06/07/2016
7:00 pm
Location
Chapman-Hall House
270 Main Street
Event Type
Author Monica Wood will give a presentation on her newest book, The One-in-a-Million Boy. A book signing will follow the talk. Wood is the author of When We Were the Kennedys, a New England bestseller and winner of the May Sarton Memoir Award and the Maine Literary Award. She is also the author of the novel Any Bitter Thing, an ABA bestseller and Book Sense Top Ten pick. Her other fiction includes Ernie’s Ark, which has been selected by several towns and cities as their “One Book, One Community” read; My Only Story, a finalist for the Kate Chopin Award; and Secret Language, her first novel. Her widely anthologized short stories have won a Pushcart Prize and been featured on public radio. She also writes books for writers and teachers. Her nonfiction has appeared in Oprah, New York Times, Martha Stewart Living, Parade, and many other publications. Her recent play, Papermaker, enjoyed an extended debut run at Portland Stage in Portland, Maine, its bestselling play ever.