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ORANGE BEACH PARKS AND RECREATION
Scheldule of Authors to Speak
Saturday
11:00 - T. K. Thorne
1:00 - Jennie Helderman
2:00 - Rick Bragg
Sunday
1:00 - Theo Pitsios
Special Guest Author Rick Bragg
Rick Bragg became a domestic correspondent in The New York Times's Atlanta office in October 1994. He joined The Times in January 1994 as a metropolitan reporter. Prior to joining The Times, Mr. Bragg worked, in 1993, for The Los Angeles Times on the magazine and as a metropolitan reporter.
He was the Miami bureau chief for The St. Petersburg Times from 1989 to 1993; a reporter at The Birmingham News from 1985 to 1989, and The Anniston (AL) Star from 1980 to 1985.
Born in Piedmont, AL, on July 26, 1959, Mr. Bragg attended Harvard University as a Nieman Fellow from 1992 to 1993. He attended Jacksonville State University from 1978 to 1980.
He is the recipient of the American Society of Newspaper Editors Distinguished Writing Award and 31 other national, regional and state writing awards. He has had stories included in: Best Newspaper Writing 1991, Best of the Press 1988, and two journalism textbooks on good writing and foreign reporting.
Mr. Bragg has taught writing at Harvard University, the Poynter Institute for Media Studies, Boston University, the University of South Florida and other colleges.
Mr. Bragg is single and lives in Atlanta.
Works:
All Over but the Shoutin
Wooden Churches: A Celebration
Somebody Told Me: The Newspaper Stories of Rick Bragg
Ava's Man
I Am a Soldier, Too: The Jessica Lynch Story
The Prince of Frogtown
The Most They Ever Had
2012 Authors' Asile
Peggy Cunningham
Lily in Blooom; One True Place
Robery Day
The Strong Current
R. D. Essig
Mayday!Mayday!
Carolyn Guest
Southern Mansion Mysteries
James Harvey
Grayton Beach Affair
Patti Callahan Henry
Losing the Moon; Where the River Runs; When Light Breaks; Between the Tides; The Art of Keeping Secrets; Driftwood Summer; Coming Up for Air
Jennie Helderman
As the Sycamore Grows
Tim Kent
Die Like Men
Margaret Childress Long
The Best Place to Be
Theo Pitsios
The Bellmaker's House
T. K. Thorne
Noah's Wife
Ron Tew
The Conversion; The Second Flood
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