Writers Weekend
Jane Smiley
Writers Weekend Closing Event
Presented in association with Writing WA
Acclaimed American Pulitzer Prize-winning and best-selling author Jane Smiley closes our Writers Weekend with a bang as she discusses her thrilling new novel A Dangerous Business. This rollicking murder mystery is set in Gold Rush California, where two young prostitutes follow a trail of missing girls.
Join Jane in conversation with Writing WA CEO Will Yeoman about A Dangerous Business and about her long and illustrious writing career.
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Jane Smiley is the author of numerous novels, including A Thousand Acres, which was awarded the Pulitzer Prize, and the Last Hundred Years Trilogy: Some Luck, Early Warning, and Golden Age. She is the author as well of several works of nonfiction and books for young adults. A member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters, she has also received the PEN Center USA Lifetime Achievement Award for Literature. She lives in Northern California.
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Sun 25 Feb5.30pm Discovery Lounge, State Library of Western Australia, 25 Francis St, Northbridge / Yandilup Duration60mins |
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