Fayetteville Public Library is proud to pr esent New York Times bestselling author Susan Orlean.
\nSusan Orlean has been called &ldquo\;a national treasure&rdquo\; by The Washington Pos t. Her deeply moving explorations of American stories\, both familiar and obscure\, have earned her a reputation as one of America&rsquo\;s most dis tinctive journalistic voices. A staff writer for The New Yorker for over t wenty years and a former contributing editor at Rolling Stone and Vogue\, she has been praised as &ldquo\;an exceptional essayist&rdquo\; (Publisher s Weekly) and a writer who &ldquo\;approaches her subjects with intense cu riosity and fairness&rdquo\; (Bookmarks).
\nHer latest work is the i nstant New York Times bestseller "The Library Book"\, an exploration of th e history\, power\, and future of these endangered institutions. The Libra ry Book is told through the lens of Orlean&rsquo\;s quest to solve a notor ious cold case: who set fire to the Los Angeles Public Library in 1986\, u ltimately destroying 400\,000 books? The Library Book was named one of bot h The New York Times&rsquo\; 100 Notable Books of 2018 and The Washington Post&rsquo\;s Best Books of 2018\, and was awarded the California Book Awa rd and Marfield Prize for Arts Writing. Orlean will adapt The Library Book for a forthcoming television series with Paramount TV.
\nBooks will be available for sale\, and a book signing will follow the author talk.\n
This event is free to attend but for planning purposes we ask that you register. Registering will not guarantee a space\, so we recommend arr iving early to ensure your seat. \;
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