>Miami Book Fair International

>My attention has just been drawn to the Miami Book Fair International , the 25th edition of which runs this year from November 9-16.

It sounds like a terrific event. Over 300 authors have been invited to read, including Salman Rushdie, Russell Banks, Nikki Giovanni, Charles Johnson, Frank McCourt, Campbell McGrath, Mayra Montero, Scott Simon, Art Spiegelman, Amy Tan, Derek Walcott, Edmund White, Rick Bragg, Zoe Valdes, Stewart O’Nan, Joyce Carol Oates, Nancy Horan, David Wroblewski, and Mark Kurlansky. Check the website for details and schedules.

About the author

I am the author of three novels--THE LAST BIRD OF PARADISE, OLIVER'S TRAVELS, and THE SHAMAN OF TURTLE VALLEY--and three story collections--IN AN UNCHARTED COUNTRY, HOUSE OF THE ANCIENTS AND OTHER STORIES, and WHAT THE ZHANG BOYS KNOW, winner of the Library of Virginia Literary Award for Fiction. I am also the co-founder and former editor of Prime Number Magazine and the editor of the award-winning anthology series EVERYWHERE STORIES: SHORT FICTION FROM A SMALL PLANET.

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