[applause] good evening, everyone. Im the partner of Events Manager in politics and prose and i would like to thank all of you for coming out tonight. I want to especially thank you for supporting an independent bookstore like politics and prose. [applause] get ready to click again. And a nonprofit like speedy levin. Your attendance is vital to us and we wouldnt be here without you, so we want you to know how much we appreciate you and your choices. Im excited to introduce because it is no secret among my friends and coworkers how much i love and admire diane ream. Shes a native washingtonian who began her career in 1973 as a volunteer and has grown into the producer, host and dc icon we all know today. Shes the author of several books including finding my voice, on my own, wife and of course the book you are all here for tonight, when my time comes, which addresses the urgent, hotly contested rights of the right to die movement. Through interviews with terminally ill patients and phys
On cspan2. Great weather here all the time. [inaudible conversations] good morning. Welcome to the texas book festival. Im joined today by two incredible authors who are going to help us unpack American Health care. Katherine eban, who whens an investigative journalist, a Fortune Magazine contributor and an Andrew Carnegie fellow. Her articles on pharmaceutical counterfeiting, gun trafficking and coercive interrogations by the cia have Won International attention and numerous awards. She lectures frequently on the topic of pharmaceutical integrity, bottle of lies the inside story of the generic drug boom, her second book, was published bihar per collins in by harpercollins in may. Based on a decade of reporting, the book takes readers into manufacturing plants where the majority of our low cost generic medicine is made. Educated at Brown University and oxford where she was a rhodes scholar, eban lives in brooklyn with her husband, two daughters and newfoundland dog romeo. Dr. Marty mak
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He tape this on may 20th he died on may 27th. [inaudible conversations] good evening i delighted to have you here of where we are the stories that many of us have never heard before. But the thing that i really like is tonights author is typical of the type of author that we have here. I encourage you about upcoming authors and 60 minutes correspondent scott kelly to talk about the stories he has done over the years i have read the book its fascinating but we have wonderful author programs i would encourage you to pick up a sheet i would also encourage you to come back to the museum. We have a fabulous exhibit call georgia on my screen. When carter was governor he established the Georgia Film Commission to bring movies to the state of georgia. Sweet home alabama, a whole bunch tyler perry stuff. The actual set from Stranger Things it is just really really good i would encourage you to come back for that but tonight is a special night tony horwitz is an awardwinning journalist from the