Stephen King in Person
The author speaks, receives Mason Award at Fall for the Book.
"Give yourself a hand," said Stephen King to a packed house at George Mason University's Center for the Arts. "You're out on a Friday night because of books!" King's appearance was the grand finale of the 2011 Fall for the Book festival. That it was the 13th annual seemed fitting for an appearance by the master of horror. Even before King was introduced, the audience was electric. An older woman from Burke said she'd come even though she'd never read any of King's books. "How could I not come to hear a great American author," she said. Congressman Gerry Connolly (D-VA-11) introduced King. "He's number 33 on the list of all time greatest authors in human history," said Connolly. "Shakespeare's number one, but he has about 400 years on…
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Susan Larson
8:39 pm on Monday, September 26, 2011
Heather - Glad to hear I wasn't the only one -- although I expected I wasn't! :)   more ›