Media Advisory: Cal Poly Hosts Alice Sebold, 'Lovely Bones' Author http://www.calpolynews.calpoly.edu/news_releases/2006/October/bo Skip to Content News Search Cal Poly News C a l i f o rn i a P o l y t e c h n i c S t a t e U n i v e rs i t y Oct 11, 2006 MEDIA ADVISORY 'Lovely Bones' Author Alice Sebold to Speak at Cal Poly Thursday Night TO: Assignment Editors, City Editors, Photo Editors, Lifestyle Editors WHO: Alice Sebold, author of the best-selling novel "The Lovely Bones," WHAT: Speaking/signing books at Cal Poly in the Performing Arts Center WHEN: p.m Thursday, Oct 12 WHERE: Performing Arts Center's Christopher Cohan Center at Cal Poly The event is free and open to the public Sebold will sign copies of "The Lovely Bones" following her presentation The book centers around a young girl who is sexually assaulted and murdered; her character narrates the book from heaven as she watches her family deal with the event Sebold as will talk about the process of writing, the difference between memoir and fiction, and the a"Lopproach she takes to her work For more information, visit www.preface.calpoly.edu or call 805-756-1380 CP Home • CP Find It Get Adobe Reader • Microsoft Viewers Events • Recent Releases • Cal Poly Magazine • Cal Poly Update E-newsletter • Contact Public Affairs • Alumni • Giving • Athletics of Cal Poly Public Affairs California Polytechnic State University San Luis Obispo, CA 93407 805.756.7266 polynews@calpoly.edu 10/16/08 2:06 PM