Helen Simonson

2011

Helen Simonson was born in England and spent her teenage years in a small village in East Sussex. A graduate of the London School of Economics and a former travel advertising executive, she has lived in America for more than 20 years, first as a longtime (and proud) resident of Brooklyn, and currently in the Washington, D.C. area. Major Pettigrew’s Last Stand, a New York Times best seller, is her first novel.

Schedule

THURSDAY, FEB. 16
Artist Reception – Arthur Price
5:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
Friends Gallery - Theatre Level
Free and open to the public

FRIDAY, FEB. 17
An Evening with Scott Turow
$35.00 per person + processing fees
7:00 p.m.
Limit 6 per person
Reserved seating
Reception included
SOLD OUT
(Call the Box Office at 444-7888 to be put on the waiting list.)

SATURDAY, FEB. 18
Author Conference
$40.00 per person + processing fees
Limit 6 per person
General admission
Boxed lunch included
Registration 8:30 a.m.
Conference: 9 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Keynote address: Karin Slaughter
Featured authors: Mark Childress, Vanessa Diffenbaugh, Anna Jean (A.J) Mayhew, Jeffrey Stepakoff, James L. Swanson

Book sales and signings will follow the afternoon session. Boxed lunch from Coffee-ology included.
SOLD OUT
(Call the Box Office at 444-7888 to be put on the waiting list.)

SATURDAY & SUNDAY
FEB. 18 & 19
Steep Canyon Rangers
SATURDAY, FEB. 18 - 8:00 p.m.
SOLD OUT
SUNDAY, FEB. 19 - 2:00 p.m.
SOLD OUT
The Library Theatre

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Special Thanks

A Special thanks goes to our supporters. This project is supported by the City of Hoover, the Alabama Humanities Foundation, a state program of the National Endowment for the Humanities and by the Friends of Hoover Public Library.