Why There Are Words Literary Reading Series

Why There Are Words
Literary Reading Series presents seven
award-winning writers yet again! Join us September 12, 2013 at Studio
333 when the following authors
read from their works on the theme “Mistake.” You won't regret
it! Doors open at 7 pm & readings begin at 7:15. $10. Bring extra
cash for books and booze. See
the WTAW website
for the authors’ full bios and other
info. whytherearewords.com

Thaisa
Frank is the author of six books; most
recently, Enchantment.
http://thaisafrank.com

Cristina
Garcia is the award-winning author of six
novels, several works of fiction for young readers, and a collection
of poetry. Her latest, new, novel is King
of Cuba. www.cristinagarcianovelist.com

Helen
Hooper’s work has appeared in
The Common, Bellevue Literary Review,
Hopkins Review, New South, and the anthology
Gravity Dancer: Fiction from Washington Area
Women.

Rebecca
Lawton is the author of, most recently, the
debut novel, Junction,
Utah, which
explores the impact of oil exploration on American wilderness and
rural life. www.beccalawton.com

Keenan
Norris’s novel Brother
and the Dancer is the winner of the 2012
James D. Houston Award and will be published by Heyday Books in
November 2013.

Elizabeth
Scarborough is the author of the memoir My
Foreign Cities, an unlikely love story set on
the frontiers of modern medicine, which was listed by Publisher’s
Weekly as one of the Top Ten Memoirs for
Spring.

Ransom
Stephen's latest novel is The
Sensory Deception. http://ransomstephens.com

Monica
Wesolowska is the author of the memoir,
Holding Silvan: A Brief Life.
www.monicawesolowska.com

Why There Are Words,
curated by founder Peg
Alford Pursell and named Best of the Bay for
Literary Events 2012 in its second year, draws a full house of Bay
Area residents every second Thursday of the month. Studio 333 is
located at 333 Caledonia Street, Sausalito, CA
94965. Phone Studio 333 at 415-331-8272.