Lake Forest Reads: An Evening with Author Jamie Ford
Oct 2021
07
Lake Forest Reads is a one book/one community program that fosters a culture of reading and a sense of community in our city. Jamie Ford, in conversation with Krebs Provost and Dean of the Faculty, Davis Schneiderman, will discuss the Lake Forest Reads 2021 book selection, “Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet”.
Join us this Thursday, October 7th, at 7pm CST, for a Lake Forest Reads event – An Evening with Author Jamie Ford.
This year’s event will be held virtually on Zoom. Registration is required. For more information regarding the event, as well as how to register, please visit the Lake Forest Reads website.
Jamie Ford is a Northwest author most widely known for his bestselling Seattle-based novels. His debut, "Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet," spent two years on the New York Times bestseller list, won the 2010 Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature, and was a finalist for the Washington State Book Award, the Pacific Northwest Book Award, and the Langum Prize for Historical Fiction. It was also named the #1 Book Club pick in 2010 by the American Bookseller Association and is now read widely in schools all across the country. This multi-cultural tale was adapted by Book-It Repertory Theatre, and has recently been optioned for a stage musical, and also for film, with George Takei serving as Executive Producer.
Jamie is the great-grandson of Nevada mining pioneer, Min Chung, who emigrated from Kaiping, China, to San Francisco in 1865, where he adopted the western name "Ford," thus confusing countless generations. Having grown up near Seattle's Chinatown, Jamie now lives in Montana where he's on a never-ending search for decent dim sum. When not writing or daydreaming, he can be found tweeting @jamieford and on Instagram @jamiefordofficial.
On Campus Accessibility Accommodations:
Contact Kirsten Schramm at 847-735-5167 or kschramm@lakeforest.edu at least 72 hours in advance.
