Book Culture presents the Columbia Journalism School's own Helen Benedict on Monday, November 20th at 7PM for a reading and discussion of her latest novel "Wolf Season," with author Cara Hoffman.
Professor Benedict is the author of seven novels, including "Sand Queen" which was named a Best Contemporary War Novel by Publishers Weekly. A recipient of the Ida B. Wells Award for Bravery in Journalism and the James Aronson Award for Social Justice Journalism, among other awards, Benedict is also the author of five works of nonfiction, including "The Lonely Soldier: The Private War of Women in Iraq" as well as a play, "The Lonely Soldier Monologues." Originally from the UK, she moved to the US for graduate school and has lived and worked here ever since. Her writings on soldiers inspired a suit against the Pentagon and the Oscar-nominated film, The Invisible War. www.helenbenedict.com.
Cara Hoffman is the author of three critically acclaimed novels, the recently released "Running," "Be Safe I Love You" and "So Much Pretty." She has written for Rolling Stone, the New York Times, The Paris Review, Marie Claire, and National Public Radio, among other publications. Originally from Northern Appalachia, Hoffman dropped out of high school to begin working as a newspaper reporter covering crime and environmental politics and attend graduate school. She received an MFA from Goddard in 2009. Her novel "Be Safe I Love You" was named one of the Five Best Modern War novels by the telegraph UK and was nominated for a Folio Prize. She has been a visiting writer at University of Oxford, Columbia, and St. John’s and currently teaches at the Stonecoast MFA program at University of Southern Maine.
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