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THE ASPEN WRITERS' FOUNDATION SCORES A HAT TRICK
WITH THREE BESTSELLERS
(January 14, 2006) Aspen, CO … The Aspen
Writers' Foundation will score a hat trick this week when
three of its Winter Words authors appear on this Sunday's
New York Times bestseller lists, two in the coveted
number one positions. Winter Words is the organization's
ninth annual series of readings and talks with notable
authors, appearing in Aspen January through March 2006.
In the venerable paper's lists that will be published
on December 18, James Patterson leads
the Hardback Fiction list with Mary, Mary which
debuted at #1, making the title Patterson's fifth #1 bestseller
in 2005 alone — a record. Remarkably, his last 17
consecutive titles have all been #1 bestsellers as well.
He will appear in Aspen on March 18 at the Wheeler Opera
House.
Frank McCourt tops the Hardback Nonfiction
list with Teacher Man, the memoir that chronicles
the three decades he spent as a teacher in New York's
public schools. The book, which so far has enjoyed three
weeks on the roster, is the second sequel to his Pulitzer
Prize-winning debut memoir that spent 117 weeks on the
New York Times hardcover bestseller list and became the
#1 Nonfiction Book of the Year for both Time and Newsweek.
McCourt's reading and talk will take place on January
28 at the Wheeler Opera House.
Finally, Ann Patchett's Truth &
Beauty is holding its own on the Paperback Nonfiction
list. With multiple weeks on the list, the memoir is now
at #34. Patchett, award-winning author of the novels Bel
Canto, The Magician's Assistant, The Patron Saint of Liars
and Taft, has gracefully crossed genres with
Truth & Beauty, her first memoir. Having
made her Aspen debut at the 2003 Aspen Summer Words Literary
Festival, she returns on February 15 for a reading and
talk at the Given Institute.
The other Winter Words authors, all alumni of the New
York Times bestseller lists themselves, are: Charles
C. Mann (January 20), Lorraine Adams
(February 23), and Kent Haruf (March
4). Their presentations take place at the Given Institute.
Tickets and season subscriptions are available at the
Wheeler Box Office. New this year, the literary outfit
is offering discounts for students and educators, as they
always do for members, which are available by contacting
the Aspen Writers' Foundation offices at 925.3122. For
more information, visit www.aspenwriters.org.
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