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KANSAS AUTHOR DINNER
2013 Kansas Author Dinner
Thursday, February 21, 2013
Wichita Marriott, 9100 Corporate Hills Drive | MAP
Thank you to everyone who braved the snowy weather and attended this event!
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About the Kansas Author Dinner | Featured Authors | Beneficiaries | Past Authors
The Kansas Author Dinner is the signature fundraiser of the Wichita Alumnae Association of Kappa Kappa Gamma. This annual event is a fun evening of dinner and program with notable Kansas authors.
This event is open to the general public and money raised helps benefit local literacy programs.
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ALEX GRECIAN
Alex Grecian left a professional advertising career before writing graphic novels and most recently, a historical fiction novel. His debut novel, The Yard, is a New York Time best-seller based on the famous Murder Squad from Scotland Yard. Grecian also wrote the long-running graphic novel series, Proof, which was named one of the best graphic novels by NPR in 2009. Alex lives in Kansas with his family.
STEPHEN JOHNSON
Stephen Johnson is an award winning author and artist. His alphabet-focused books continue to win awards starting with Alphabet City, a Caldecott Honor and New York Times Best Illustrated Book of the Year. His ongoing alphabet series continues with A is for Art: An Abstract Alphabet, which is also a New York Times Best Illustrated Book of the Year. Johnson’s books and art have been on display in museums and exhibitions including the National Portrait Gallery at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington D.C. Johnson lives with his family in Lawrence, Kansas.
RODERICK TOWNLEY
Roderick Townley has published over a dozen books in a variety of genres including poetry, fiction, nonfiction and literary criticism. He began writing young adult novels in 2001 with the Sylvie Cycle series. The first novel in the trilogy, The Great Good Thing, has been optioned for film and was a Top Ten Book Sense Pick. His latest novel, The Door in the Forest, was a Kansas Notable Book in 2012. Townley’s poetry won first prize in two contests sponsored by the Academy of American Poets and his poetry has been published in The Paris Review, The Yale Review, The North American Review and other journals. Townley resides in Kansas with his wife, Wyatt, a fellow author.
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Previous Kansas authors featured at the Kansas Author Dinner:
2012
Thomas Fox Averill, Rode
Dian Curtis Regan, The Storm Blew Inn
Clare Vanderpool, Moon Over Manifest
2011
Antonia Felix, SONIA SOTOMAYOR: The True American Dream
Nancy Pickard, The Scent of Rain and Lightning
Brad Sneed, Mr. President Goes to School
2010
Caryn Mirriam Goldberg, The Sky Begins at Your Feet & Landed
Jay Price, Wichita's Lebanese Heritage
Tim Raglin, The Curse of Catunkhamun
2009
Mike Everhart, National Georgraphic Sea Monsters: Prehistoric Creatures of the Deep
Max McCoy, Hellfire Canyon
Deborah Raney, Remember to Forget
2008
Candice Millard, River of Doubt
Laura Moriarty, The Rest of Her Life
Matthew Polly, American Shaolin
2007
Mary Carol Garrity, Nell Hill's Decorating Secrets
Brian Mann, Welcome to the Homeland
2006
Janice Graham, Sarah's Window
Debra Seely, The Last of the Roundup Boys
Whitney Terrell, The King of Kings County