Gaithersburg Book Festival (2015) -- Richard Peabody, James Grady, Rose Solari, Mary Kay Zuravleff:
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Richard Peabody is the founder and co-editor of Gargoyle Magazine and editor (or co-editor) of 23 anthologies including "Mondo Barbie," "Conversations with Gore Vidal" and "A Different Beat: Writings by Women of the Beat Generation." His new book is "The Richard Peabody Reader." The author of a novella, three short story collections and seven poetry books, he is also a native Washingtonian. He taught fiction writing at Johns Hopkins University for 15 years.
Last Days of the Condor by James Grady
James Grady is the New York Times best-selling author of "Six Days of the Condor," which became the Robert Redford movie "Three Days of the Condor." Besides working as a screenwriter for CBS, FX, HBO and major studios, James' journalism includes street time as a muckraker for columnist Jack Anderson after Watergate and being a cultural columnist for AOL's PoliticsDaily.com. Internationally renowned for his work, Grady won France's Grand Prix du Roman Noir and Italy's Raymond Chandler medal, and was named by London's Daily Telegraph as "one of 50 crime writers to read before you die." Born and raised in Montana, Grady and his wife, writer Bonnie Goldstein, live inside D.C.’s Beltway.
The Last Girl by Rose Solari
Rose Solari is the author of three full-length collections of poetry, "The Last Girl," "Orpheus in the Park" and "Difficult Weather"; the one-act play, "Looking for Guenevere" and a novel, "A Secret Woman." She has lectured and taught writing workshops at many institutions, including the University of Maryland, St. John’s College, Annapolis, the Jung Society of Washington and The Centre for Creative Writing at Oxford University’s Kellogg College. Her work as a journalist includes numerous freelance assignments, as well as positions as staff writer and editor for SportsFan Magazine and Common Boundary Magazine. Rose's awards include the Randall Jarrell Poetry Prize, Academy of American Poets’ University Prize, The Columbia Book Award and an EMMA award for excellence in journalism. In 2012, she spent two terms as a Visiting Writer with the Centre for Creative Writing, University of Oxford’s Kellogg College, doing research and teaching, and currently serves on the Centre’s Advisory Panel.
Man Alive by Mary Kay Zuravleff
Mary Kay Zuravleff’s latest novel, "Man Alive!" tells the story of a Bethesda psychiatrist who is struck by lightning and now only wants to barbecue. The Washington Post called it “a family novel for smart people,” and named it a 2013 Notable Book. People Magazine praised her “intelligence and sly humor.” Her earlier novels, "The Bowl Is Already Broken" and "The Frequency of Souls," won the James Jones Award and the American Academy’s Rosenthal Award. Mary Kay is the recipient of a 2015 DC Artist's Grant and currently teaches at WriterHouse in Charlottesville. Mary Kay lives in Washington, D.C., where she serves on the PEN/Faulkner Foundation and is a cofounder of the D.C. Women Writers Group.
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PEABOD_150516_01.JPG: (left to right) ???, Richard Peabody, Mary Kay Zuravleff, James Grady, and Rose Solari
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PEABOD_150516_24.JPG: Richard Peabody
PEABOD_150516_32.JPG: Mary Kay Zuravleff
PEABOD_150516_35.JPG: James Grady
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PEABOD_150516_63.JPG: Mary Kay Zuravleff
PEABOD_150516_73.JPG: James Grady
PEABOD_150516_80.JPG: (top) Richard Peabody, Erica S. Perl
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Grady, James appears on:
2024_02_07C1_Grady Politics & Prose -- James Grady ("The Smoke in Our Eyes") w/Louis Bayard
2022_DC_Noir_Bookstore_220930 Politics & Prose -- Panel: Noir at the Bookstore w/E.A. Aymar, Louis Bayard, James Grady, Cheryl Head, Angie Kim, and Sujata Massey
2016_DC_Lear_160626 AFI Docs 2016 -- "Norman Lear: Just Another Version of You" (w/Norman Lear, Heidi Ewing, and Rachel Grady) @ Newseum
2016_MD_Books_AliveP08_160430 Washington Writers Conference (2016) -- Saturday -- Panel: Fiction to Die For (w/Neely Tucker, James Grady, Ron Childress, and E.A. Aymar)
2016_MD_Books_AliveP10_160430 Washington Writers Conference (2016) -- Saturday -- Panel: Book to Film (w/Debbi Mack, James Grady, and Adam Chromy)
2016_MD_Books_AliveP04_160430 Washington Writers Conference (2016) -- Saturday -- Panel: The Plot Thickens: Conspiracy Theory in Fact and Fiction
2016_MD_Books_AliveP05_160430 Washington Writers Conference (2016) -- Saturday -- Lunch w/Lifetime Achievement Award to Kitty Kelley, and Keynote speaker: Bob Woodward
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