English Festival Forum at Bluffton University
Rae Carson, an author of books for teens, will share, “Overcoming Obstacles on the Path to Publication,” during Bluffton’s English Festival Forum at 11:00 a.m. on March 14 in Yoder Recital Hall. The award-winning, New York Times bestselling author will get detailed and personal about the challenge she faced while pursuing her dream of becoming a novelist.
Now in its 38th year, the Bluffton University English Festival offers high school students a day of immersion in the pleasures of writing, reading and hearing fine literature. Each year, the Bluffton English department invites a distinguished author to Bluffton’s campus as the featured speaker.
The event is free and open to the community.
ABOUT RAE CARSON
Carson is a fantasy fiction writer. Her novel The Girl of Fire and Thorns was published in 2011 and won the Ohioana Book Award for Young Adult Literature. At this date, the series is comprised of five books. She has also written the Seer Trilogy and four Star Wars tie-in books.
Carson is married to science fiction writer Charles Coleman Finlay.
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