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Title: Geraldine Brooks: Book Festival 08
Speaker: Geraldine Brooks
Series: 2008 National Book Festival
Date: September 12, 2008
Running Time: 21:42 minutes
Description:
When writing a novel, Geraldine Brooks loves to fill in the gaps in history with her imagination. She illuminates her writing techniques, explaining why she must first find the voice in her stories; talks about her latest book, “People of the Book,” that provides the reader with a vivid lesson in history; and tells how she weaves fact with realistic fiction in her storytelling: “When you run out of facts, that’s when you try to create plausible fiction that engages the reader.”
Biography:
As a journalist, best-selling author Geraldine Brooks covered hot spots such as Bosnia, Somalia and the Middle East for the Wall Street Journal. She received the 2006 Pulitzer Prize for fiction for her second novel, “March,” where she retells the beloved American classic “Little Women” from the father’s perspective. Her latest book is “People of the Book” (Penguin/Viking, 2008). Brooks will appear in the Fiction & Mystery pavilion.
About the 2008 National Book Festival
The 2008 National Book Festival, organized and sponsored by the Library of Congress and hosted by First Lady Laura Bush will be held on Saturday, Sept. 27, 2008, on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., between 3rd and 7th Streets from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. The festival is free and open to the public.