and now pulitzer prize winner caroline fraser discusses the life and novels of laura ingalls wilder. she explained the differences between actual events in the authors life, the little house on the prairie book series, and the television adaptation. the jefferson county, missouri library hosted this event. good evening, everybody. we are really thrilled to see you here tonight. this is the third and final program in this series. we kept miss fraser very busy for the last two days and we ve had wonderful crowds turned out each time. we sold out of the books. it has been really very satisfying. to have c-span here taping this to show on television is just the icing on the cake. it s such a wonderful feeling to know that something so positive representing jefferson county will be on national television. my job tonight . [applause] is to introduce the two people on the podium who will be conducting this conversation. jane henderson is the book editor at the st. louis post
my job tonight is to introduce the two people on the podium who will be conducting this conversation. she grew up in st. louis and graduated from the university of missouri columbia with degrees in journalism and english literature. she cut short her time as a grad student to go to work in the mid 1980s. jane henderson is the book editor at the st. louis post after three years in the newsroom in connecticut, she returned to st. louis and has been an editor and writer with the post dispatch features department for 30 years. she assigns and edits book reviews choosing from 300 or so new books each week. tonight she will be having a conversation with caroline frazier. caroline frazier is the editor of the library america edition of laura ingalls wilder, the little house books. her latest book is prairie fires, the american dreams of laura ingalls wilder. it was one of the new york times ten best books of the year and won the 2018 pulitzer prize for biography. the national bo
cake. it s a wonderful feeling to know that something so positive representing jefferson county will be on national television. my job tonight [ applause ] is to introduce the two people on the podium who will be conducting this conversation. jane henderson is the editor at the st. louis post dispatch. she graduated from st. louis and graduated from columbia with degrees in journalism and english literature. she cut short her work as a grad student to go to work as a copy editor in the mid 1980s and later, after three years in the newsroom of the hartford in connecticut, she returned to st. louis and has been an editor and writer with the post dispatch features department for 30 years. as a book editor, she assigns and edits book reviews choosing from some 300 or so new books each week. she s written stories about book trends and interviewed many authors from sam and rushdie to e.l. doctorel. so tonight she adds to that and she will be having a conversation with caroline fr
representing jefferson county will be on television. [ applause ] my job tonight is to introduce the two people on the podium who will be conducting this conversation. jane henderson is the book editor at the st. louis post dispatch. she grew up in st. louis and graduated from the university of missouri columbia with degrees in journalism and english literature. she cut short her grad student work to go to work as a copy editor for the st. louis globe democrat in the mid-1980s. after three years in the newsroom in connecticut, she returned to st. louis and has been an editor and writer with the post dispatch features department for 30 years. she assigns and edits book reviews choosing from 300 or so new books each week. she s written stories about book trends and interviewed many authors. tonight she adds to that and she will be having a conversation with caroline fraser. caroline fraser is the editor of the library of america edition of laura ingalls wilder, the little house
ms. fraser very busy for the last two days, and we have had a wonderful crowd turn out each time. we sold out of the book. it s been really satisfying to it has been really satisfying, and to have c-span here taping this to show on television is the icing on the cake. it is such a wonderful feeling to know something so positive representing jefferson county will be on national television. my job tonight [applause] peoplentroduce the two on the podium who will be conducting this conversation. jane henderson is the editor at book editor at the st. louis post-dispatch. she granted waited from the university it graduated from the university of columbia with degrees in journalism and english literature. she worked as a copy editor for the st. louis globe democrat in the mid-1980 s, and after three years in the newsroom of the hartford post in connecticut, she returned to st. louis and has been an editor and writer with their features department for 30 years. she has signed