by The Atlantic, The New Yorker, and The Washington Post.

We are offering signed books here: https://catamaranliteraryreader.com/book-fair

Advice for Writers: Jane Smiley in conversation - Catamaran Writing Conference