The Thuber House, 77 Jefferson Ave., has released its 2008 winter/spring Evenings with Authors. It is listed as follows.
Tuesday, Jan. 15: Kurt Anderson, Heyday.
Columbus School for Girls, 56 S. Columbia Ave., &:30 p.m.
Anderson is the author of Turn of the Century, a New York Times Notable Book. He will read from his newest novel and Times bestseller, Heyday - a tale of America's boisterous coming of age in the 19th century.
Friday, Feb. 8, John Burnham Schwartz, The Commoner.
Canzani Center (CCAD), 7:30 p.m.
Schwartz is the author of three novels, Claire Marvel, Bicycle Days and Reservation Road. He will read from his new novel The Commoner, a story of the first non-aristocrat to marry a Crown Prince of Japan and enter one of the most mysterious monarchies in the world.
Monday, Feb. 25, Lee Woodruff, In an Instant: A Family's Journey of Love and Healing
Columbus School for Girls, 56 S. Columbia Ave., 7:30 p.m.
Lee Woodruff, along with her husband, Bob Woodruff, tell their story in the NYT best seller, In An Instant, a story about courage and resilience after Bob's critical injury in Iraq while anchoring a broadcast for ABC News.
Wednesday, March 12, Mary Doria Russell, Dreamers of the Day
Columbus Performing Art Center, 549 Franklin Ave., 7:30 p.m.
Russell is the award-winning author of four novels, including The Sparrow, Children of God and A Thread of Grace, nominated for a Pulitzer Prize. She will read from her latest novel, Dreamer of the Day, about the 1921 Cairo Peace Conference, when a handful of British diplomats, oil executives and military men invented the modern Middle East.
Monday, April 28, Joanne Harris, The Girl with No Shadow
Columbus Performing Art Center, 549 Franklin Ave., 7:30 p.m.
Although Harris has written more than a dozen books, including Blackberry Wine, Five Quarters of the Orange and Gentlemen and Players, she is best known for Chocolat, which was made into an Oscar-nominated film starring Juliette Binoche and Johnny Depp. She will read from her newest novel, The Lollipop Shoes, which she describes as a continuation of Chocolat.
Wednesday, May 14, Firoozeh Dumas, Laughing Without An Accent
Columbus Museum of Art, 480 E. Broad St., 7:30 p.m.
Dumas was born in Abadan, Iran and grew up listening to her father, a former Fulbright Scholar, recount many colorful stories of his life. After moving to Callifornia and settling there, she attended UC Berkeley, where she met and married a Frenchman. In 2001, with no prior writing experience, she decided to write her stories as a gift for her children. The book, Funny in Farsi, became a national bestseller and was a finalist for the Thurber Prize for American humor. She will read from her new book, Laughing Without an Accent, a series of autobiographical essays.
Thursday, June 5, Nancy Horan, Loving Frank
Columbus Museum of Art, 480 E. Broad St., 7:30 p.m.
In her debut novel, Loving Frank, Horan blends fact and fiction into an unforgettable story of the long-lived love affair between Mamah Borthwick Cheney and Frank Lloyd Wright - a union that would shock Chicago society. Drawing on years of research and weaving in little-known facts, Horan reveals the profound influence Cheney had on Wright, and delivers a tribute to a courageous woman, a national icon and their timeless love story.