Laura Moriarty, author of best seller The Center of Everything and the recently released The Rest of Her Life, will be a featured speaker at the Amelia Island Book Festival October 3-5, 2008.
Now in its eighth year, the 2008 Amelia Island Book Festival (AIBF), held in historic Fernandina Beach, will feature more than 30 authors of novels, nonfiction, Southern literature, adventure, poetry and children's books and will include best selling writers such as Moriarty. Over the years the Festival has launched a number of newcomers to the literary scene and this year is no exception with the appearance of Moriarty, who was named one of the writers to watch in Book Magazine's special "Newcomers" issue. Moriarty is becoming known as a literary star as both her debut novel The Center of Everything, and, The Rest of her Life, a Book Sense #1 Pick, draw acclaim.
With her first novel, The Center of Everything, Laura Moriarty brilliantly captured the intricate familial relationships that at times can be so tenuous—especially when tested by adversity. With The Rest of her Life, Laura Moriarty's reputation as a novelist to watch is cemented, as she delivers a luminous, provocative, and powerful novel with a complex moral dilemma and a page-turning plot that makes readers ask themselves, "What would I do if this happened to me?"
Moriarty will be the featured speaker on Saturday October 4 at 10am at St. Peters Parrish on the corner of 8th and Atlantic where the festival will be held. Moriarty will also answer questions and be available to sign copies of her books.
Laura Moriarty received her master's degree in Creative Writing from the University of Kansas and was awarded the George Bennett Fellowship for Creative Writing at Phillips Exeter Academy. Her first novel was The Center of Everything. She currently lives with her daughter in Lawrence, Kansas, and is at work on her next novel.
For more information on festival events and tickets contact info@bookisland.org or visit the website for complete details at www.bookisland.org.
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