September 3, 2009

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - The University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) Writers' Series reading by essayist, novelist and children's book author Kerry Madden has been rescheduled to 4 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 21 in the UAB Mary Culp Hulsey Recital Hall, 950 13th St. South. The event is free and open to the public. For more details, call 205-934-4250.

Madden is author of the Maggie Valley Trilogy, published by Viking Children's Books. The trilogy includes Gentle's Holler (2005), Louisiana's Song (2007) and Jessie's Mountain (2008), set in the heart of Appalachia in the Smoky Mountains. Her first novel, Offsides, was a New York Public Library Pick for the Teen Age in 1997. Her book Writing Smarts, published by American Girl, is full of story sparks for young writers.

Her latest book, Harper Lee: Up Close, published by Viking, made Booklist's Top 10 Biographies of 2009 for Youth. Madden will teach creative writing at UAB this fall.

The UAB Writers' Series is an annual offering of the UAB Department of English Program in Creative Writing. For more information, call 205-934-4250.

About the UAB Department of English

The UAB Department of English offers an undergraduate degree in English with concentrations in creative writing, linguistics or professional writing and public discourse and graduate degrees in literature, rhetoric and composition and creative writing.