by co-chair susan tourial and i m pleased to welcome me to the book festival award-winning afternoon featuring journalist dan ephron in conversation with nancy updike, producer for this american life. and her second journalist, mike kelly, senior executive producer at georgia public broadcasting. we are also happy to welcome c-span booktv to a book festival programming this afternoon. on behalf of the book festival we are truly grateful for the support of barbara, this year s presenting sponsors greenberg and wells fargo. in addition to our over 25 valued sponsors who support our book festival year after year. we are also a proud affiliate of the jewish federation of greater atlanta. please check your playbill for the lineup of our calendar events for the rest of the book festival. tickets for all book festival events are available in three different ways. you can purchase them online, by telephone or in person at our box office or any other customer service desks. the format
journalism. his books include the new york times bestsellers smoke gets in your eyes, building a better teacher by elizabeth green, whitey bolger and shelley murphy and somewhere toward the end by diana and hill which won the national critics circle award. other notable authors include lidia gladstone, i poked around his twitter account and learned he is a sometimes musician, someone who is willing to swear on twitter. and on live tv hopefully. nicole dewey has worked in publishing the last 19 years and is vice president, associate publisher for little brown and company, she worked with a broad range of critically claims authors including jk rowling, adam hazlitt, kevin powers, malcolm gladwell, amazing list, jody cantor, elton john, barbara ehrenreich, nancy pelosi, steve martin, michael caine, and mark haddon. she is council of literary magazines, and eager traveler who lives in new york with her husband and two sons. the president of the literary agency in a represents
and somewhere toward the end by diana and hill which won the national critics circle award. other notable authors include lidia gladstone, i poked around his twitter account and learned he is a sometimes musician, someone who is willing to swear on twitter. and on live tv hopefully. nicole dewey has worked in publishing the last 19 years and is vice president, associate publisher for little brown and company, she worked with a broad range of critically claims authors including jk rowling, adam hazlitt, kevin powers, malcolm gladwell, amazing list, jody cantor, elton john, barbara ehrenreich, nancy pelosi, steve martin, michael caine, and mark haddon. she is council of literary magazines, and eager traveler who lives in new york with her husband and two sons. the president of the literary agency in a represents writers of fiction and nonfiction, ranging from current affairs like pulitzer prize winner henrique s journey and men explain things to me and paradise built in hel
good afternoon. [laughter] welcome. i m deborah jacobs, cochair of the 24th edition of the book festival of the mjcca. my cochair and i are pleased to welcome you to the book festival s award-winning afternoon featuring journalist dan ephron in conversation with nancy updike, producer for this american life, and our second award-winning journalist, mike kelly, in conversation with bill [inaudible] senior executive producer at georgia public broadcasting. we are also happy to welcome c-span s booktv to our book festival programming this amp. this afternoon. on behalf of the book festival, we are truly grateful for the support of barbara exped mining and this year s sponsors, wells fargo. in addition, there are over 25 valued sponsors who support our book festival year after year. we are also a proud affiliate of the jewish federation of greater atlanta. please check your playbill for the lineup of our calendar of events the rest of the book festival. tickets for all book
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