Pen Pals

The 2018 to 2019 season offers a range of today’s most acclaimed literary voices, including a Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter, two National Book Pen Pals Author Lecture Series woman speaking on stage in front of audienceAward finalists, and winner of the 2014 Asian / Pacific American Award for Literature.

2018 to 2019 Pen Pals Season Line-up

Pen Pals Box Office: 612-543-8112

Timothy Egan

Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter and National Book Award-winning author of "The Worst Hard Time."

  • September 27, 2018 at 7:30 p.m.
  • September 28, 2018 at 11 a.m.

Amor Towles

New York Times bestselling author of "A Gentleman in Moscow."

  • October 11, 2018 at 7:30 p.m.
  • October 12, 2018 at 11 a.m.

Min Jin Lee

National Book Award finalist for fiction and New York Times bestselling author of "Pachinko."

  • October 25, 2018 at 7:30 p.m.
  • October 26, 2018 at 11 a.m.

Lauren Groff

National Book Award finalist for fiction, Critics Circle Award finalist, and author of Amazon's Number 1 book of 2015, "Fates and Furies."

  • February 7, 2019 at 7:30 p.m.
  • February 8, 2019 at 11 a.m.

Celeste Ng

Winner of the 2014 Asian / Pacific American Award for Literature and the 2017 Goodreads Readers Choice Award for "Little Fires Everywhere."

  • May 2, 2019 at 7:30 p.m.
  • May 3, 2019 at 11 a.m.

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