Jill Lepore

The 2018 West Virginia Book Festival will feature authors such as Debbie Macomber, David Grann, Dennis Lehane, John Scalzi, Kwame Alexander, Jill Lepore and more. In addition to author presentation and signings, there will be workshops and the annual Kanawha County Public Library used book sale.

The festival will occur from Thursday, October 25th through Saturday, October 27th. All events on Friday and Saturday will occur at the Charleston Civic Center, Charleston West Virginia.

Thursday's event with author Jill Lepore is the annual McCreight Lecture in the Humanities. This event will take place at Riggleman Hall at the University of Charleston and is sponsored by the West Virginia Humanities Council. (BookDivasReads)… (more)

An historian whose “discipline is worthy of a first-class detective” (New York Review of Books), Jill Lepore is the author of the National Book Award finalist Book of Ages, the story of Benjamin Franklin’s beloved but often-overlooked sister Jane; New York Burning, winner of the Anisfield-Wolf Award and a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize; and The Secret History of Wonder Woman, a revelatory feminist origin story of one of the most popular superheroes of all time. Her new book is an ambitious biography of the United States, as told through the intersection of politics, technology, journalism, and sketches of greater- and lesser-known leaders, mischief makers, and visionaries. (queenfrostine23)… (more)

The Secret History of Wonder Woman Jill Lepore Historian and chair of Harvard’s History and Literature Program, Jill Lepore is the author of the Carnegie Medal finalist The Mansion of Happiness; The Story of America, an examination of the nature of history and the shaping of its narrative; New York Burning, winner of the Anisfield-Wolf Award and a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize; The Name of War, recipient of the Bancroft Prize; and the National Book Award finalist Book of Ages, a detailed portrait of Jane Franklin, Benjamin’s beloved sister. Her new book reveals the feminist origin of Wonder Woman, one of the most popular female superheroes of all time. Parkway Central Library 1901 Vine Street Philadelphia, PA 19103 (between 19th and 20th Streets on the Parkway) This is a TICKETED event; $15 General Admission, $7 Students. For more information, please call 215-567-4341, or click here

Location: Street: Free Library of Philadelphia Additional: 1901 Vine Street City: Philadelphia, Province: Pennsylvania Postal Code: 19103-5207 Country: United States (added from IndieBound)… (more)

Jill Lepore (The Autobiography and Other Writings, Blindspot, A Is for American, New York Burning, THE NAME OF WAR, The Mansion of Happiness, Book of Ages, The Secret History of Wonder Woman)

Jill Lepore is the David Woods Kemper ’41 Professor of American History at Harvard University and a staff writer at The New Yorker. Her Book of Ages was a finalist for the National Book Award. She lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts. (added from Random House)… (more)

Jill Lepore (The Autobiography and Other Writings, Blindspot, A Is for American, New York Burning, THE NAME OF WAR, The Mansion of Happiness, Book of Ages, The Secret History of Wonder Woman)

Jill Lepore is the David Woods Kemper ’41 Professor of American History at Harvard University and a staff writer at The New Yorker. Her Book of Ages was a finalist for the National Book Award. She lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts. (added from Random House)… (more)

Jill Lepore (The Autobiography and Other Writings, Blindspot, A Is for American, New York Burning, THE NAME OF WAR, The Mansion of Happiness, Book of Ages, The Secret History of Wonder Woman)

Jill Lepore is the David Woods Kemper ’41 Professor of American History at Harvard University and a staff writer at The New Yorker. Her Book of Ages was a finalist for the National Book Award. She lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts. (added from Random House)… (more)

Jill Lepore (The Autobiography and Other Writings, Blindspot, A Is for American, New York Burning, THE NAME OF WAR, The Mansion of Happiness, Book of Ages, The Secret History of Wonder Woman)

Jill Lepore is the David Woods Kemper ’41 Professor of American History at Harvard University and a staff writer at The New Yorker. Her Book of Ages was a finalist for the National Book Award. She lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts. (added from Random House)… (more)

Jill Lepore (The Autobiography and Other Writings, Blindspot, A Is for American, New York Burning, THE NAME OF WAR, The Mansion of Happiness, Book of Ages, The Secret History of Wonder Woman)

Jill Lepore is the David Woods Kemper ’41 Professor of American History at Harvard University and a staff writer at The New Yorker. Her Book of Ages was a finalist for the National Book Award. She lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts. (added from Random House)… (more)

Jill Lepore (The Autobiography and Other Writings, Blindspot, A Is for American, New York Burning, THE NAME OF WAR, The Mansion of Happiness, Book of Ages, The Secret History of Wonder Woman)

Jill Lepore is the David Woods Kemper ’41 Professor of American History at Harvard University and a staff writer at The New Yorker. Her Book of Ages was a finalist for the National Book Award. She lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts. (added from Random House)… (more)