Best-Selling Author Series

The Author's Forum - Spring 2008

In collaboration with the Center for Catholic Studies

Tuesday, February 26, 2008 at 7:30 p.m.
Barone Campus Center Oak Room

Garry Wills - What the Gospels Meant
The Author's Forum of University College in collaboration with the Deparment of Catholic Studies present the New York Times bestselling author and Pulitzer Prize winner, Garry Wills, who, in his latest book, interprets the Gospels. With his remarkable gift for biblical analysis he brilliantly examines goals, methods, and styles of the evangelists and how these shaped the gospels' messages. What the Gospels Meant will prove to be a valuable source of wisdom and inspiration for all.

Garry Wills studied for the priesthood, took his doctorate in the classics, and taught ancient and new Testament Greek for many years at Johns Hopkins University. He is now professor of history emeritus at Northwestern University.

For reservations, please phone (203) 254-4307.

$10 at the door - free to Fairfield University faculty and students with valid ID

Postponed Until Spring 2008

Barone Campus Center Oak Room

Kim Edwards - The Secrets of a Fire King
This international best-selling author of The Memory Keeper's daughter promotes her critically acclaimed collections of short stories that continue the themes Edwards explored in The Memory Keeper's Daughter which won several awards including a Whiting Award and the Nelson Algren Award and was also the biggest selling book of 2006, with 3.5 million copies currently in print.

* Events are free to Fairfield University students and faculty