Under the Lights Book Discussion with David Maraniss
Thu, Jun 15
|Leesburg
Join Pulitzer Prize-winning author for a beer out back as he discusses his biography of America’s greatest all-around athlete, Jim Thorpe.
Time & Location
Jun 15, 2023, 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM
Leesburg, 11 W Market St, Leesburg, VA 20176, USA
About the event
We invite you to join a small group of fellow readers out back for a beer and conversation with David Maraniss alongside moderator and CNN analyst General Spider Marks for an Under the Lights Chat about his latest release, A Path Lit By Lightning: The Life of Jim Thorpe.
Afterward, David will sign books as guests enjoy private shopping time in Birch Tree Bookstore—without the crowds!
About the author:
David Maraniss is a New York Times best-selling author, fellow of the Society of American Historians, and visiting distinguished professor at Vanderbilt University. He has been affiliated with the Washington Post for more than forty years as an editor and writer, and twice won Pulitzer Prizes at the newspaper. In 1993 he received the Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting for his coverage of Bill Clinton, and in 2007 he was part of a team that won a Pulitzer for coverage of…