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 genres. He has been an NEA fellowship recipient and been r ecipient of several awards including: the Ray Bradbury Award from the Los Angeles Times\, the Bram Stoker Award\, the Shirley Jackson Award\, the Je sse Jones Award for Best Work of Fiction from the Texas Institute of Lette rs\, the Independent Publishers Award for Multicultural Fiction\, and the Alex Award from American Library Association. He is the Ivena Baldwin Prof essor of English at the University of Colorado Boulder.
\nIllinois l ibrarian and Readers' Advisor Becky Spratford will join Stephen in convers ation. She trains library staff all over the world on how to match books w ith readers through the local public library and runs the critically accla imed blog RA for All. A devout horror fan\, she writes a horror review col umn for Library Journal\, is the author of The Reader&rsquo\;s Advisory Gu ide to Horror\, and is a proud member of the Horror Writers Association.\n
This event is made possible by Illinois Libraries Present\, a state wide collaboration among public libraries offering premier events. ILP is funded in part by a grant awarded by the Illinois State Library\, a depart ment of the Office of Secretary of State\, using funds provided by the U.S . Institute of Museum and Library Services\, under the provisions of the L ibrary Services and Technology Act (LSTA).
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