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Alice McDermott

Alice McDermott is the author of nine novels, most recently Absolution, winner of the 2024 Mark Twain American Voice in Literature Award and finalist for the PEN/Faulkner Award. Her novel Charming Billy won the 1998 National Book Award for Fiction, and she has been a Pulitzer Prize finalist three times. McDermott, a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters, is also the author of an essay collection, What About the Baby? Some Thoughts on the Art of Fiction.

FEATURED BOOK: Absolution

WEBSITE: N/A


ALICE’S EVENTS:

  • Friday, Sept. 26 @ 12:45 p.m.What About the Baby? A Craft Talk – Holiday Inn Convention Center, Willow Room
  • Friday, Sept. 26 @ 3:15 p.m. Author Signing Event – Holiday Inn Convention Center, Ponderosa, Cottonwood, Oak, & Cedar Rooms
  • Saturday, Sept. 27 @ 4:30 p.m. Author Signing Event – Holiday Inn Convention Center, Ponderosa, Cottonwood, Oak, & Cedar Rooms
  • Saturday, Sept 27 @ 6:30 p.m.Exploring the Human Experience & Finding Absolution – Holiday Inn Convention Center, Willow Room
  • Saturday, Sept. 27 @ 7:30 p.m. Individual Signing Event – Holiday Inn Convention Center, Concourse

View the full schedule here!