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The National Writers Series welcomes war authors Sebastian Junger and Phil Caputo to the City Opera House stage in downtown Traverse City, MI. Guest hosted by Jack Segal.
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Go inside the mind of Temple Grandin in this special Writers Series event. Grandin has become one of the nation's leading autism advocates as well as an expert in animal welfare. Grandin shares her experiences and takes questions on a wide array of topics.
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Recruiting Russian spies and managing covert actions against weapons of mass destruction in the world's rogue states. Hear CIA veteran and debut novelist Jason Matthews talk about his life undercover and turning that experience into publishing gold. Red Sparrow is the espionage novel everyone's going to be talking about.
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Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha talks about her struggle for recognition during the Flint water crisis detailed in her new book "What the Eyes Don't See". With guest host Peter Whorf From City Opera House in downtown Traverse City, MI.
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Dr. Lucy Kalanithi shares what it was like to go through the dying process with her late husband Paul on the National Writers Series stage at the City Opera House in Traverse City. Diagnosed with lung cancer at age 36, Paul decided to chronicle his experience and wrote "When Breath Becomes Air," now a New York Times Best Seller.
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Author John Donvan talks about his book, "In A Different Key", the story of autism. Cari Noga guest hosts.
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They live among us. They are your neighbor, your mother, your lover. They change. Ben Percy was thinking about what society fears now, decided it was terrorism and disease, and sat down and began writing Red Moon -- the world's first 9/11 werewolf book. It has been hailed as Amazon Best Book of the Month in May, 2013 the "most anticipated book" of 2013 by Publisher's Weekly, and the New York Times called the paranormal thriller "imaginative and lots of fun." Percy is also...
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Author Daniel James Brown sits down at the City Opera House in Traverse City to talk about his latest book The Boys in the Boat. The Boys in the Boat, tells the dramatic story of the American rowing team that stunned the world at Hitler’s 1936 Berlin Olympics. It’s the improbable, intimate story of a group of boys from the American west who, in the depths of the great depression, showed the world what true grit really meant. The Boys in the Boat was an LA Times Bestseller for 22 weeks, and...
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David Ebershoff is the author of four books, including The Danish Girl and the #1 bestseller The 19th Wife. The Danish Girl was adapted into an Oscar-winning film starring Academy Award-winner Eddie Redmayne and Alicia Vikander. Both of his books, The Danish Girl and The 19th Wife, are identity stories, each about a person whose true self is at odds with the world they live in; they feel they have no choice but to push against society’s rules and boundaries to become who they are at heart....
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Master of suspense and The Stranger by Harlan Cobenmega-bestselling author Harlan Coben will make a National Writers Series appearance during the 2015 National Cherry Festival with his new book The Stranger. The Stranger is his most shocking thriller yet, proving that a well-placed lie can help build a wonderful life – and that a secret has the same explosive power to destroy it. With over 60 million books in print worldwide, Harlan Coben’s last seven consecutive novels all debuted at #1 on...
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Paterniti is an emerging American master whom critics have said is at the top of his game. The New York Times bestselling author is also the author of Driving Mr. Albert: A Trip Across America with Einstein's Brain. He is a former executive of Outside and his work has appeared in Rolling Stone, The New York Times Magazine, Details, and Esquire, where he is writer-at-large. He is also the co-founder of The Telling Room, a nonprofit writing center for children in Portland, Maine. It is dedicated...
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Jeff Shaara remembers the moment that emotion overcame his father on a Civil War battlefield. The late Michael Shaara, who wrote the Pulitzer Prize-winning classic The Killer Angels, was touring Gettysburg together with his son. A guide led them up Pickett’s Charge, the uphill path the Confederates took toward the Union Army’s guns. The battlefield visitors stepped over what was once a stone wall and found a Confederate flag planted in the ground. That, the guide passionately told them, was...
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Author Colum McCann is interviewed by Leigh Haber, Books Editor for O, The Oprah Magazine. McCann is best known for his novel Let the Great World Spin, currently being adapted for the screen by J.J. Abrams.
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See one of the most off the wall audiences in National Writers Series history at the final event of the season. Diana Gabaldon is a New York Times best selling author and creator of the Outlander television series on Starz.
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Margaret Atwood is interviewed by Doug Stanton about the creative process behind her unique graphic novels on the National Writers Series stage at the City Opera House in downtown Traverse City.
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The National Writers Series is a one-of-a-kind book event designed to engage today's best writers with large, enthusiastic book-buying audiences. Doug Stanton, New York Times bestselling author of Horse Soldiers and In Harms Way, and whose writing has appeared in the New York Times Book Review, The Washington Post, TIME, and Men's Journal, founded this year-round book festival in 2009. He hosts the events in a grand 19th century opera house near the shore of Lake Michigan in the resort town of...
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Tess Gerritsen wasn’t drawn to write gory thrillers because she had a peculiar lust for blood and violence. Instead, her path to murder was an immigrant’s tale. It began with Gerritsen’s mother, a native of China, who didn’t understand English well. But she could easily grasp the universal language of film, particularly horror movies. Guest host Kerrey Woughter Serial Killers and Twisted Sex
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The National Writers Series welcomes author Richard Russo to discuss his book of poems entitled "The Destiny Thief." Guest hosted by Benjamin Busch. From City Opera House in downtown Traverse City, MI.
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READING, WRITING & SHOPPING: A gift for comic writing and A flare for everything fashionable, international bestselling author Sophie Kinsella makes her first trip to the U.S. in more than four years. Kinsella is the #1 internationally bestselling author of the Shopaholic series as well as the novels Can You Keep a Secret?, The Undomestic Goddess, Remember Me?, Twenties Girl, and I’ve Got Your Number and Wedding Night. Shopaholic To The Stars by Sophie KinsellaIt has been several years...
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Doug Stanton, critically acclaimed author of, In Harm’s Way and Horse Soldiers, appeared on September 17th with his editor, Colin Harrison to discuss his new book, The Odyssey of Echo Company. From City Opera House in downtown Traverse City, Michigan.
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Ann Patchett talks with special guest Ben Busch about her writing and new life as a book store owner. Recorded at Lars Hockstad Auditorium.
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Author Gordon Korman takes questions from local students at a special Battle of the Books author event. Recorded at City Opera House in downtown Traverse City, MI.
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Historical fiction author Marie Benedict discusses her latest book "The Only Woman in the Room" about From City Opera House in downtown Traverse City, MI.
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Jamie Ford, author of the New York Times best-selling Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet, appeared on Monday, Sept. 30 with guest host Rich Fahle to discuss his newly-released second novel, Songs of Willow Frost.
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NPR correspondent Aarti Shahani will discuss her memoir Here We Are: American Dreams, American Nightmares. The book looks at generational differences facing immigrants in America today.
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Journalist Randall Sullivan takes the stage with Traverse City local Marty Lagina of The History Channel series The Curse of Oak Island. Sullivan's latest book of the same name details the history of the island and the supposed treasure buried there. Recorded at City Opera House in downtown Traverse City, MI.
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Perhaps Macomber’s near-capacity crowd at the National Writers Series event wasn’t sure what kind of a ride they were in for that night. Just a block away, another performance was rollicking at the City Opera House – NBC was hosting a free concert featuring Joshua Davis, a semifinalist in the televised, singer-competition show, “The Voice.” In his introduction, Doug Stanton, National Writers Series co-founder, urged the crowd to “vote for Debbie Macomber – she’s trending on...
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Rita Mae Brown sits down for an interview with the National Writers Series in Traverse City, MI. Rita Mae Brown is the New York Times bestselling author of the Mrs. Murphy mystery series (which she writes with her tiger cat, Sneaky Pie), the Sister Jane foxhunting mysteries, and the acclaimed classic and mega-bestselling Rubyfruit Jungle. She is an Emmy-nominated screenwriter and a poet who has published countless novels, essays, screenplays, poetry, cookbooks, a memoir, and most famously,...
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BESTSELLING AUTHOR & ACADEMY AWARD-WINNING FILMMAKER: Stein’s The Art of Racing in the Rain has sold more than 4 million copies and spent more than THREE years on the New York Times bestseller list. He won an academy award in 1990 for his live action short film, The Last Party. Before turning to writing full-time, Garth Stein was a documentary filmmaker, directing, editing, and/or producing several award-winning films, including The Lunch Date, winner of the Academy award for live action...
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Tui writes on her website that she was born in Venezuela on July 31 (same birthday as Harry Potter) and named after a noisy New Zealand bird. Her family then moved to Paraguay, Miami and the Dominican Republic before finally settling in New Jersey where she went to high school and fell in love with theatre. Tui attended Williams College and now lives in Boston with her husband, “two hilarious children, and my extremely patient little dog, Sunshine. … Much to my parents’ relief, I...
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NOTE: TV-MA Modern television is now home to some of the best, most engrossing storytelling happening in American culture. Audiences loved last year's evening at NWS with Breaking Bad creator Vince Gilligan, and before that Mad Men writers and producers Janet Leahy and Lisa Albert. This exclusive, one-of-a-kind event has become a signature evening and much anticipated by National Writers Series audiences. The National Writers Series is proud to present An Evening with Chip Johannessen, one of...
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When Matthew Schwartz, a Traverse City native, had deployed overseas for the sixth time, Brian Castner was well aware of the dangers he would face in Afghanistan. Both were experts in the perilous job of disarming bombs. When Castner learned in January of 2012 that his friend and comrade was killed by an IED, he began a manhunt for the bomb maker who killed him. This nonfiction thriller gives you an inside story of his search and those he met along the way—maimed survivors, the forensics and...
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#1 New York Times Best-Selling Author of The Lincoln Lawyer and Creator of the Harry Bosch Series with Guest Host Bryan Gruley, Award-Winning Author of the Starvation Lake Mystery Series.
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Susan Casey is the New York Times bestselling author who travels to the edges of the earth and the depths of its oceans, to explore new realms. In Voices in the Ocean: A Journey Into the Wild and Haunting World of Dolphins, she turns her storyteller’s art to dolphins—playful mammals that can count, deduce, throw tantrums, call each other by name, and rescue themselves and humans, too. USA Today calls the book “painstakingly researched and gorgeously written.” Casey is our tour guide to...
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Author and editor Terry McDonell talks with guest host Doug Stanton about his experiences in publishing and editing. McDonell has been an editor for Hunter S. Thompson and Jim Harrison among others. Recorded at City Opera House in downtown Traverse City, Michigan.
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Father and son collaborate on a new book entitled "The Deserter". In the novel, when a Delta Force member disappears from his post in Afghanistan and is spotted a year later amid the hotbed of Venezuelan unrest, Brodie and Taylor are sent by top military brass to bring him back - dead or alive. Recorded at the City Opera House in downtown Traverse City, MI
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The National Writers Series welcomes author Beth Macy.
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Local students compete in the 2018 Battle of the Books competition from City Opera House in Traverse City, MI.
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New York Times bestselling Author Maggie Stiefvater brought a new audience to the National Writers Series as the first young adult author to appear on the City Opera House stage on September 27, 2012. Bookends blogger and young adult reviewer Lynn Rutan guest hosted the conversation with Stiefvater, who offered an energetic and entertaining look into her career as a young adult novelist. "As soon as I stopped writing crappy novels, I got published. That's the secret," Stiefvater...
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The National Writers Series welcomes author Drew Philip to discuss his book "A House in Detroit." Guest hosted by Ron Jolly. From City Opera House in downtown Traverse City, MI.
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Greg Iles, author of the best-selling Natchez Burning Trilogy, appeared on Saturday, April 15th with guest host Doug Stanton to discuss his newly-released novel Mississippi Blood.
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