Stephen Graham Jones joins us to talk scar y stories\, horror and more with librarian Becky Spratford. Jones is the N ew York Times bestselling author of The Only Good Indians and Don&rsquo\;t Fear the Reaper\, and a prolific author of more than 25 books spanning ge nres. He has been an NEA fellowship recipient and been recipient of severa l awards including: the Ray Bradbury Award from the Los Angeles Times\, th e Bram Stoker Award\, the Shirley Jackson Award\, the Jesse Jones Award fo r Best Work of Fiction from the Texas Institute of Letters\, the Independe nt Publishers Award for Multicultural Fiction\, and the Alex Award from Am erican Library Association. He is the Ivena Baldwin Professor of English a t the University of Colorado Boulder.
\nIllinois librarian and Reade rs' Advisor Becky Spratford will join Stephen in conversation. She trains library staff all over the world on how to match books with readers throug h the local public library and runs the critically acclaimed blog RA for A ll. A devout horror fan\, she writes a horror review column for Library Jo urnal\, is the author of The Reader&rsquo\;s Advisory Guide to Horror\, an d is a proud member of the Horror Writers Association.
\nThis event is made possible by Illinois Libraries Present\, a statewide collaboration among public libraries offering premier events. ILP is funded in part by a grant awarded by the Illinois State Library\, a department of the Office of Secretary of State\, using funds provided by the U.S. Institute of Mus eum and Library Services\, under the provisions of the Library Services an d Technology Act (LSTA). ILP is committed to inclusion and accessibility.< /p>\n
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