UIndy writers series continues with fiction authors

The University of Indianapolis continues its annual Kellogg Writers Series with three reading and discussion events in February and March.
 
Organized by the university’s English department, the series will feature young-adult novelist John Green on Feb. 8 in Good Hall, fiction writer Doug Crandell on Feb. 10 in Good Hall, and fiction and memoir writer Cathy Day on March 22 in Schwitzer Student Center’s UIndy Hall C. Each appearance begins at 7:30 p.m., and admission is free.

Green’s first novel, 2005’s Looking for Alaska, won the Michael L. Printz Award for excellence in Young Adult literature, was a finalist for the L.A. Times Book Prize and has been translated into 13 languages. Paramount acquired the movie rights, and Josh Schwartz (creator of Fox’s The O.C.) is writing the screenplay. Green’s second novel, An Abundance of Katherines (2006), was a Michael L. Printz Honor Book and also a finalist for the L.A. Times Book Prize. His latest novel, Paper Town (2008), was on the New York Times bestseller list for children's books and in 2009 won the Edgar Award for best young adult novel.  

Crandell has authored five books including The Flawless Skin of Ugly People, which has been optioned for film by Big Talk Productions. His short stories and essays have been anthologized in Mother Knows: 24 Tales of Motherhood; Stories From the Blue Moon Café: An Anthology of Southern Writers; and When I Was a Loser: True Stories of Barely Surviving High School. His new novel, The Peculiar Boars of Malloy will be published this spring.
 
Day’s most recent work is Comeback Season: How I Learned to Play the Game of Love (Free Press, 2008), part memoir about life as a single woman and part sports story about the Indianapolis Colts Super Bowl season. Her first book, The Circus in Winter (Harcourt, 2004), a fictional history of her hometown of Peru, Ind., was a finalist for several awards, a Barnes & Noble “Discover” selection, an “Original Voices” pick at Borders and a Best Book of 2004 on Amazon.com. Day’s fiction and nonfiction have been broadcast on NPR’s “Selected Shorts” and “Studio 360” and have appeared in many publications.
 
For more information about the Kellogg Writers Series, endowed by Allen and Helen Kellogg, contact Associate Professor Elizabeth Weber at eweber@uindy.edu or (317) 788-3373. Maps and directions are available at www.uindy.edu/maps.