WRITERS' LEAGUE OF TEXAS
formerly the Austin Writers' League
November's
Program
2003
NOVEMBER 2003 MONTHLY MEETING
November 20, Thursday 7pm
The Writers’ League of Texas November Program Meeting at Barnes
and Noble Westlake:
Writing What
You Know: Turning Personal Experience Into Fiction panel discussion featuring
authors:
Geoffrey Leavenworth, author of Isle of
Misfortune
Greg Garrett, author of Freebird and the just released Cycling
Ben Rehder, author of Buck Fever and the just released Bone
Dry
Geoffrey
Leavenworth is the author of Isle of Misfortune a
novel published in April of 2003 and 2003 Violet Crown Finalist. He is
also the author of Historic Galveston, published in 1985, and
more than 500 magazine articles on business, food, health care, the space
program, and other subjects. His work has appeared in The New York
Times, Time, Texas Monthly, and many other publications.
For six years he was chief speechwriter for the president of The University
of Texas at Austin.
Gary Cartwright, Senior Editor, at Texas Monthly says Geoffrey Leavenworth has written a wonderful book, bone-chilling, sensual, and evocative of that disturbing mix of fear and exhilaration I feel every time I touch down on the Isle of Misfortune.
Greg
Garrett is the author of the novel Freebird —
chosen by Publishers Weekly and the Denver Rocky Mountain
News as one of the most important fiction debuts of 2002--and the
novel Cycling, as well as (with Chris Seay) The Gospel Reloaded:
Exploring Spirituality and Faith in The Matrix, and forty published
short stories in magazines, newspapers, books, and literary journals in
the United States, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand. A winner of the
William Faulkner Prize for Fiction and a regional CASE Gold Medal for
Nonfiction, he has contributed to Poets and Writers magazine and other
national publications, and also appears frequently on national programs
as a speaker on story or spirituality.
In 1999, Pulitzer Prize-winner Robert Olen Butler called Garrett's fiction "rich and complex" and described him as "easily one of the best fiction writers I have encountered in my fourteen years of teaching." An award-winning teacher as well as writer, Garrett has offered workshops around the country and taught creative writing at the University of Central Oklahoma, the University of Oregon, and Baylor University, where he is currently Professor of English.
Ben
Rehder - After many grueling minutes in front of a computer,
Ben is proud to present Buck Fever—a Blanco County, Texas,
novel. "Buck Fever is a lot like many best-selling classics
— it, too, has lots and lots of verbs, prepositions, adjectives,
and even the occasional gerund," he says. It was even nominated for
the Edgar Award for Best First Novel! Now Ben is happy to introduce Bone
Dry, the second novel in the Blanco County series. Look for books
#3 and #4 to follow in coming years.
A native Austinite, Ben graduated from the University of Texas with an English degree and worked as a copywriter at an ad agency before turning freelancing, which he’s been doing for eleven years. His love of deer hunting has made an impact on his writing. Ben Rehder's debut novel, Buck Fever was named one of the best books of 2002 by both Publishers Weekly and Library Journal. It was a finalist for the Edgar Award and for the Lefty Award, which goes to the funniest crime novel of the year. Ben is a native Texan and a resident of Austin.
“Fans of Rehder's rollicking debut, Buck Fever
(2002), which was nominated for both Edgar and Lefty awards, will welcome
the sequel, an over-the-top tale of sex, mayhem and murder in Texas's
hill country.”
—Publishers Weekly
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