{"id":4102,"date":"2012-11-08T08:13:27","date_gmt":"2012-11-08T13:13:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.brown.edu\/libnews\/?p=4102"},"modified":"2012-11-08T08:13:27","modified_gmt":"2012-11-08T13:13:27","slug":"world-famous-thriller-writers-coming-to-brown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/libnews\/world-famous-thriller-writers-coming-to-brown\/","title":{"rendered":"World-Famous Thriller Writers Coming to Brown!"},"content":{"rendered":"

PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University]<\/strong> \u2014At 6:30pm on November 15, 2012, Brown University Library will host a panel discussion featuring several of America’s most successful and renowned thriller writers. Author Jon Land ’79, will moderate the discussion between David Baldacci, Steve Berry, Neslon DeMille, Lisa Gardner, and R.L. Stine in Salomon Hall.\u00a0 A book signing and reception will follow in Sayles Hall. The Thriller Panel is supported by Friends of the Library, Brown University Library, Brown University Bookstore, and Brown’s Office of University Event and Conference Services.<\/p>\n

The program, book signing, and reception are free and open to the public. No registration required. Doors open at 5:45pm. Brown University Bookstore will sell books by all authors at the reception in Sayles Hall.
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Thanks to the work of Jon Land, author, Friends of the Library board member, Providence resident, and Vice-President of Marketing for the International Thriller Writers, Brown University is currently establishing a Thriller Archive. Land wrote his first thriller as a senior thesis in English at Brown. Today he is a critically acclaimed and bestselling author of 32 books. Land has already donated his manuscripts to the Hay, and more donations will follow.<\/p>\n

Land spearheaded the planning for the Thriller Panel as a kick-off for the archive. As he explained, “These incredibly successful authors represent an amazing range of thrillers from action, to political, to psychological suspense to young adult and even children’s. \u00a0I can’t think of a better way to celebrate the thriller genre in general, and the collection to be housed at our own John Hay Library in particular.”<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>David Baldacci <\/strong>
\nDavid Baldacci<\/a> made a splash on the literary scene in 1996 with the publication of his first novel, Absolute Power<\/em>. A major motion picture adaptation followed, with Clint Eastwood as director and star. \u00a0Baldacci has published 24 novels, all of which have been national and international bestsellers. \u00a0His novels have been translated into more than 45 languages and sold in more than 80 countries; over 110 million copies are in print worldwide. Baldacci has also published two children\u2019s books. \u00a0Most recently, he was inducted into the 2011 International Crime Writing Hall of Fame and received the 2012 Barnes & Noble Writers for Writers Award. Baldacci is involved with several philanthropic organizations. His greatest efforts are dedicated to his family\u2019s Wish You Well Foundation\u00ae. Established with his wife, the Foundation supports family and adult literacy in the United States by fostering and promoting the development and expansion of new and existing literacy and educational programs. In 2008 the Foundation partnered with Feeding America to launch Feeding Body & Mind, a program to address the connection between literacy, poverty, and hunger. Baldacci and his wife are the very proud parents of two terrific teenagers, and the generally proud owners of two not-so-well-behaved Labradoodles. They live in Northern Virginia.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Steve Berry<\/strong>
\nSteve Berry<\/a>\u2019s books have been translated into 40 languages with more than 14 million printed copies in 51 countries. \u00a0His work consistently appears in the top echelon of The New York Times<\/em>, USA Today<\/em>, and Indie bestseller lists. History lies at the heart of every Steve Berry novel, a passion he shares with his wife, which led them to create History Matters, a foundation dedicated to historic preservation. Since 2009, the couple has crossed the country to save endangered historic treasures, raising money via lectures, receptions, galas, luncheons, dinners, and their popular writers\u2019 workshops. In 2012, the American Library Association recognized Berry\u2019s devotion to historic preservation naming him the first spokesman for National Preservation Week. \u00a0Berry is also a recipient of the Royden B. Davis Distinguished Author Award, and a founding member of International Thriller Writers\u2014serving three years as its co-president. Berry\u2019s best-selling novels include: The Columbus Affair,<\/em> The Jefferson Key<\/em>, The Emperor’s Tomb<\/em>, The Paris Vendetta<\/em>, The Charlemagne Pursuit<\/em>, The Venetian Betrayal<\/em>, The Alexandria Link<\/em>, The Templar Legacy<\/em>, The Third Secret<\/em>, The Romanov Prophecy<\/em>, and The Amber Room.<\/em><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Nelson DeMille<\/strong>
\nNelson DeMille<\/a> <\/strong>is a former U.S. Army lieutenant who served in Vietnam and is the author of sixteen acclaimed novels, including the #1 New York Times<\/em> bestsellers Night Fall<\/em>, Plum Island<\/em>, and The Gate House<\/em>. His other New York Times<\/em> bestsellers include The Charm School, Word of Honor, The Gold Coast, Spencerville, The Lion\u2019s Game, The Lion, Up Country, Wild Fire<\/em>, and The General\u2019s Daughter, <\/em>which was a major motion picture starring John Travolta.<\/em> He co-authored Mayday<\/em> with Thomas Block and has also contributed short stories, book reviews, and articles to magazines and newspapers. DeMille is a member of The Authors Guild, the Mystery Writers of America, and American Mensa. He has three children and lives on Long Island.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Lisa Gardner<\/strong>
\n<\/strong>The<\/em> New York Times <\/em>#1 best-selling suspense novelist Lisa Gardner<\/a> began her career in food service. After catching her hair on fire, she focused on writing instead. \u00a0Over 16 million copies of Gardner\u2019s books are now in circulation, along with four movies. In 2010, Gardner\u2019s The Neighbor<\/em> received the award for Best Hardcover Novel from the International Thriller Writers and was named to the American Library Association\u2019s \u201cBest Adrenaline Novel Reading List.\u201d Her latest novel, Catch Me, <\/em>is the most recent addition to her Detective D.D. Warren series, set in Boston, MA. Gardner\u2019s other works include the FBI Profiler Series, The Other Daughter, The Survivors Club,<\/em> and I\u2019d Kill For That<\/em>. \u00a0A one-time Rhode Island resident, Gardner now lives in the mountains of New Hampshire with her race-car driving husband, speed-skiing daughter, two extremely barky dogs, and one incredibly hostile cat.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>R.L. Stine<\/strong>
\nR.L. Stine<\/a> is one of America\u2019s best-selling authors and is cited in The Guinness Book of World Records<\/em> as the best-selling series author in history. Over the past 20 years, Stine\u2019s Goosebumps<\/em> series has sold over 300 million copies in the United States alone and has become a publishing phenomenon in 32 languages around the world. Stine\u2019s other popular children\u2019s book series include Fear Street, Mostly Ghostly, The Nightmare Room, <\/em>and Rotten School. <\/em>In 2012, R.L. Stine\u2019s The Haunting Hour, <\/em>an anthology TV series of horror stories for the whole family,<\/em> began its third season on The Hub TV Network, while the original Goosebumps<\/em> TV episodes continue to air daily. In October 2012, Stine will publish Red Rain <\/em>through Touchstone Books, a horror novel aimed at adult readers. Stine\u2019s previous adult novels include: Superstitious,<\/em> published by Warner Books, and The Sitter<\/em> and Eye Candy<\/em>, published by Ballantine Books. Stine lives in New York City with his wife Jane, an editor and publisher.<\/p>\n

The Brown University Library<\/strong>\u00a0is home to more than 6.8 million print items, plus a multitude of electronic resources and expanding digital archives serving the teaching, research, and learning needs of Brown students and faculty, as well as scholars from around the country and the world.\u00a0http:\/\/library.brown.edu\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Contact:<\/b> Jennifer Braga<\/a> |\u00a0 401-863-6913<\/p>\n

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