Posted September 13, 2019
Authors to the Pointe tickets on sale
Stephen Mack Jones & Min Jin Lee speak October 19
Two award-winning authors will speak during the fifth annual “Authors to the Pointe” on Saturday, October 19 from noon to 3 p.m. Stephen Mack Jones and Min Jin Lee are the featured authors. “Authors to the Pointe” includes lunch and will be held at the Grosse Pointe War Memorial.
“Bringing noteworthy authors to the community is one of our goals every year,” said Jessica Keyser, Library Director. “Both authors are strong storytellers and bring a unique perspective to their work.”
Stephen Mack Jones is a local author who has written August Snow and Lives Laid Away. He is an award-winning playwright and recipient of the prestigious Kresge Arts in Detroit Literary Fellowship. Min Jin Lee’s debut novel, Free Food for Millionaires, was a Top 10 Books of the Year for the Times of London, NPR’s Fresh Air and USA Today. Her second novel, Pachinko, was a finalist for the National Book Award for Fiction and was on over 75 best books of the year lists.
Tickets are $30 each and are on sale now. To purchase tickets online, click here or stop by the Central Branch, 10 Kercheval Ave., Grosse Pointe Farms.
