JOYCE MAYNARD
Joyce Maynard is the author of sixteen books including the novels To Die For and Labor Day (both adapted for film) and the bestselling memoir At Home in the World, translated into seventeen languages. Her latest book, The Best of Us, teaches us about her relationship with her second husband, Jim and what it means to love without asking anything back, because the act of loving was, itself, the gift. Her essays and have appeared in dozens of publications and numerous collections. She has been a frequent performer with The Moth, a fellow of the MacDowell Colony and Yaddo, and founder of the Lake Atitlan Writers’ Workshop. She makes her home in Lafayette, California.
THACHER HURD
Thacher Hurd has written and illustrated over 25 children’s books, among them Art Dog and Mama Don’t Allow, which won the Boston Globe Horn Book award and is on Time Magazine’s 100 Best Children’s Books of All Time list, as well as Mystery on the Docks and Zoom City, a New York Times Best Illustrated Book.
His recent books include The Weaver, Bad Frogs, and his first middle grade novel, Bongo Fishing, which was published in 2011. For many years, Thacher and his wife Olivia, owned and operated The Peaceable Kingdom Press in Berkeley, a poster and greeting card company started with an image from Goodnight Moon, which his father illustrated, and which was named for the family farm in Vermont, publishing illustrations from children’s books as greeting cards, posters, invitations, and calendars. They have two sons, Manton and Nicholas, and divide their time between Berkeley and Vermont. Thacher continues to write and play the banjo and fiddle and hang out with adorable grandchildren.
His recent books include The Weaver, Bad Frogs, and his first middle grade novel, Bongo Fishing, which was published in 2011. For many years, Thacher and his wife Olivia, owned and operated The Peaceable Kingdom Press in Berkeley, a poster and greeting card company started with an image from Goodnight Moon, which his father illustrated, and which was named for the family farm in Vermont, publishing illustrations from children’s books as greeting cards, posters, invitations, and calendars. They have two sons, Manton and Nicholas, and divide their time between Berkeley and Vermont. Thacher continues to write and play the banjo and fiddle and hang out with adorable grandchildren.
JAY CRAVEN & NH'S TRIBUTE TO HOWARD FRANK MOSHER
Vermont novelist Howard Frank Mosher died on January 29, 2017. Mosher participated in the 2012 Tory Hill Authors Series speaking about his decision to embark on a 100-city, cross-country tour of many of America’s best independent book stores, a journey he chronicled in The Great Northern Express: A Writer’s Journey Home. We are thrilled to be able to offer a New Hampshire Tribute to this wonderful story teller.
Filmmaker Jay Craven worked closely with the Northeast Kingdom writer, making five films based on his stories. Craven will present reflections on his 28-year collaboration with Mosher and a screening of his first Mosher feature film, “Where the Rivers Flow North.” Craven wrote, “Like his character, Quebec Bill, in Disappearances, Howard Mosher was an indefatigable optimist and adventurer. He wrote every day, in longhand on yellow legal pads, and lived his life, non-stop, with visions of character and story percolating in his imagination.”
Mosher’s last book was released this spring. Points North is both humorous and heartbreaking, and, without a wasted word, immerses the reader in Kingdom County, a sliver of America where cold waters harbor brook trout, small communities fight tooth and nail to maintain their signature individualism, and explorations of family history sometimes lead to unsettling revelations.
Filmmaker Jay Craven worked closely with the Northeast Kingdom writer, making five films based on his stories. Craven will present reflections on his 28-year collaboration with Mosher and a screening of his first Mosher feature film, “Where the Rivers Flow North.” Craven wrote, “Like his character, Quebec Bill, in Disappearances, Howard Mosher was an indefatigable optimist and adventurer. He wrote every day, in longhand on yellow legal pads, and lived his life, non-stop, with visions of character and story percolating in his imagination.”
Mosher’s last book was released this spring. Points North is both humorous and heartbreaking, and, without a wasted word, immerses the reader in Kingdom County, a sliver of America where cold waters harbor brook trout, small communities fight tooth and nail to maintain their signature individualism, and explorations of family history sometimes lead to unsettling revelations.
STEPHEN P. KIERNAN
As a journalist and novelist, Stephen P. Kiernan has published nearly four million words. His newspaper work has garnered more than forty awards — including the George Polk Award and the Scripps Howard Award for Distinguished Service to the First Amendment.
Author of the novels The Hummingbird and The Curiosity, and the forthcoming novel The Baker’s Secret (May,2017), he has also written two nonfiction books, Last Rights and Authentic Patriotism.
Stephen was born in Newtonville, NY the sixth of seven children. A graduate of Middlebury College, he received a Master of Arts degree from Johns Hopkins University and a Master of Fine Arts degree from the University of Iowa Writers’ Workshop. He has chaired the board of the Young Writers Project, served on the Vermont Legislative Committee on Pain and Palliative Care, and served on the advisory board of the New Hampshire Palliative Care Initiative. Stephen travels the country speaking and consulting on how to expand use of hospice, palliative care and advance directives.
A performer on the guitar since he was ten years old, Stephen has recorded 3 CDs of solo instrumentals, and composed music for dance, the stage and documentary films. He lives in Vermont with his two amazing sons.
Author of the novels The Hummingbird and The Curiosity, and the forthcoming novel The Baker’s Secret (May,2017), he has also written two nonfiction books, Last Rights and Authentic Patriotism.
Stephen was born in Newtonville, NY the sixth of seven children. A graduate of Middlebury College, he received a Master of Arts degree from Johns Hopkins University and a Master of Fine Arts degree from the University of Iowa Writers’ Workshop. He has chaired the board of the Young Writers Project, served on the Vermont Legislative Committee on Pain and Palliative Care, and served on the advisory board of the New Hampshire Palliative Care Initiative. Stephen travels the country speaking and consulting on how to expand use of hospice, palliative care and advance directives.
A performer on the guitar since he was ten years old, Stephen has recorded 3 CDs of solo instrumentals, and composed music for dance, the stage and documentary films. He lives in Vermont with his two amazing sons.
