Event Title

Lecture: Author Susan Orlean

Presenter Information

Susan Orlean

Location

Shaker Middle School, 20600 Shaker Blvd, Shaker Heights, OH 44122

Event Website

https://shakerlibrary.evanced.info/signup/EventDetails?EventId=27969&backTo=Calendar&startDate=2019/10/01

Start Date

10-15-2019 7:00 PM

End Date

10-15-2019 9:00 PM

Cost to Attend

Free

Pre-registration required?

Yes

Contact Information (for registration)

Online Event Registration begins on 09/01/2019

More information: (216) 991-2421 librarian@shakerlibrary.org

Event Type

Lecture

Description

Shaker Library and the Shaker Schools Foundation present Susan Orlean, SHHS grad and author of The Library Book, who will speak about her love of libraries and the impact of books on her life.

Susan Orlean grew up in Shaker Heights and graduated from Shaker Heights High School in 1973, where she was editor in chief of the school’s yearbook, The Gristmill. She graduated with honors from the University of Michigan in 1976. She has written for the Boston Phoenix, the Boston Globe and has been a staff writer at The New Yorker since 1992. She is the author of seven books, including Rin Tin Tin, Saturday Night, and The Orchid Thief, which was made into the Academy Award–winning film, Adaptation. She lives with her family and her animals in upstate New York.

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Oct 15th, 7:00 PM Oct 15th, 9:00 PM

Lecture: Author Susan Orlean

Shaker Middle School, 20600 Shaker Blvd, Shaker Heights, OH 44122

Shaker Library and the Shaker Schools Foundation present Susan Orlean, SHHS grad and author of The Library Book, who will speak about her love of libraries and the impact of books on her life.

Susan Orlean grew up in Shaker Heights and graduated from Shaker Heights High School in 1973, where she was editor in chief of the school’s yearbook, The Gristmill. She graduated with honors from the University of Michigan in 1976. She has written for the Boston Phoenix, the Boston Globe and has been a staff writer at The New Yorker since 1992. She is the author of seven books, including Rin Tin Tin, Saturday Night, and The Orchid Thief, which was made into the Academy Award–winning film, Adaptation. She lives with her family and her animals in upstate New York.

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