Lawrence Hill to read at SLU

 

LAWRENCE HILL

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 2 8 P.M. SYKES COMMON ROOM

Lawrence Hill is the author of the novels Some Great Thing, Any Known Blood and the memoir, Black Berry, Sweet Juice: On Being Black and White in Canada. His recent novel, published as The Book of Negroes in Canada and as Someone Knows My Name in the U.S., was shortlisted for the Commonwealth Writers’ Prize and the Rogers Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize. His most recent non-fiction work is The Deserter’s Tale: the Story of an Ordinary Soldier Who Walked Away from the War in Iraq (written with Joshua Key). Mr. Hill is also a recipient of the National Magazine Award for the best essay published in Canada, and the American Wilbur Award for best national television documentary.