Meet Mark Helprin,winner of the 2006 Peggy V. Helmerich Distinguished Author Award.
Helprin, a world-renowned novelist known for his expansive, picaresque novels in a free public presentation. The author of eight books and three children's books, Helprin also contributes short stories and articles to periodicals, including The New Yorker, Esquire, The New Criterion and National Review, and is a contributing editor for The Wall Street Journal.
He came to the political forefront in 1996 when word leaked out that he was the author of presidential candidate Bob Dole's strong resignation speech from the U.S. Senate. Helprin's words widely were credited for adding a temporary recharge to Dole's struggling campaign.
Copies of his books will be available for purchase.
Saturday, 10 December 2006
10.30 a.m.
Central Library * Second Floor
4th Street & Denver Avenue
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