Join us in the library’s community room on Thursday September 18 at 7:30 as Alix Strauss kicks off the new season of the popular Writers Talking series. Alix , a media savvy social satirist, has been a featured lifestyle trend writer on national morning shows and talk shows including ABC, CBS, CNN and most recently, VH1. Her articles cover a range of topics, from beauty and food trends to celebrity interviews, appearing in an array of publications and newspapers such as: The New York Times, The New York Post, and Daily News, as well as national magazines: Time Magazine, Town & Country Travel, Marie Claire, Entertainment Weekly, Wine Enthusiast, and Esquire among others.
Alix is author of The Joy of Funerals: A Novel in Stories (2004), which won the Ingram Award and has been optioned by Stockard Channing. Her most recent book, Have I Got a Guy for You (2008), is an anthology of blind date stories. In this take-no-prisoners collection of hilarious, wince-inducing true stories, you'll meet two dozen victims of Mom's well-meaning meddling and hear the unvarnished details of what they suffered through. Alix Strauss is currently hard at work finishing up her next novel. You can find out more about Alix at her website: http://www.alixstrauss.com/
Submitted by Janie Hermann.