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An Evening with Pulitzer Prize-Winning Reporter & Maine Author Barbara Walsh

Union Church Biddeford Pool
Biddeford Pool, ME

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An Evening with Pulitzer Prize-Winning Reporter & Maine Author Barbara Walsh

Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter and Maine author, Barbara Walsh, will talk about her 40-year journalism career and her books focusing on some of Maine's extraordinary characters, such as The Lobster Lady: Maine's 102-year-old Legend. Her other books include Sammy in the Sky, inspired by her family's first dog and illustrated by renowned artist Jamie Wyeth; and August Gale: A Father and Daughter's Journey into the Storm, an epic, true sea story and a poignant, multi-layered story of the ties that bound her own family despite death and desertion. (Kirkus Reviews)

Walsh was awarded the Pulitzer for her reporting on convicted killer William Horton Jr. and Massachusetts' flawed prison program that allowed killers unsupervised, weekend furloughs. Her reporting over the years has also earned several national, state and regional awards, including the Yankee Quill Award for journalism excellence, commending her personally for being a feisty project reporter who writes about important public matters and has changed society for the better.

Signed copies of her books will be available for purchase following her talk.

FMI on Barbara: barbarawalsh.net or bwalshauthor@gmail.com

100% of the proceeds benefit Union Church's outreach projects, including community food pantries, Saco Meals Program, Seeds of Hope Neighborhood Center, APEX Youth Connection, and Ever After Mustang Rescue; provide support for local families and individuals in need; and offer tuition support for students in Kenya and Belize and a program that helps children of the barrios in Guatemala City.