Helen Phillips is the author of six books, including the novelÌýThe NeedÌý(Simon & Schuster, 2019; Chatto & Windus, 2019), which was long-listed for the National Book Award and named a New York Times Notable Book of 2019. Her latest novel,ÌýHUM, was published in August 2024 by Simon & Schuster/Marysue Rucci Books.Ìý
Phillips’ short story collectionÌýSome Possible SolutionsÌý(Henry Holt, 2016)Ìýreceived the 2017 John Gardner Fiction Book Award. Her novelÌýThe Beautiful BureaucratÌý(Henry Holt, 2015),ÌýaÌýNew York TimesÌýNotable Book of 2015, was a finalist for the New York Public Library’s Young Lions Award and theÌýLos Angeles TimesÌýBook Prize. Her collectionÌýAnd Yet They Were HappyÌý(Leapfrog Press, 2011) was named a notable collection by The Story Prize and was re-released in 2023. She is also the author of the children’s eco-adventure bookÌýHere Where the Sunbeams Are GreenÌý(Delacorte Press, 2012).Ìý
Sponsored by the Department of English and Creative Writing and the Dee Hull Everist Visiting Speaker Fund.
Helen Phillips Reading and Lecture
Event Location:
Hollins Room, Wyndham Robertson Library, 7916 Williamson Road, Roanoke, VA, 24020, United States
Event Time:
Thursday, September 19, 2024:
8:15 pm – 9:30 pm