The 2018-19 William N. Skirball Writers Center Stage Series will continue Thursday, Oct. 25, with an appearance by best-selling author John Grisham. The sold-out event will take place at 7:30 p.m. in the Milton and Tamar Maltz Performing Arts Center at The Temple – Tifereth Israel.
A limited number of free student tickets will be available for the event. Students can request a ticket in person beginning at 10 a.m. Wednesday, Oct. 24, at the Tinkham Veale University Center’s first-floor information desk. A student ID will be required.
On the night of the event, a free shuttle will be available beginning at 6:30 p.m. to transport ticketed guests to the Maltz Performing Arts Center. Shuttles depart from the Tinkham Veale University Center Linsalata Entrance (Bellflower Road), and return shuttles leave from the Maltz Performing Arts Center at the conclusion of the lecture.
About Grisham
Attorney-turned-author John Grisham has sold more than 275 million copies worldwide, making him one of the most successful writers of all time.
A master of the legal thriller, his best-known novels include A Time to Kill (1989), The Firm (1991), The Pelican Brief (1992) and Sycamore Row (2013), for which he received the Harper Lee Prize for Legal Fiction. Nine of Grisham’s novels have been adapted into feature films.
In 2009, Grisham received the Library of Congress Creative Achievement Award for Fiction. His latest book is The Rooster Bar.
About the series
The 2018-19 William N. Skirball Writers Center Stage Series is presented by the Cuyahoga County Public Library Foundation and academic partner, Case Western Reserve University. Funds raised by this series help support Cuyahoga County Public Library, the nation’s top-rated library system for eight consecutive years.
Details about the other speakers in the series are available at the Maltz Performing Arts Center website.