"Meet You In Hell" Les Standiford

PLEASE BE ADVISED: The author will be appearing via ZOOM only at the schoolhouse.

Les Standiford is the author of twenty-five critically acclaimed books, including ten novels and the New York Times best-selling non-fiction Last Train to Paradise, now in its 40th printing; and Meet You in Hell, the publisher's nominee for the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award in nonfiction, now approaching its 20th printing. Both his novel Spill and his non-fiction work The Man Who Invented Christmas (a New York Times Editors’ Choice)
were made into feature films. The latter starred Christopher Plummer and Dan Stevens and has been listed by numerous publications--including Good Housekeeping and The San
Francisco Chronicle--as among the Top Ten Christmas films of all time. He is Distinguished University Professor of English and Founding Director of the Creative Writing Program at FIU
and holds the MA and PhD in literature and creative writing from the University of Utah. In Spring 2024 he was named a “Florida Icon” by Florida Trend magazine, an honor awarded to
individuals such as H. Wayne Huizenga, Janet Reno, Bobby Bowden, and Stetson Kennedy. His book Battle for the Big Top, which examines the cultural influence of the American Circus,
received the 2022 Gold Medal for General Interest Non-Fiction from the Florida Book Awards.

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• Next Tuesday, 6th May, 09:00 am, Blood Drive in Bethel Park
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