YA Novelist E. Lockhart to Speak at Pitt

April 14, 2014 - 9:00pm to 10:30pm

UPDATE: THIS EVENT WILL TAKE PLACE AT 9 PM TONIGHT IN THE WILLIAM PITT UNION BALLROOM.

Critically acclaimed Young Adult novelist E. Lockhart will visit Pitt and speak about her career as writer of YA literature and specifically about the process of her writing her novel THE DISREPUTABLE HISTORY OF FRANKIE LANDAU-BANKS (Hyperion, 2008). This event will take place in the William Pitt Union Ballroom. It is free and open to the public.

Lockhart’s half-hour talk about her writing process will be followed by a Q&A session and a book signing. So please feel free to come with questions for her, as well as copies of her books for her to sign! Several of her novels will also be available for purchase at this event.

Lockhart’s DISREPUTABLE HISTORY was a finalist for both the National Book Award for Young People's Literature and the Printz Award. Find out more about her and her other YA novels.

And please take advantage of this exciting opportunity to meet an award-winning novelist in person by attending this event!

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