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"Speaking Volumes" — 2010 Edition

Date: Friday, April 16, 2010 Time: 4:30 P.M. - 6:00 P.M. Place: Program Room, Los Altos Library, 13 S. San Antonio Road

Speaker: T.J. Stiles, winner of the National Book Award for his epic biography of Cornelius Vanderbilt, The First Tycoon. This book also won the Pulitzer Prize.

T.J. Stiles is no stranger to book awards. His first book, Jesse James: Last Rebel of the Civil War, was a New York Times Notable Book and won two other distinguished awards. He has written for The Los Angeles Times, Salon.com, Smithsonian, and The New York Times Book Review.

"Speaking Volumes" presents an exceptional writer each year, whose remarks about the writing profession and interesting insights into his or her own work are followed by questions from the audience and a book signing.

The public is welcome; no charge. Books by T.J. Stiles will be available and the author will sign books that are either brought by those who attend or are purchased at the event.