STARRY NIGHTS

Versatile and accomplished American writer, Joyce Carol Oates, has penned many books, bestselling novels, critically acclaimed collections of short fiction, as well as essays, plays, poetry, a memoir, “A Widow’s Story,” and an unlikely bestseller, “On Boxing.” She is the Roger S. Berlind Distinguished Professor of the Humanities at Princeton University, and since 1978, a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters.

Best known for her fiction, Oates’ novels include "them," which won the National Book Award; "Blonde," a bold reimagining of the inner life of Marilyn Monroe; "The Falls," which won the France’s Prix Femina; and "We Were the Mulvaneys," which follows the disintegration of an American family and which become a bestseller after being selected by Oprah’s Book Club. Book-signing will follow lecture.