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The Mosquito Bowl: A Game of Life and Death in World War IIhosted by: Al Filreis
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Buzz Bissinger is among the nation's most honored and distinguished writers. A native of New York City, Bissinger is the winner of the Pulitzer Prize, the Livingston Award, the American Bar Association Silver Gavel Award, and the National Headliners Award, among other awards and prizes. He also was a Nieman Fellow at Harvard University. He is the author of the highly acclaimed nonfiction books: Friday Night Lights, A Prayer for the City, Three Nights in August, Shooting Stars, Father’s Day, and, most recently, The Mosquito Bowl: A Game of Life and Death in World War II.
Bissinger’s teleplay and screenwriting work includes collaborations with directors Alan Pakula, Peter Berg, Greg Hoblit, Todd Field and Tim Kring. He also spent the 2000–2001 television season in Los Angeles as a co-producer and writer for the long-running television series NYPD Blue. Bissinger has been a contributing editor at Vanity Fair magazine since 1996. His August 2007 Vanity Fair article "Gone Like the Wind," about the saga of 2006 Kentucky Derby winner Barbaro, was optioned by Universal Pictures. In 2009 he became a sports columnist for The Daily Beast. He is a longtime contributor to the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and the Philadelphia Inquirer.
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Kelly Writers House, 3805 Locust Walk,Philadelphia,PA,United States