Stephen Graham Jones joins us to talk scar y stories\, horror and more with horror expert Becky Spratford. Jones is t he New York Times bestselling author of The Only Good Indians and Don&rsqu o\;t Fear the Reaper\, and a prolific author of more than 25 books spannin g genres. He received an NEA Fellowship and won several awards including: the Ray Bradbury Award from the Los Angeles Times\, the Bram Stoker Award\ , the Shirley Jackson Award\, the Jesse Jones Award for Best Work of Ficti on from the Texas Institute of Letters\, the Independent Publishers Award for Multicultural Fiction\, and the Alex Award from American Library Assoc iation. He is the Ivena Baldwin Professor of English at the University of Colorado Boulder.
\nIllinois librarian and Readers' Advisor Becky Sp ratford will join Stephen in conversation. She trains library staff all ov er the world on how to match books with readers through the local public l ibrary and runs the critically acclaimed blog RA for All. A devout horror fan\, she writes a horror review column for Library Journal\, is the autho r of The Reader&rsquo\;s Advisory Guide to Horror\, and is a proud member of the Horror Writers Association.
\nThis event is made possible by Illinois Libraries Present\, a statewide collaboration among public librar ies offering premier events. ILP is funded in part by a grant awarded by t he Illinois State Library\, a department of the Office of Secretary of Sta te\, using funds provided by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Serv ices\, under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act (LS TA). To request accommodations\, please email illinoislibrariespresent@gma il.com.
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