Artful Women series continues with author Elizabeth Berg Sunday
Celebrated author Elizabeth Berg will share personal stories that served as inspiration for her books at the next Artful Women series at 3 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 28, at the Raue Center for the Arts, 26 N. Williams St. in Crystal Lake. Tickets are $15. Visit rauecenter.org.
Berg will read selected passages from her award-winning novels and take questions afterward. Books will be available for purchase and signing.
Elizabeth Berg has been on The New York Times Bestseller list multiple times. "Durable Goods" and "Joy School" were both selected as one of the American Library Association's Best Books of the Year. "Talk Before Sleep" was shortlisted for the Abby (American Bookseller's Book of the Year). "Open House" was an Oprah's Book Club Selection. In 1997, Elizabeth won the New England Booksellers Award for her body of work. Her book "The Art of Mending" was a choice for South Dakota's "One Book." She was made a "literary light" by the Boston Public Library, has been honored by the Chicago Public Library, and was given the AMC Cancer Research Center's Illuminator Award for shedding light on breast cancer resulting in increased public awareness and concern. She adapted her novel "The Pull of the Moon" into a play which has twice been performed in Chicago to sold-out audiences. Her article on a cooking school in Positano, Italy, which appeared in National Geographic Traveler magazine, won a NATJA award (North American Travel Journalists Association) and has been nominated for a Lowell Thomas award, results pending. She has been translated into 27 languages.
It is part of the Raue Center's yearlong Artful Women series. The next program will feature local author Alicia Marcos Birong on Nov. 13.