Don't Miss our Winter/Spring 2010 Evenings with Authors!

Throughout the years, the Evenings with Authors program has brought you a stellar roster of novelists, journalists, historians, poets, humorists, and biographers, many of them award winners and bestsellers. Thurber House’s mission is to celebrate the written word for the education and entertainment of the broadest possible audience, and to continue the legacy of James Thurber. The Evenings with Authors series is a commitment to that mission and to you, our audience. We hope you will take pride in the diversity of authors who have already visited, and take pleasure in all those yet to come.

What are Evenings with Authors?
All Evenings with Authors events begin at 7:30 p.m. The featured guest reads from his or her most recent work, chats about writing, and then there is a question-and-answer session with the audience. Each event closes with a coffee and cookies reception and an opportunity to buy the author's book(s) and get them signed.
- Tickets are $18 in advance, $20 at the door, with discounts for students and seniors.
- A full series of 6 events are $100 for adults, and you get the 7th event free. There are discounts for students and seniors.
- You can also order a mini-series that includes one ticket to any three readings of your choice for $50 for adults and $40 for students/seniors.

Thurber House Presents: The Author's Table
As many of you know, our Evenings with Authors are the perfect alternative to a
traditional book group meeting. The Author’s Table dinners are open to anyone
interested, limited to 25, whether or not you're a member of a book group. This is an opportunity not only to share a great meal with your favorite author, but also to talk about their work in a more intimate setting; to get reserved seating at the event; and to get your book signed ahead of time.
Price for dinner is $40 and includes the reading.
For more information about having dinner with an author, please call Anne Touvell at Thurber House, 614-464-1032 ext. 10.

Click here for ticket information or to purchase tickets online.

Winter/Spring 2010 - Save these Dates!
Save These Dates:
Jayne Anne Phillips

© Elena Seibert
Tuesday, January 19, 7:30 p.m.
Columbus Performing Arts Center, 549 Franklin Ave.
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One of America’s most beloved writers, Jayne Anne Phillips is the author of the huge bestseller, Machine Dreams. Her latest novel, Lark & Termite, was a New York Times bestseller, and a nominee for the National Book Award in Fiction. Lark & Termite, Phillips has created a rich, wonderfully moving story of loss and love. Lark, a teenage girl, spends her days caring for her younger brother, Termite, a child unable to walk and talk, but who seems blessed with the gifts of sight and feeling.

Lisa See is the author of five previous bestsellers, including the critically acclaimed New York Times bestsellers Peony in Love, and Snow Flower and the Secret Fan. She is also the author of the highly praised memoir, On Gold Mountain. Her first novel to take place in America, Shanghai Girls is a richly woven tale about two sisters who, through arranged marriages, leave Shanghai in 1937 for Los Angeles.

Adriana Trigiani’s last five novels were instant New York Times bestsellers. There are more than three million copies of her books in print in the United States. Her first young adult novel, Viola in Reel Life, begins a new series. Brava, Valentine is the sequel that continues the story started in Very Valentine about the life of shoemaker Valentine Roncallli.

*Not available for Author's Table dinner.

Help us Support a Worthy Cause!

Adriana Trigiani is a proud supporter of Feeding Body & Mind. For her event, Wednesday, February 17th, Thurber House will have a donation box available for you to donate your new and gently used books.

For more information, please visit the Feeding Body & Mind website. Thank you for your support.

Carol Goodman

© Brian Velenchenko
Monday, March 15, 7:30 p.m.
Columbus School for Girls, 56 S. Columbia Ave.
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Carol Goodman is the award-winning author of five novels, including the bestselling, The Lake of Dead Languages, and The Night Villa. Her latest novel is Arcadia Falls, a riveting tale of psychological suspense and eerie secrets about a mother and daughter who move to an isolated boarding school where everything is far more sinister than anyone can imagine.

Christopher Moore

©Victoria Webb
Thursday, April 1, 7:30 p.m.
Columbus Performing Arts Center, 549 Franklin Ave.
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Ohio native Christopher Moore is the author of 12 novels including the international bestsellers, Lamb, A Dirty Job and You Suck. He will read from his latest novel, Bite Me: A Love Story, the third in his zany trilogy about vampires in love.

Laurie Notaro

©Laurie Notaro
Thursday, April 15, 7:30 p.m.
Columbus Performing Arts Center, 549 Franklin Ave.
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Laurie Notaro was the 2009 Finalist for the Thurber Prize for American Humor for her hilarious collection of essays, The Idiot Girl and the Flaming Tantrum of Death. She is back with a novel, Spooky Little Girl, a wickedly funny revenge tale about a girl who has been wronged by many people and so she comes back from the beyond to exact her wrath.

Lee Child

©Sigrid Estrada
Tuesday, May 25, 7:30 p.m.
Columbus Performing Arts Center, 549 Franklin Ave.
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Lee Child's Jack Reacher mysteries sell globally at the rate of one every five seconds, or about 6 million copies a year. Set in the middle of a blizzard in South Dakota, 61 Hours is the 14th mystery to feature the iconoclastic former Army MP, Jack Reacher, an anti-hero men admire and women want.

Special thanks to Barnes & Noble Booksellers, Borders Booksellers, the Westin Columbus for their ongoing support of the Evenings with Authors series. Thanks also to the Greater Columbus Arts Council, the Ohio Arts Council, and the Robert Bartels fund of the Columbus Foundation, and to our media sponsor, WOSU Public Media.