Event Title
Keynote Address: Sam Weller, Ray Bradbury Biographer
Location
Engbretson Hall, Governors State University, One University Parkway, University Park, IL 60484-0975
Start Date
4-11-2015 6:00 PM
End Date
4-11-2015 8:00 PM
Description
A keynote address will be given on November 4th at 6 p.m. in Engbretson Hall, delivered by authorized Ray Bradbury biographer, Sam Weller.
Weller, who resides in Chicago, wrote The Bradbury Chronicles: The Life of Ray Bradbury, which became was a Los Angeles Times best seller, winner of the 2005 Society of Midland Authors Award for Best Biography, and a Bram Stoker Award finalist. He has given over 250 talks worldwide, and currently teaches in the Department of Creative Writing at Columbia College Chicago.
The companion book, Listen to the Echoes: The Ray Bradbury Interviews, was published by Melville House/Stop Smiling Books in 2010. With Mort Castle, Weller co-edited the anthology Shadow Show: All-New Stories in Celebration of Ray Bradbury (William Morrow Paperbacks, July 2012), winner of the Bram Stoker Award for “Superior Achievement in Anthology.”
Weller is the former Midwest Correspondent for Publishers Weekly magazine. He has written for the Paris Review, the National Public Radio Program All Things Considered, and Slate magazine. His short fiction has appeared in numerous books and journals. Weller is a frequent lecturer on the life and legacy of Ray Bradbury. He has given over 250 talks worldwide. He is currently an Associate Professor in the Department of Creative Writing at Columbia College Chicago.
Keynote Address: Sam Weller, Ray Bradbury Biographer
Engbretson Hall, Governors State University, One University Parkway, University Park, IL 60484-0975
A keynote address will be given on November 4th at 6 p.m. in Engbretson Hall, delivered by authorized Ray Bradbury biographer, Sam Weller.
Weller, who resides in Chicago, wrote The Bradbury Chronicles: The Life of Ray Bradbury, which became was a Los Angeles Times best seller, winner of the 2005 Society of Midland Authors Award for Best Biography, and a Bram Stoker Award finalist. He has given over 250 talks worldwide, and currently teaches in the Department of Creative Writing at Columbia College Chicago.
The companion book, Listen to the Echoes: The Ray Bradbury Interviews, was published by Melville House/Stop Smiling Books in 2010. With Mort Castle, Weller co-edited the anthology Shadow Show: All-New Stories in Celebration of Ray Bradbury (William Morrow Paperbacks, July 2012), winner of the Bram Stoker Award for “Superior Achievement in Anthology.”
Weller is the former Midwest Correspondent for Publishers Weekly magazine. He has written for the Paris Review, the National Public Radio Program All Things Considered, and Slate magazine. His short fiction has appeared in numerous books and journals. Weller is a frequent lecturer on the life and legacy of Ray Bradbury. He has given over 250 talks worldwide. He is currently an Associate Professor in the Department of Creative Writing at Columbia College Chicago.
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