George Saunders is the author of four collections of short stories, a novella, and a book of essays. His most recent collection, Tenth of December, is the winner of the 2014 Story Prize for short fiction and 2014 Folio Prize, which celebrates the best fiction of our time. Tenth of December was also a finalist for the 2013 National Book Award in Fiction and named one of the ten best books of the year by The New York Times Book Review. His work appears regularly in The New Yorker, GQ, and Harpers Magazine.

Part of The Center’s 2015-2016 Lecture Series

The 2015–2016 Lecture Series is sponsored by Jane P. Watkins. Wood River High School student lecture series tickets have been made possible with support from Robin Leavitt and Terry Friedlander.

2015-2016 Lecture Series
Author Erik Larson, October 8th 2015
Cartoonist Roz Chast, January 21st 2016
EMMY-Nominated Actress Laverne Cox, February 4th 2016
Author George Saunders, March 3rd 2016
NPR Humorist David Sedaris, April 25th