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Award winning young adult author, Sarah Dessen, to be featured at Steinfirst Lecture
Dec. 15, 2007—Sarah Dessen, The New York Times best-selling author of young adult books, will be the featured presenter at the 2008 Steinfirst Lecture on the campus of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Hosted by the School of Information and Library Science, the lecture will take place on Saturday, Apr. 5, 2008 at 10 a.m. at the Hanes Art Auditorium.
The lecture is free and open to the public and will be followed by a reception.
Dessen is a popular author of young adult books such as: Just Listen, Dreamland and Someone Like You. Several of her novels are award winning, and Just Listen was on the New York Times Bestseller List for 17 weeks. In addition to her talk, she will be reading from her upcoming novel, Lock and Key.
Sarah Dessen grew up in Chapel Hill, NC and attended UNC at Chapel Hill, graduating with highest honors in Creative Writing. She is the author of several novels, including Someone Like You and The Truth About Forever. A motion picture based on her first two books, entitled How to Deal, was released in 2003. For more information about the author, go to her Web site at: www.sarahdessen.com/
A FaceBook event has been set up at: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=8594336165
The Susan Steinfirst Memorial Lecture in Children's Literature
The Susan Steinfirst Memorial Lecture in Children's Literature honors the memory of Susan Steinfirst, a professor of children's and young adult literature at SILS from 1976 to 1996. She dedicated her life to the promotion of children's literature by teaching future librarians and by publishing scholarly works in the field.
Parking
- For parking and transportation:
- Morehead Lot (At the Planetarium on Franklin St.)
- Rosemary Parking Deck (Behind the Post Office at Franklin and Henderson Streets)
- Chapel Hill city lots.
- Highway 54 Visitor Lot (near the intersection of Country Club St. and South St.)
- Ramshead Parking Deck (at the G.W. Hill Alumni Center)
- Friday Center Park-and-Ride Lot (take the bus to and from campus)
- For those who need handicap access, please contact the SILS office at 919.962.8366.
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For More Information
Please contact Wanda Monroe at the School of Information and Library Science for more information about the presentation. Reach her by phone at 919.843.8337.