Wright Library to host author Ben Fountain

Author conversation, book signing, and a chance to win.

Award-winning author Ben Fountain shares insights into his writing process and experiences at Wright Memorial Public Library at 5 p.m. on Friday November 8th to kick off the Dayton Literary Peace Prize weekend. Fountain, a 2013 Dayton Literary Peace Prize runner-up and finalist for the National Book Award, will talk about his writing and more in this free, public event moderated by Miami Valley writer and educator Gary Mitchner. 

Guests are encouraged to bring a book for signing after the program. Attendees may also register into a drawing for copies of Fountain's books or tickets to the 2024 DLPP Conversation with the Authors event November 9, 2024, at the Victoria Theatre in Dayton. Must be present to win.

Wright Library’s Community Room seating capacity is 80, so please arrive early to ensure your seat and register for the prize drawing. The interview will also be livestreamed through Zoom with a link available at wrightlibrary.org/events

The November 8th author talk at Wright Library is made possible with support from the Wright Memorial Library Foundation and the Dayton Literary Peace Prize Foundation. 

Fountain was recognized by the Dayton Literary Peace Prize Foundation in 2013 as a Fiction Runner-up for his novel, Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk, a hilarious and heartbreaking story of an Iraq War hero whose squad appears in a Dallas Cowboys halftime show as part of an effort to rekindle support for the war. Fountain has since released Beautiful Country Burn Again based on the 2016 presidential election, and most recently, Devil Makes Three, a New York Times Editors’ Choice about greed, power, and American complicity set in Haiti.

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