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📍 Reves Recital Hall | Trieschmann Fine Arts BuildingNew York Times–bestselling author Lauren Groff will read and discuss her award winning novels and short stories as part of the Hendrix-Murphy Foundation's Distinguished Visitor series.
She is the author of the novels The Monsters of Templeton, Arcadia, Fates and Furies, Matrix, and The Vaster Wilds, and the celebrated short story collections Delicate Edible Birds and Florida. She has won The Story Prize, the ABA Indies’ Choice Award, France’s Grand Prix de l’Héroïne, and the Joyce Carol Oates Prize, and has been a finalist three times for the National Book Award.
Lauren was given the Howard D. Vursell Memorial Award by the American Academy of Arts and Letters, and was named to Time Magazine’s 100 Most Influential People list in 2024.
Her work regularly appears in The New Yorker, The Atlantic, and elsewhere, and has been translated into thirty-six languages. She lives in Gainesville, Florida, where she and her husband own the independent bookstore The Lynx.
A book signing and reception in Trieschmann Gallery will follow the reading. This event is free and open to the public. No tickets or reservations are required. Learn more at hendrixmurphy.org/lauren-groff
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