Meet Mark Helprin

[Suanne]

Meet Mark Helprin, Winner of the 2006 Peggy V. Helmerich Distinguished Author Award

Mark Helprin is a world-renowned novelist known for his expansive, picaresque novels. The author of eight books and three children's books, Helprin also contributes short stories and articles to periodicals, including The New Yorker, Esquire, The New Criterion and National Review, and is a contributing editor for The Wall Street Journal. He pursued Middle Eastern studies in graduate school and later served in the British Merchant Navy, and the Israeli Infantry and Air Force. He came to the political forefront in 1996 when word leaked out that he was the author of presidential candidate Bob Dole's strong resignation speech from the U.S. Senate. Helprin's words widely were credited for adding a temporary recharge to Dole's struggling campaign.

Copies of his books will be available for purchase.

Saturday, 10 December 2006 10.30 a.m.
Central Library * Second Floor
4th Street & Denver Avenue  
This is a free public presentation.