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Friends of Ferguson Book & Author Luncheon

2011 Book & Author Luncheon Thursday, June 2 at Noon The Italian Center 1620 Newfield Avenue Stamford Download Reservation Form Call 203 351-8275 for reservations. Guest authors Barbara Delinsky Barbara Delinsky is the author of numerous New York Times bestselling novels about marriage, parenthood and friendship. She holds a B.A. in psychology from Tufts University and an M.A. in sociology from Boston College. She has served on the board of directors of the Friends of the Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center and on the MGH's Women's Cancer Advisory Board. Her most recent books are Family Tree, 2007, The Secret Between Us, 2008, While My Sister Sleeps, 2009, Not My Daughter, 2010. Her next book, Escape, will be published in July, 2011. A full list of Barbara Delinsky's novels can be found at www.barbaradelinsky.com. Oscar Andrew Hammerstein Oscar Andrew Hammerstein is a painter, writer, lecturer, and family historian. His book, The Hammersteins: A Musical Theatre Family, covers five generations of the illustrious family that changed Broadway forever. Mr. Hammerstein has devoted much of his life to studying and preserving his family’s heritage and their contribution to American culture, and lectures frequently on the Hammerstein family’s pivotal role in shaping the development of musical theatre and popular entertainment in this country from the 1860s to the present. Mr. Hammerstein is an adjunct professor at Columbia University, teaching graduate level New York City theatre history. Rachel Simon Rachel Simon is an award-winning author and nationally known public speaker. She is best known for her critically acclaimed, bestselling memoir Riding The Bus with My Sister, which was adapted for a Hallmark Hall of Fame movie of the same name. The book has garnered numerous awards, and is a frequent and much beloved selection of many book clubs, school reading programs, and city-wide reads throughout the country. Her latest book, published in May 2011, is The Story of Beautiful Girl. The Friends Book and Author Luncheon is a tradition that dates back to 1981. Over the years, we have hosted dozens of celebrated writers, including Isaac Asimov, William F. Buckley, Jr., Gail Sheehy, Frank McCourt and Elizabeth Strout. The luncheon is our gift to the community, an opportunity to hear in person from the authors we love to read.

Previous Guest Authors
1981 Roger Caras Thomas Fleming Maggie Scarf 1982 William Atwood Agnes deMille Fletcher Knebel 1983 Isaac Asimov Caroline Bird John Toland 1984 Bella Abzug Jean Shepard Paul Zindel 1985 Helen Hayes Jonathan Kozol Fred M. Stewart 1986 William F. Buckley, Jr. Peter Maas Barbara Tuchman 1987 Betty Ford Harrison Salisbury Yevgeny Yevtushenko 1988 Stephen Birmingham Barbara Gordon Gail Sheehy 1989 Susan Isaacs Michael Malone Michael Moss 1990 Samuel Freedman John Jakes Erica Jong Lois Wyse 1991 Susan Cheever John O’Donnell Anna Quindlen 1992 Charles Grodin Belva Plain Gay Talese 1993 Barbara Taylor Bradford Helen Gurley Brown Whitley Shreiber 1994 Pierre Franey Roger Rosenblatt Sarah Shankman	1995 Mary Higgins Clark Howard Fast George Plimpton 1996 Bette Bao Lord Faith Middleton Peter H. Wyden 1997 Pete Hamill Rachel Robinson Judith Kelman 1998 Gwendolyn M. Parker Ruth Reichl David Pesci 1999 Jane and Michael Stern Walter Mosley Sue Miller 2000 Flora Miller Biddle John Phillip Santos Delia Ephron 2001 Tomie dePaola Bartholomew Gill Luanne Rice Elizabeth Strout 2002 Lisa Belkin Jimmy Breslin Mary Ann Hoberman 2003 Chris Bohjalian Susan Borowitz Carol Gilligan 2004 Jean Fritz Frank McCourt Gail Sheehy 2005 Gene Wilder 2006 Christopher Buckley 2008 Frank Delaney Bernice McFadden Mickey Sherman 2009 Jack Cavanaugh Alice Schroeder Rosemary Wells 2010 Lou Aronica Lyla Blake Ward Jerry Zezima

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