Leonard Pitts, Jr. — Writer
LEONARD PITTS, JR. (b 1957) is a commentator, journalist, and novelist. He is a nationally syndicated columnist and winner of the 2004 Pulitzer Prize for Commentary.
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Meryl Frank: Politician, Diplomat, Author
MERYL FRANK is an American politician, non-profit executive, diplomat, and author. In 2023, Hachette Books published Frank’s memoir of searching for the history of her family lost in the Holocaust, “Unearthed: A Lost Actress, a Forbidden Book, and a Search for Life in the Shadow of the Holocaust.”
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Thom Barrett: “Living While Dying”
THOM BARRETT is the author of ”Living While Dying” and “Chasing My Northern Lights.” He also pursues adventure travel — from the jungles of Central America to the untamed beauty of North America’s landscapes to the Alps to Antarctica. For the past 8 years he has been battling cancer, which has recently progressed to stage IV.
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Lawrence Wright: “Mr. Texas” +
LAWRENCE WRIGHT is an author, screenwriter, playwright, and staff writer for The New Yorker magazine. He received a Pulitzer Prize for “The Looming Tower.” His latest novel is called “Mr. Texas.”
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“The Hours” & “Day” — A Video Chat with Pulitzer Prize Recipient Michael Cunningham
MICHAEL CUNNINGHAM is an author and screenwriter. He has written eight novels, two screenplays, and a collection of short stories and non-fiction pieces. Cunningham is most well known for his 1998 novel, “The Hours,” which won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and was later adapted into a movie starring Meryl Streep, Julianne Moore and Nicole Kidman.
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